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Re: is it really worth the time to go from vi to emacs?

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From: George V. Reilly
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 00:00
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In article <31D0D15E.2312@best.com>, Emil P. Rojas <emilr@best.com> wrote:
) Larry Riedel wrote:
) > The vi editor provides a certain set of capabilities; these capabilities
) > are isomorphically represented through the VIPER package which comes with
) > GNU emacs, and the vastly larger set of capabilities provided by emacs is
) > accessible concurrently with those provided through VIPER.  In my mind
) > there is no concept of "emacs vs. vi" since emacs can be treated as an
) > extension of vi.  There is a default key mapping in emacs for the basic
) > editing commands which can easily be replaced by a vi key mapping.
) 
) Is this the same as the VIP mode?  I used this a couple of years ago,
) and decided against using it when I found vile.  If the vi mode is improved
) I would be interested in trying it again.

Viper is derived from VIP, but it's much improved.  I recommend
giving it a try.  If you prefer something smaller and lighter,
try Vim.
-- 
/George V. Reilly	Vim 4 (vi clone) for NT & Windows 95
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From: gvr@coho.halcyon.com (George V. Reilly)
Subject: Re: is it really worth the time to go from vi to emacs?
Date: 1996/06/28
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