Re: What about a GNU vi?

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From: Deven T. Corzine
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 1990 18:47

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On 1 Mar 90 15:42:20 GMT, bengsig@oracle.nl (Bjorn Engsig) said:

Bjorn> I know people will tell me to use emacs; I actually did give it
Bjorn> a hard try once, but I didn't really get the feel for it, so
Bjorn> I'm still a vi fanatic.  Now, GNU makes lots of fine products,
Bjorn> but there is no "gvi".  I'd actually like to use many of the
Bjorn> nice features of GNU emacs, but used with the vi-touch in my
Bjorn> fingertips.

Bjorn> Is such a thing planned, worked on by somebody, even made, or
Bjorn> ...?  Would it be possible to somehow give GNU emacs the
Bjorn> vi-touch?  Am I crazy?

Bjorn> A reply 'no' to all is more welcome than the reply 'use emacs' :-)

Well, you COULD give vip-mode under Emacs a try; it's VERY much like
vi, but runs in emacs...

Deven
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Subject: Re: What about a GNU vi?
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