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From: peter@nmti.com (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy
Subject: Re: Betting on Unix
Date: 10 Mar 1997 17:23:18 GMT
Organization: Network/development platform support, NMTI
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In article <5ft3et$mq9$1@nntp1.mcs.net>,
Martin J. Maney <maney@Venus.mcs.net> wrote:
> Yes, you left out all the mode switching between "typing text" and "typing
> commands".
There is no "mode switching". There is only typing commands. The sequence
"isometextgoeshere^[" is a command, inserting "sometextgoeshere" before the
cursor.
The biggest problem vi has is all the documentation that incorrectly describes
it as a moded editor because it looks that way to someone used to moded
editors. It's not.
Thinking of it as having "insert" and "command" modes actually makes it harder
to use.
--
The Reverend Peter da Silva, ULC, COQO, BOFH.
Har du kramat din varg, idag? `-_-'