'vi' is driving me crazy

[Matthew Carpenter]

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Attrition is what must decide vi's fate.  Let something better come
along, and let vi compete.  Truth is, perhaps DOS' "edit" will be ported
or mimicked on Linux and it will fit the bill.  Bet your butt that pico
and nano will be first to fall victim to that.  vi and emacs are safely
nestled in their large niches.  Just too darned many people use, love,
and mechanically flow to their rhythm.

You will often find ":wq" in documents I write.  Case in point.

Kurt Wall wrote:
| On Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 03:38:43PM -0800, Net Llama! took 25 lines to
write:
| ; On 12/27/2004 03:01 PM, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
| ; >On Mon, 2004-12-27 at 14:25 -0800, Net Llama! wrote:
| ; >
| ; >
| ; >>right, and vi has been completely unmaintained since that time?
| ; >
| ; >
| ; >Yikes. Are you implying that the commands be changed? TG for open
| ; >source. As in, I'll keep my version thank you very much!
| ;
| ; Not at all, but the excuse that it was set this way a long time ago,
and
| ; that's why it shouldn't be changed is silly.
|
| Why should it be changed? Because it isn't easy to learn or isn't
| intuitive? Please. The only intuitive interface is the nipple. Everything
| else is learned.
|
| Kurt

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