VI

[Jonathan Gardner]

Emile van Sebille wrote:
> I always liked the description that vi has two modes:  one beeps at you,
> and the other destroys your file.  ;-)

When I was first learning vi, I found the beeps quite common. What was even 
more mystical is the way it would mangle your text with ease. A great way 
to learn how to use vi is to go to normal mode, and type a random letter. 
That's how I learned about <ctrl-x> and <ctrl-a>. Cool feature.
 
> Actually, I use it daily.  I'd just prefer something (oh, ok, _anything_)
> else.

I am addicted to vi. I can't imagine editing text any other way. If only I 
could get those little textboxes in web forms to use vi instead of basic 
textedit stuff... oh well.