'vi' is driving me crazy

[Michael Hipp]

A. Khattri wrote:

> Those of us that have taken the time (a few hours) to learn it never
> conciously have to think about how to use it, we just do (like driving I
> suppose).

I have learned vi. I know at least enough of it to do basic editing.

> Learning vi is useful because vi runs on almost every platform known to
> man (even my PDA!) - so if I ever find myself (god forbid!) working in
> Solaris or AIX, I can still get stuff done. I even have vim/gvim available
> on my sole Windows box...

I'm aware of all the rationalizations for learning vi. It's why I did so.

But now that I know a tool that is *widespread*, I'd now like to get my 
hands on one that is *productive*. Or at least one that doesn't break 
every HI/UI guideline in the book.

nano and pico are no better than vi. One arcane tool is enough.

Thanks,
Michael