Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!brl-adm!adm!rbj@nav.icst.nbs.gov From: rbj@nav.icst.nbs.gov (Root Boy Jim) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: vi vs emacs in a student environment Message-ID: <16543@brl-adm.ARPA> Date: 19 Jul 88 01:56:20 GMT Sender: news@brl-adm.ARPA Lines: 31 ? From: Greg Lee ? >From article <420@ns.ns.com>, by ddb@ns.ns.com (David Dyer-Bennet): ? " ... ? " (We're both assuming that the delete or backspace key works normally, ? " right?) ? You consider normal behavior for delete to be backspace, and normal ? behavior for backspace to give help, right? ? Yours truly, a vi user. The ASCII definition of DEL is `rubout', i.e. delete-backward-character. The ASCII definition of BS is `backspace', a format effector that moves the carriage one space to the left. This is not the same as deleting the previous character. The standard erase character on VAXEN is `delete', and has always been, since the days when VAXEN were PDP-11's. To their credit, Berkeley changed their standard character set to be compatible (except for ^D) with DEC OS's. ^H is a mnemonic for `help', and makes as much sense as most editing commands. If you don't like the bindings, change them. Yours truly, a GNU emacs user. (Root Boy) Jim Cottrell National Bureau of Standards Flamer's Hotline: (301) 975-5688 The opinions expressed are solely my own and do not reflect NBS policy or agreement Careful with that VAX Eugene!