[oclug] Vim Rulez (was Programming Wars - Final Results)

[Taavi Burns]

On Wed, 18 Apr 2001, Jon Earle wrote:
<big snip>
> On Linux, let's see.  After deciding that vi sucked (grin), I used pico for a
> bit. It sucked so I went to joe, and have been fairly satisfied since.  I use
> vi for some tasks, and some features of vim are nice, but that damn escape key
> has just got to go.  It's an editor after all... I shouldn't have to
> instruct the editor to actually _edit_... then take a further instruction to
> _stop_ editing.

It was my understanding that vi and emacs were more properly called "text
processors," as opposed to their inferior counterparts notepad and pico
called "text editors."  Indeed, the textual acrobatics one can do in vi
with a few well placed keystrokes and automation available in emacs make
them a very clear cut above anything notepad, edit, or pico have to
offer.  A Word macro is the closest thing to text _processing_ the
"editor" world has to offer (and it isn't designed to alter the text, just
formatting and placement of the text...does it even _have_ regexps?).

> 
> Cheers!
> Jon
> 
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