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From: mkhaw@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA (Michael Khaw)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.wanted,comp.emacs
Subject: Re: Want Vi customization of Emacs.
Message-ID: <15191@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA>
Date: Thu, 30-Jul-87 16:21:52 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jul 30 16:21:52 1987
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in article <808@cpocd2.UUCP>, rod@cpocd2.UUCP (Rod Rebello) says:
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->>
->>> ... I have a couple of Emacses available to me, including GNU Emacs
->>>for Unix 4.3bsd ... I am certain that it is possible to customize
->>>Emacs so that it behaves EXACTLY like vi ... Does anyone have such an
->                            ^^^^^^^
->>>animal?
->>
->>Have you looked at GNU Emacs' VIP-mode?  Say `M-x info', then `m vip'.
->>
-> 
-> Larry wants an EXACT implementation of VI in Emacs.  I have tried the
-> VIP-mode, and found a number of inconsistancies versus "true" VI.
-> These were irrating enough so that I gave up on it.  I have resigned

I started to use vip mode and also got put off by the inconsistencies, but
I think all of that can be fixed by rebinding the keys from your .emacs
file.  I just haven't had the time to go through and find all the "wrong"
bindings and fix them, and decide which of vi's unused keys I can bind to
useful emacs-ish things like 'change to emacs mode', or 'split screen'.

Mike Khaw
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