Re: Emacvs vi

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From: Aamod Sane
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 00:38

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sjs@netcom.com (Stephen Schow) writes:

>Is there anyone out there who is totally objective that routinely uses
>vi AND emacs, depending on a particular situation?  I am a very good vi
>user and I love it.  I hear a lot about emacs, but I don't know whether I
>should spend some time to learn it.

I wrote a vi emulator for emacs which is 99.99% vi compatible 
(and has some useful extensions) called vip.

It should be available on the emacs archives on archive.cis.ohio-state.edu. 
This way you do get the best of both worlds.
I think emacs keysequences are
demented being non-orthogonal and non-mnemonic, 
but the extension language (lisp) and windows and some
other features are really good, especially if you are using X, since
then you can use Epoch which uses multiple X windows.

The emulator comes with a manual that should help you learn
the little emacs you need to know.

Have fun

Aamod Sane

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