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- From: sane@clitus.cs.uiuc.edu (Aamod Sane)
- Subject: Re: Emacvs vi
- Message-ID: <sane.724379894@clitus.cs.uiuc.edu>
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- Organization: University of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Sci., Urbana, IL
- References: <1992Dec14.201356.23232@netcom.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 00:38:14 GMT
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- sjs@netcom.com (Stephen Schow) writes:
-
- >Is there anyone out there who is totally objective that routinely uses
- >vi AND emacs, depending on a particular situation? I am a very good vi
- >user and I love it. I hear a lot about emacs, but I don't know whether I
- >should spend some time to learn it.
-
- I wrote a vi emulator for emacs which is 99.99% vi compatible
- (and has some useful extensions) called vip.
-
- It should be available on the emacs archives on archive.cis.ohio-state.edu.
- This way you do get the best of both worlds.
- I think emacs keysequences are
- demented being non-orthogonal and non-mnemonic,
- but the extension language (lisp) and windows and some
- other features are really good, especially if you are using X, since
- then you can use Epoch which uses multiple X windows.
-
- The emulator comes with a manual that should help you learn
- the little emacs you need to know.
-
- Have fun
-
- Aamod Sane
-
- QOTD:
-
- "I ran out of gas! I got a flat tire! I locked my keys in the car!
- An old friend came in from out of town! I lost my tux at the
- cleaners! Someone stole my car! There was an earthquake! A terrible
- flood! LOCUSTS! It wasn't MY FAULT!"
- -- Blues Brothers
-
- --
- sane@cs.uiuc.edu
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