'vi' is driving me crazy

Michael Hipp Michael
Mon Dec 27 16:31:23 PST 2004


Bill Campbell wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 27, 2004, Net Llama! wrote:
> ...
> 
>>I save files.  writing seems like something very different than saving. 
>>Q for quitting seems like another rare intuituve exception.  I and A 
>>are only intuitive in the vi world.
> 
> 
> After using vi for 22 years they're intuitive, and any other editor seems
> sluggish and inefficient.

The fact that many people have - by endless repetition - memorized them 
does not make them intuitive. "Intuitive" and "must be memorized" are 
essentially opposite concepts. Nor is "memorizable" a synonym for 
"standard".

Michael



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