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From: neal@denelcor.UUCP (Neal Weidenhofer)
Newsgroups: net.general
Subject: vi in readnews
Message-ID: <178@denelcor.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 24-Oct-83 12:35:05 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct 24 12:35:05 1983
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This is somewhat of a flame but I'm putting it in net.general because I
also need the information.

I'm a newcomer to UNIX and USENET and I've learned emacs but I can't even
find any documentation on vi.

Is there any way to use the "r" or "f" commands in readnews without
getting dumped into vi to "sink or swim".  I tried to respond to an
article that I had a comment on and by the time I was through, I had to
log onto another terminal to kill vi, readnews, and even my shell to get
my terminal to talk to me again.

I'm willing to learn vi, but I'd prefer to find some way to use readnews
without it.

Thanks in advance.

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