A few beginning questions

[JanC]

Irmen de Jong <irmen at -NOSPAM-REMOVETHIS-xs4all.nl> schreef:

>> Cons: It's vi. That means a pretty steep learning curve until you've
>> gotten used to modal editing, where you go into "insert mode" to type
>> text and go back into "command mode" (by hitting ESC) to move the
>> cursor, copy and paste text, do searches, move text around, etc. Many
>> people try vi and give up in disgust after five minutes.
> 
> Actually, moving the cursor around, erasing characters (del, bs) and
> perhaps some other frequent actions *don't* require you to switch to
> command mode in Vim...
> So perhaps it is a lot less painful to start using Vim (compared
> to a 'true' vi).

And when using "gVim Easy" (aka "evim" or "gvim -y") you almost never need 
command mode.

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JanC

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