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From: bph@buengc.BU.EDU (Blair P. Houghton)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: vi-like
Message-ID: <2237@buengc.BU.EDU>
Date: 10 Mar 89 01:11:49 GMT
References: <12406@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> <958@starfish.Convergent.COM> <2386@iscuva.ISCS.COM> <415@corpane.UUCP>
Reply-To: bph@buengc.bu.edu (Blair P. Houghton)
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In article <415@corpane.UUCP> sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks) writes:
>In article <2386@iscuva.ISCS.COM>, carlp@iscuva.ISCS.COM (Carl Paukstis) writes:
>> 
>> EDITOR WARS!
>
>well, dw is not so bad, but let's look at some of the other commands:
>
>dd = delete line (why? why not dl?)

Stuttered 'delete'.  'dl' means delete next character, primarily because
'l' means move to next character.

>ZZ = end edit and save file (!!!!)

I don't know why.  It sure does beat hell out of ':wq', and I'd rather
do 'ZZ' AND chop off my left foot twice a day than have to go through
something as hideous as "ctrl-X ctrl-C n" just to save & quit...

>$ = end of file

in a regular expression, yes; type '$' as a key command, however, and
it puts you at the end of the line.  Not great, not terrible.  I don't
know how emacs does go-to-end-of-line, and I do know that you have to
learn EDT macro programming to get it to work there.

>A = insert begining at end of line !?!?!

No, "append to end of line."  'a' is append-after-this-character, so it's
only natural that big-a is append-after-all-these-characters.

Any editor that takes my fingers off the 50-or-so major keys of a keyboard
or requires several-and-simultaneous strokes just to get the SIMPLE STUFF
done is going to kill my productivity.

Using VI is as easy as typing.

				--Blair
				  "I win.  Go home."