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

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From: Emil P. Rojas
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 00:00

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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.


emil

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From: "Emil P. Rojas" <emilr@best.com>
Subject: Re: is it really worth the time to go from vi to emacs?
Date: 1996/06/25
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