Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!iuvax!mailrus!uunet!prcrs!wrwalke
From: wrwalke@prcrs.UUCP (William Walker)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: vi editor enhancement request
Summary: Emacs vs VI (not another war please.
Keywords: vi display emacs
Message-ID: <318@prcrs.UUCP>
Date: 16 Nov 89 16:17:32 GMT
References: <456@tron.UUCP> <5530@ethz-inf.UUCP> <20668@unix.cis.pitt.edu>
Organization: PRC Realty Systems, McLean, VA
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In article <20668@unix.cis.pitt.edu>, yahoo@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Kenneth L Moore) writes:
> In article <5530@ethz-inf.UUCP> wyle@ethz.UUCP (Mitchell Wyle) writes:
> >In article <456@tron.UUCP> wali@tron.UUCP (Saleem Wali) writes:
> ==>==> (vi editor) Is there anyone who knows of a utility which 
> ==>==> allows "vi" to
> ==>==>**   Westinghouse Electric Corp.   *    New on the job      
> ==>
> ==>-Mitch (vi fanatic) Wyle
> 
> You two might want to think about switching to emacs. 
> The big deal though is that emacs is "universal".  We currently have 3
> versions of emacs (that I know of) one on the VAX, one on our Ultrix and
> one on our Suns.
> 
> It is difficult to change editors but in this case it is worth it. IMHO.
> 

check out emacs vi-mode, you can map it to act like the real thing and
keep all of your emacs-specific functions (rmail, dired, terminal windows
for cut/pasting, etc.).  this helps to ease the VI-folks into the emacs
world without creating the editor wars once again so recently fought 
on this group.

** PLEASE __ no editor(1) vs. editor(2) battles, everyone has their
**           favorites by now (comp.religion.editors??)

bill.

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