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From: wsmith@uiucdcsb.cs.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Re: VI Interactive Help
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Date: 13 Jan 88 01:49:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uiucdcsb.cs.uiuc.edu!wsmith    Jan 12 19:49:00 1988


I've never seen a decent help card for Vi.  There are lots of things
that won't fit in a small piece of documentation like a couple of sheets
of paper.

Plus they usually don't explain :map, :%! and other powerful and 
infrequently used commands or how entirely orthogonal the commands and 
addressing modes are.

sigh.   I suppose the same can be said for any sophisticated editor
(like Emacs too).  <- note slight attempt at preventing partisanship.

Bill Smith
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