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From: aem@ibiza.Miami.Edu (a.e.mossberg)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: vi-like
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Date: 9 Mar 89 18:26:18 GMT
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In <415@corpane.UUCP>, <sparks@corpane.UUCP> wrote:

>dd = delete line (why? why not dl?)
>ZZ = end edit and save file (!!!!)
>$ = end of file
>A = insert begining at end of line !?!?!

dd-delete line
dw-delete word
A-append at beginning of line 
a-append after current position
I-insert at beginning of line
i-insert at current position
$-end of line
^-beginning of line

it's really all straight forward.  ZZ is just a convenience rather than
:wq -write and quit

>Personally I like EDT (yes I grew up on DEC). It's easy to use, the keypad
>is designed to do most of the editing commands, like del-word, del-line, go
>to end of line, go to beginning of line, cut, paste, etc. 

It's what you're used to.  I didn't like vi at first -- the first full-screen
editor I used was on a Durango F-85 and that's what I liked. (Before that I
used @med on Univacs).  After using vi a bit I found it was much more 
powerful than the other.  No doubt if I sat down and started using emacs
for awhile I would like it and appreciate the features it has over vi, but
right now it's just that cumbersome big editor with the weird syntax.  It's
ridiculous to complain about editors -- they're just tools. Don't like one?
Use a different one. Fine by me.


aem

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