Re: [[cobalt-developers] [RaQ3] VI, and telnet commands]

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On 8 Oct 2000, david woods wrote:

>    re general VI commands:
> I'm sure I'll get loads of flame-mail about this, but I find vi is a real pain
> to use and I wouldn't recommend it to my worst enemy.

This isn't a flame, but I do want you to consider two things:  find me another
editor that can make complex document wide changes in so few keystrokes.  What
it lacks in user-friendliness it makes up for sheer power and efficiency.
Also, vi *is* part of the POSIX specifications, so everyone would be well
advised to learn it, it's the one editor you can always rely on to be there
for any POSIX Unix (which is most of them).

	--Arthur Corliss
	  Programmer/Administrator
	  Gallant Technologies (http://www.gallanttech.com/)