Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!news.cs.indiana.edu!att!cbnews!itch From: itch@cbnews.att.com (richard.m.brack) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: HEY- editor wars! Keywords: editor Message-ID: <1991Jan28.201856.7624@cbnews.att.com> Date: 28 Jan 91 20:18:56 GMT References: <1991Jan28.165534.110@convex.com> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 27 In article <1991Jan28.165534.110@convex.com>, swarren@convex.com (Steve Warren) writes: [some stuff deleted...] > I backspace over and continue typing. In vi this requires you to (after the > mistake) hit the to switch modes, then type 'x' to delete the character, > then type 'a' to go back into insert mode at the end of the line. All you > need to do in emacs is hit the backspace key to accomplish the same thing. This is not true at all. I use the backspace key in vi all the time to go back and correct a typo. You don't have to use 'x' 'a' all the time. Just to make sure, let me try the backspace key, yep, worked just fine. I have never used emacs, so I won't get in this argument, I'll just say that different people are comfortable with different ways of doing things. I like 'vi'. I know how to use it. It does what _I_ want. > -- > _. > --Steve ._||__ DISCLAIMER: All opinions are my own. > Warren v\ *| ---------------------------------------------- > V {uunet,sun}!convex!swarren; swarren@convex.com RichBrack -- { the itchman cometh /-/ _ i don't want to be your angel } { itch@cbnews.att.com /-/ _|_|_ i want to be your witch! } { att!cbnews!itch \-\/-/ ( * )tch -yello } { \/\/ /^\ }