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From: captain@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Jeffrey Kirk)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: vi editor enhancement request
Keywords: vi > emacs
Message-ID: <5057@udccvax1.acs.udel.EDU>
Date: 17 Nov 89 23:53:04 GMT
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Reply-To: captain@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Jeffrey Kirk)
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Summary:flame flame :[

In article <11630@smoke.BRL.MIL> gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn) writes:
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>The main thing "better" about EMACS over "vi" is that EMACS is modeless.
>Experience (backed by some of the usual silly academic "studies") has
>shown that modeless interactive editing is overall more effective than moded.

I use both vi and emacs, but emacs, modeless?
When is the last time you looked at your status line?
What are magic, exact, cMODE (hint-hint), etc... sure look like MODES to me.
I guess what you are complaining about is the "input" mode in vi, well
everyone has an opinion, personally I can't stand having my left-pinky-finger
glued to the ctrl key 100% of the time in EMACS (Editor for Morons Attracted
to Control Sequences).


-Person forced to use EMACS every day  :-[