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From: chet@pirate.CWRU.EDU (Chet Ramey)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: emacs vs vi
Summary: GNU Emacs undo
Keywords: editor depends upon what I'm doing...
Message-ID: <2542@mandrill.CWRU.Edu>
Date: 26 Jul 88 21:48:02 GMT
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In article <1225@unisoft.UUCP> greywolf@unisoft.UUCP (The Grey Wolf) writes:

[about how he uses both vi and jove, each in its place]

>There is one thing that vi has that no other (non-vi, non-
>ed related) editor seems to have:  An UNDO feature!  How many times have you
>really trashed something in one swell foop and been grateful to have that
>'u' key handy?  How many times have you not had it handy and wished you had?

Try "M-x undo" in GNU emacs.  It will do the trick for you (it's saved my
-ss plenty of times).

Chet Ramey
chet@cwjcc.CWRU.EDU





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