Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!dino!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!uwm.edu!rpi!netserv2!deven From: deven@rpi.edu (Deven T. Corzine) Newsgroups: comp.editors Subject: Re: What about a GNU vi? Message-ID: Date: 1 Mar 90 18:47:11 GMT References: <538@nlsun1.oracle.nl> Followup-To: comp.editors Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY Lines: 25 In-Reply-To: bengsig@oracle.nl's message of 1 Mar 90 15:42:20 GMT On 1 Mar 90 15:42:20 GMT, bengsig@oracle.nl (Bjorn Engsig) said: Bjorn> I know people will tell me to use emacs; I actually did give it Bjorn> a hard try once, but I didn't really get the feel for it, so Bjorn> I'm still a vi fanatic. Now, GNU makes lots of fine products, Bjorn> but there is no "gvi". I'd actually like to use many of the Bjorn> nice features of GNU emacs, but used with the vi-touch in my Bjorn> fingertips. Bjorn> Is such a thing planned, worked on by somebody, even made, or Bjorn> ...? Would it be possible to somehow give GNU emacs the Bjorn> vi-touch? Am I crazy? Bjorn> A reply 'no' to all is more welcome than the reply 'use emacs' :-) Well, you COULD give vip-mode under Emacs a try; it's VERY much like vi, but runs in emacs... Deven -- Deven T. Corzine Internet: deven@rpi.edu, shadow@pawl.rpi.edu Snail: 2151 12th St. Apt. 4, Troy, NY 12180 Phone: (518) 274-0327 Bitnet: deven@rpitsmts, userfxb6@rpitsmts UUCP: uunet!rpi!deven Simple things should be simple and complex things should be possible.