Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:15:35 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: vim question... Message-ID: <20090616001534.GF37569@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20090615234404.GA60404@kokopelli.hydra> References: <20090615024643.GA33420@thought.org> <C65B19B2.7D4BB%mksmith@adhost.com> <20090615045106.GA56586@kokopelli.hydra> <20090615200030.GA37102@thought.org> <20090615234404.GA60404@kokopelli.hydra>
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On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 05:44:04PM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: > On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 01:00:30PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > > > I feel like the original vi is insufficient for my needs, but that Vim's > development doesn't exactly match my preferences. FreeBSD's nvi seems to > have moved in exactly the right direction from the original vi, but not > far enough for my needs. As a result, I'm pretty much stuck with Vim for > now. the one extension that nvi has--and the only "feature" added was :wn; joy's original didn't have this. as for vim, from what i can glean from the docs, it does everything but pay its own taxes. ---the important thing is that we don't get into a spitball-throwing contest over which editor is better! gary > > -- > Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] > Quoth Yasir Arafat on religious wars: "You're basically killing each > other to see who's got the better imaginary friend." -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org For FBSD list: http://transfinite.thought.org/slicejourney.php The 4.98a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php
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