'vi' is driving me crazy

[Matthew Carpenter]

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pico and nano are so close to filling that space...  But I support n00bs
are afraid of the "Ctrl-X" to quit, etc....  Or perhaps simply
explaining the "^" character.

dep wrote:
| quoth Net Llama!:
|
| | Actually, i was thinking this sounds alot like the classic vi vs.
| | emacs flame war, except that its just vi versus everything else.
|
| it would be awfully nice if there were an editor very much like the dos
| edit. as more people use linux, and until the configuration tools
| become infallible, the need for a console text editor that requires
| *no* knowledge, that is entirely obvious, becomes even greater.
| sometimes a wheel is round for a reason.
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| such an editor is not needed by vi masters, even as edit was not needed
| by those at home with copy con.

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