A few beginning questions

[Irmen de Jong]

Robin Munn wrote:

> I'd suggest you try out is Vim (http://www.vim.org/). Its name stands

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> 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).

--Irmen