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Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 19:40:02 +0100
To: Evgeny Roubinchtein <eroubinc@u.washington.edu>
From: Steven Walker <swalk@anit.es>
Subject: Re: vi & word documents
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Hi,
>
>I keep hearing "vi is sooo arcane", and the only "arcane" bit is the fact
>that it has _two_modes_. In one mode it will put every single keystroke

I would forgive it a lot if it used the backspace or delete keys!!  It is
Ok for expert typists but i spend my life trying to delete the previous
letter.

Steve

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