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From: ked@garnet.berkeley.edu (Earl H. Kinmonth)
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Subject: Re: vi editor
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Date: 25 May 89 15:38:35 GMT
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>Good editor and VI in the same breath are oxymoronic.  Why not take the
>time to learn a REAL editor on which is made for the PC?  They are so

One very good reason is learning curve.  A second is efficiency.  If you
frequently switch between **IX and MessyDOS, having as little different,
even if it is not the last word in imagined (in)convenience, is worth
something.

>extended keyboards and direct video access on the PC, using VI is a
>bit wierd.

Studies show that for experienced touch typists, keys beyond the standard
QWERTY layout and inconvenient and underutilized.  Functions keys and
extended keyboards are of more use to hunters and peckers.