Date: Sat, 17 May 1997 17:55:57 -0400 (EDT) From: Brian Tao <taob@nbc.netcom.ca> To: Charles Henrich <henrich@crh.cl.msu.edu> Cc: FREEBSD-HACKERS <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: vim vs. nvi? Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.95.970517175204.21528N-100000@tor-adm1.nbc.netcom.ca> In-Reply-To: <19970516203228.50252@crh.cl.msu.edu>
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On Fri, 16 May 1997, Charles Henrich wrote:
>
> The only thing I ran into when switching was vim uses u to undelete,
> and ^R to redo, instead of the toggle as nvi operates. (Once you
> get used to it, it makes more sense the way vim does it..)
You could always do a ":set cp" to retain the undo/redo behaviour
of the 'u' key, but then you also lose the multi-undo capability. Vim
also has more window-related commands than nvi (i.e., ^W^W to cycle
through windows in vim, vs. a single ^W in nvi).
> I guess the only real way is to have some people in core who are vi
> users to try it out and give it a spin and see what they think. I
> myself am definatly sold.. If not for the syntax coloring alone..
Thumbs up from me. I can no longer function in standard vi or
nvi, and vim is one of the first things I install on every new FreeBSD
system I use (after tcsh, screen and ncftp2 ;-)).
--
Brian Tao (BT300, taob@netcom.ca)
"Though this be madness, yet there is method in't"
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