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James Fidell wrote: > Alex Charrett wrote: > >> On the other hand there's bound to be ocassions where vi is all you've got >> to try and rescue a system with. I oringially learnt vi because I had to >> use Solaris at work, and now that's all I use. Going back to something >> else just feels clunky! Mmm, regex. > > In the dim and distant past when I was a student, I used microemacs out > of preference. Then I got a job in the real world working for a company > that was supplied hundreds of different UNIX(-like) machines by OEMs all > over the world. The only full-screen editor you could guarantee you'd > find on any machine you logged into was vi, so I quickly learned to use > it. Almost twenty years later, vi is now so deeply ingrained in my > subconcious that I don't think twice about how to do things and I still > use it because it's pretty much the only editor you can be sure will be > installed on any given system. I'd love to have vi-style modal editing > for thunderbird. As you say, anything else just feels clunky, > especially if it requires that I take my hands off the keyboard (or even > away from the "home" keys, really) to perform some operations. > > James > The three odd things about vi is that a) how quickly it does get ingrained into you, I am forever trying to shut other programs with ":wq" or similar; b) how everybody uses it is slighlty diffent ways; and c) how when you first use it it takes and age to work out how to close it. Wills -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html