I am a Vim user but besides the highlight syntax and the multiple undo I don't need a bloated editor, I usually prefer to write my own scritpt in sed/ed/awk than the Vim scripting language. The traditonal Vi have macros, abbreviations and a nice lisp mode that is all I need.
On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 11:37 PM, Michael P. Soulier <msoul...@digitaltorque.ca> wrote: > On 16/04/10 pmarin said: > >> The One True Vi: http://ex-vi.sourceforge.net/ > > I'm curious. I remember using vanilla Vi, and I found it unsufficient for my > work until I found Vim. Why would one prefer vanilla Vi? > > Mike > ---- > Michael P. Soulier <msoul...@digitaltorque.ca> > "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a > touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." > --Albert Einstein >
