Re: newbie comments on editor choice
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Doug Weimer <weim0404@kettering.edu> writes:
> I have heard similar comments to "I doubt I ever take the time to learn
>vi" and it concerns me that many people are missing out on an excellent
>editor. vi is one of the most powerful editors I have ever used, ranging
>from full document substitutions to deleting every blank line with one simple
>command. If you take few minutes to give vi a chance you will soon be able to
>do complex editing very quickly.
Uhm, Doug, your point? vi isn't the only "powerful" editor out there.
Let's see, full document substitutions.
Joe: ^KF, foo, r(eplace), bar, CR
vi: <ESC>:%s/foo/bar/g (this is simple?)
Oh, a challenge, removing all blank lines...
Joe: ^KF, \n\n, r, \n, CR
Wow, that was, I mean, whoa. That was hard, Doug. Damn, I'm glad that
there is vi with its modal interface, really cryptic syntax and no
documentation or prompting to help me out. I mean, geez, a whole 10
keyrstrokes in joe. Wait, that makes me wonder, the way I'd to it in vi.
<ESC>:%s/\n\n/\n/
12 keystrokes. Hmmm, but I might be doing that wrong, I'm sure there is
a
better way.
Get off it, Doug, people use different editors for different reasons.
When you get into the feature set of Emacs, Joe, (el|n)vi(s|m), the feature
set between them is identical. Don't try to dazzle someone else with the
"power" of your editor.
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