He is eluding to things like smart tabs and auto indent.  Those are
disabled by default on vim and when programming they are both a curse and
a gift from the gods.  I'll admit to having spend more than a few
minutes fine tuning that.

I am an old vi rat that finally caved to vim for several reasons.
Let me mention just a few:
  * ctrl-p (autocomplete of a word)
  * ctrl-v (visual blocks)
  * split
  * spelling check
  * tab complete commands and filenames in command mode
  * incremental and highlighted search
  * tabs
  * colors, yes I said it!

I can work just fine in vi but I gain a lot of productivity when using
vim.

On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 02:34:27PM +0200, ropers wrote:
> 2008/5/4 Nick Holland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> >  "[vim] alters files in unexpected ways", which I consider a
> >  major sin.
> 
> I didn't know that, and cursory googling didn't turn up anything
> enlightening. Could you elaborate?
> 
> Thanks and regards,
> --ropers

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