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From: gvr@cs.brown.edu (George V. Reilly)
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Subject: Re: vi and emacs
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Date: 2 Jun 91 23:12:58 GMT
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In article <1991Jun2.224020.9490@trl.oz.au> soh@andromeda.trl.OZ.AU (kam hung soh) writes:
# Dan_Jacobson@ATT.COM writes:
# 
# >>>>>> On 1 Jun 91 02:15:05 GMT, soh@andromeda.trl.OZ.AU (kam hung soh) said:
# 
# >Try emacs' vi emulation.  Do ESC x vip
# >and also get into emacs' info reader (C-h i) and read
# >"* VIP:     (vip).          A VI-emulation for Emacs."
# 
# I had a go at VIP, and it emulates vi very well (right down to the
# single undo vi offers(!)).

Not true.  VIP offers multiple undo (`u' followed by as many `.'s as
you need to get back to a safe state).  Aamod Sane recently posted
a revised version of VIP which is closer to the original vi.
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