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phd85@seq1.keele.ac.uk (D.H. Holden) writes:

>From article <Z8U84BL@math.fu-berlin.de>, by wolff@inf.fu-berlin.de (Thomas Wolff):
>   I've only been using vi for a few month, and have found it can do all
>   the things that Thomas Wolf seem to think it can't.  Try useing something 
>   before critising, it make your case that much stronger.
>   I've been astounded at the misrepresentations about the capabilities
>   of vi. It's actually very powerful when combined with the operating
>   system it comes standard with, i.e. UNIX.
>   If it does have a fault it's the lack of online documentation.
>   
>Try useing something 
>   before critising.

>   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^        ma (move to end of critising) y`a  (move to
>	end of paragraph,  p

The fact that vi is powerfull is part of the problem with new users
of UNIX.  They need something simple that is easy to learn.
VI is not in this category.
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