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From: john@wpi.wpi.edu (John F Stoffel)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Re: What about a GNU vi?
Message-ID: <9360@wpi.wpi.edu>
Date: 2 Mar 90 02:16:31 GMT
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In-reply-to: bengsig@oracle.nl's message of 1 Mar 90 15:42:20 GMT

In article <538@nlsun1.oracle.nl> bengsig@oracle.nl (Bjorn Engsig) writes:

> I know people will tell me to use emacs; I actually did give it a hard
> try once, but I didn't really get the feel for it, so I'm still a vi
> fanatic.  Now, GNU makes lots of fine products, but there is no "gvi".
> I'd actually like to use many of the nice features of GNU emacs, but
> used with the vi-touch in my fingertips.
> 
> Is such a thing planned, worked on by somebody, even made, or ...?
> Would it be possible to somehow give GNU emacs the vi-touch?  Am I crazy?

All you have to do is type:

"emacs"  then
"M-x vi-mode"  

and presto!  You're in a vi emulation mode of emacs.  Easy, ain't it?
:]

John Stoffel
John@wpi.wpi.edu