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From: glenn@welch.jhu.edu (Glenn M. Mason)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: vi on ms-dos
Message-ID: <1991Jun14.211133.12154@welch.jhu.edu>
Date: 14 Jun 91 21:11:33 GMT
References: <1991Jun05.153324.25760@chinet.chi.il.us> <1991Jun7.111929.8902@news.cs.indiana.edu> <1991Jun7.172233.7978@welch.jhu.edu> <426@galileo.rtn.ca.boeing.com>
Reply-To: glenn@welchlab.welch.jhu.edu (Glenn M. Mason)
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In article <426@galileo.rtn.ca.boeing.com> rfh3273@galileo.rtn.ca.boeing.com (Dick Harrigill) writes:
>In article <1991Jun7.172233.7978@welch.jhu.edu> glenn@welchlab.welch.jhu.edu (Glenn M. Mason) writes:
>>If vi can do "anything that can
>>be done" via mocro customization, please show me how to accomplish the
>>following things ... because if you can, I may actually *use* vi:
>>
>>Can you show me how to ..........................
>
>My list is much simpler:
>
>Can you show me *ANYTHING* in vi that a typial vi novice could figure out 
>the keystroke sequence for him/herself without referring to a manual?


I can show you how to add more power, extensibility and flexibility to your
editing capabilities while greatly increasing your productivity and generally
lowering your stress level ... and you can accomplish this all FROM WITHIN
VI:

. . .
~
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:q!

> man jove

;^)


I think that Ed Wright said it best in his .sig file:
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I think I've got the hang of it now .... :w  :q  :wq  :wq! ^d  X exit ^X^C
^[x  X Q  :quitbye  CtrlAltDel   ~~q  :~q  logout  save/quit :!QUIT ^[zz ^[ZZ
ZZZZ  ^H  ^@  ^L  ^[c  ^# ^E ^X ^I ^T  ?  help  helpquit ^D  ^d ^C ^c help
^]q  exit ?Quit ?q  anybackbone!sequent!edw edw@sequent.COM  KA9AHQ 28.340
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... or in layman's terms ... "vi SUCKS!!!"


Glenn
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William H. Welch Medical Library, The Johns Hopkins University
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