> > I learned vi under SysVr3 and SysVr4 and didn't see much difference > > under Slackware/elvis. Vim does have some annoying differences but > > I can't remember the specifics. Emacs with viper-mode is pretty > > faithful too. > > Emacs emulating vi? The only good thing about emacs is that it's easy > to learn. Emacs emulating vi is: > 1. SLOWWWWWwwwwzzzz... > 2. vi-like interface. > 3. As far as i can remember, you must press ESC twice...
Emacs will handle many files that exceed limits in vi (line length, file size, binary content, etc.). I don't care for the finger-stretching emacs commands, though, so I run viper-mode. It has several degrees of 'vi-ness' and level 1 is almost identical. Les Mikesell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
