Re: VI reasons (was Re: Base Set: Suggested additions & removals.)
On Thu, Jun 11, 1998 at 04:15:33PM +0200, Michael Dietrich wrote:
> > If vi would fit on the rescue disk, do you think we would be discussing
> > ae?
> i think it's not a good idea to put vi there. this editor can be used
> by a profi only and a prof can use any other editor too. a beginner
> won't be able to use vi but the easy to use small editor. maybe ae is
> bad, but it easier to use then vi and small. i wouldn discuss vi or
> ae, i would like to look for a really easy to use editor.
Actually, a regular vi user might be slower with another editor than with
vi, if only in looking for features it doesn't have. I have a shocking
time using pico because most of the useful features of vi are missing,
for example.
Hamish
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