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lachlan@dmp.csiro.au (Lachlan Cranswick) writes:

>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.

Vi's editing expressiveness (hey, I've coined a new phrase!) has
nothing to do with ease of learning.  That's more of a user interface
issue.

Vi is simple to learn, but there aren't many good tutorials or teachers
for it.  New users --- usually those with a personal computer
background --- expect to have immediate feedback when they use a text
editor.  For example, they expect be able move the cursor using the
``arrow'' keys, and have the characters they type echoed on terminal.
Once they understand the three major modes in vi, and a bit of history
regarding vi, things make much more sense.

Regards,

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