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berger@imag.fr (Gilles BERGER SABBATEL) writes:

>>Why does vi(1) live on? The EMACS interface, at the the very least, is
>>now ubiquitous.

Because not many of us have 50 Gigabytes RAM !

>Why on earth should we install emacs on our machines, and call it to use
>a vi emulation, while the real vi is faster and 7 times smaller?

I Agree

>What vi folks like with it is that it is a simple editor (neither a
>newsreader, nor a mailer, nor a debugger, nor a coffee machine...), and
>that most movements are obtained with a single keystroke (no CTRL, no
>SHIFT), and it is moded - yes, I like it!

I Agree, but you always have the !! capability!


>What vi lacks is a more powerfull macro-language, and multi-buffer features.
>Perhaps multiple windows, and certainly some X features (windows, mouse...).
>Editors much more simple than emacs provide such features (such as microemacs,
>or vile).

If anyone wants multiple files displayed AT ONCE, try XVI (not for X windows)
in editors dir of simtel msdos archives.  The source is available there
and compiles on UNIX (has makefiles for cray, bsd, sysv, etc).  Not bad,
tho could use some extending!  The PC version is even mouse-aware!


David T. Bath	Email:dtb@otto.bf.rmit.oz.au	Phone:03-3477511
Global Technology Corporation, 179 Grattan St, CARLTON, VIC, 3153, AUSTRALIA
"Failure to emulate is the best revenge" - Marcus Aurelius

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Global Technology Corporation, 179 Grattan St, CARLTON, VIC, 3153, AUSTRALIA
"Failure to emulate is the best revenge" - Marcus Aurelius