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From: exspes@gdr.bath.ac.uk (P E Smee)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: vi editor enhancement request
Keywords: vi display emacs
Message-ID: <1989Nov16.123810.17324@gdt.bath.ac.uk>
Date: 16 Nov 89 12:38:10 GMT
References: <456@tron.UUCP> <5530@ethz-inf.UUCP> <20668@unix.cis.pitt.edu>
Reply-To: exspes@gdr.bath.ac.uk (P E Smee)
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In article <20668@unix.cis.pitt.edu> yahoo@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Kenneth L Moore) writes:
>Emacs even allows for the execution of unix commands while in the
>editor. For example: I type Capture Command Output then type date. This

In vi, try :r! shell command...

Don't get me wrong, I like emacs, but it has to always be in cbreak mode
which can be painful on a packet-switched network connection.  vi can
(wouldn't want to say whether any particular implementation *does* or
not) go into packetized modes when in input mode.

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