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From: cjh@hpausla.HP.COM (Clifford Heath)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Wanted: REAL vi mode for GNU emacs
Message-ID: <380002@hpausla.HP.COM>
Date: 18 Jul 88 05:18:33 GMT
Organization: HP Australian Software Operation
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I am a (not altogether unenlightened) vi user.  Yes, I have a choice,
and I chose vi over Gnu Emacs because there is less typing; commands
are shorter.  Now, if someone were to write a real vi mode, that is
one that, as far as it goes, actually works EXACTLY like vi does,
and has at least half of vi's commands (together with all of EMACS
facilities, of course) then I'd change over like a shot.

So.....   WANTED, DEAD OR ALIVE, a REAL vi mode for GNU Emacs.

Please don't start a religious war over which is better, just agree
that for thousands of vi users, a real vi mode would be FANTASTIC,
and would probably wean a lot more people off this dinosaur.

For now, I'll remain a recalcitrant vi user, just to save that
bit of typing time.

Clifford Heath, Hewlett Packard Australian Software Operation.
(UUCP: hplabs!hpfcla!hpausla!cjh, ACSnet: cjh@hpausla.oz)