 VI: what's the big deal? |
 Jun 13 2004, 03:50 PM
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For the diehard VI users:
I'm wondering how such a complex editor got so popular. Why do you use VI? People like to say that other editors like nano and pico tend to mess things up, but I find it much easier to mess something up using VI than using pico. To me, trying to learn how to use VI is like playing a game that my 5 year old son made up. ZZ to save and exit? come on 
This should probably be in one of those flamewars posts 
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CoreyC VI: what's the big deal? Jun 13 2004, 03:50 PM
jdralphs Amen! I've never been a VI fan, or even VIM for t... Jun 13 2004, 03:53 PM Ling VI is one of those geek big penis deals. I learned... Jun 13 2004, 04:17 PM dmilligan I use it every day at work. Its a tool. There ar... Jun 13 2004, 04:48 PM dh I must say, I only had a very short experience wit... Jun 13 2004, 04:56 PM SmackMyBishop VI isn't about ease of use, it's about productivit... Jun 13 2004, 05:07 PM zxerx This thread sounds like a troll, but I'll bite. I'... Jun 13 2004, 05:08 PM Tehas QUOTEbut when you only have a telnet session into ... Jun 13 2004, 05:10 PM dh QUOTEBefore you bash it, give it a shot: http://ww... Jun 13 2004, 05:19 PM cane_cubo In part this is one of those "how can possiblt lik... Jun 13 2004, 05:32 PM nevarrie being an advanced user I have to say I love vi and... Jun 13 2004, 05:36 PM qx773 Before vi, there were line editors like ed and edi... Jun 13 2004, 06:13 PM cowcow I've to agree the plain VI sux..however, VIM is di... Jun 13 2004, 07:01 PM sriley You'll find vi (or a variant of it) on just about ... Jun 13 2004, 08:36 PM Anonymous It took me about a week to start using VIM and bei... Jun 13 2004, 11:34 PM ScottYelich vi has a small foot print and is ubiquitous ... du... Jun 14 2004, 05:18 AM raybert Real programmers program with cat. Jun 15 2004, 07:14 AM datajerk vi rocks for the following reasons:
1. Ubiquitou... Jun 15 2004, 07:35 AM Anonymous I guess what most of you vi & vim bashers is m... Jun 15 2004, 07:45 AM padishah_emperor I've used vi for so long I can't remember. But it... Jun 15 2004, 07:54 AM Anonymous how do you wrap up a long line into a little nice ... Jun 15 2004, 08:23 AM pmf QUOTEhow do you wrap up a long line into a little ... Jun 15 2004, 08:53 AM clivel I used to think that Vi was the best thing since s... Jun 15 2004, 01:38 PM panyo How do you set the delete key to work instead of s... Jun 15 2004, 02:24 PM Anonymous QUOTEI used to think that Vi was the best thing si... Jun 15 2004, 03:34 PM Anonymous To each their own.
I've gone through a lot of edi... Jun 15 2004, 05:15 PM Tehas Just today, a friend sent me a link to this... vi... Jun 15 2004, 06:05 PM nevarrie QUOTEHowever, I can only assume that the current d... Jun 15 2004, 07:33 PM padishah_emperor Vi vs. Emacs?
Flame Wars: Episode IV?
Personally,... Jun 16 2004, 06:14 AM lucho The biggest advantage of vi is that it is availabl... Jun 16 2004, 06:28 AM raybert QUOTEcopy the word "The" with three keystrok... Jun 16 2004, 06:52 AM bluey QUOTE(...)it was the only game in town(...)
This ... Jun 16 2004, 07:53 AM datajerk Another reason to learn vi is that you can use it ... Jun 16 2004, 07:58 AM bluedevils agreed. VI is the basic editor for unix/linux. O... Jun 16 2004, 08:06 AM bredroll i would say folks, (speaking from non-pda vi use) ... Jun 24 2004, 01:01 PM
lucho Sometimes the system is so broken that even vi doe... Jun 24 2004, 01:30 PM  |
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