In article <BxGu2H.A62@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu> papresco@napier.uwaterloo.ca (Paul Prescod) writes:
>Why is it, in VI .....
>Why doesn't VI use the jkl; keys for cursor movement, since your fingers
>are already on them. Or why not use keys somewhere far from them. A
>person can easily get confused.
That is one of the nice features of vi. The hjkl keys are where you
normally place your fingers and in command mode h moves you left, j
down, k up and l right. I guess you just didn't try them. And if
your terminal is configured properly you can use the arrow keys too.
>Why is it that if I want to WordProcess in VI I have to remember to hit return at the end of the line otherwise bizarre things happen. Why not just wrap, beep, or slide over (i.e. let the line go long).
Yes - I noticed that you let the words continue on a very long line.
But since vi needs to be a program editor too, there are options of
continuing long lines, or to have them wrap just like vi is doing for
me right now. set wrapmargin=5 will do nicely.
>Inquiring minds want to know.
It appears you didn't inquire of your FM too much :-)
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