'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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