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From: v087mxgb@ubvmsa.cc.buffalo.edu (Shawn E Thompson)
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Subject: Re: Make emacs like vi.
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Date: 29 Nov 90 00:05:05 GMT
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>Is it possible to make Emacs function partly like vi, like 'insert' mode
>and 'noninsert' mode, undoing certain changes easily, moving cursors
>just by pressing 'hjkl'?
> 

Sure!

just bind you keys to that function....I have bound a macro
which toggles insert mode on and off to my insert key.....

for cursor movement (you would probably want to hold a CTRL
key or something like that), look in your start up file,
"EMACS.RC".....you might put something like (now I forget
my EXACT syntax, but this'll give you the flavor);

bind-to-key previous line ^K   (I think its 'k'...I fergit)
bind-to-key forward-character ^L

etc......



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