[Gllug] vi vs emacs (repeat)

[Robert Newson]

Rich Walker wrote:

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> David Damerell <damerell at chiark.greenend.org.uk> writes:
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>>A proper vi user uses :wq not ZZ. :-)
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> :wq is the only vi command I know, or have ever needed to know.

Just to be perverse, isn't :wq actually an 'ex' command - the vi ':' being a 
prefix to an ex command.

But then again, ex and vi are the same editor: ex is linemode, vi is visual.

I would have to say that (<ESC> and) ":q!" would be the only vi command(s) 
everyone should know.  If you want to make actual use of the editor, then a 
few more, like ":wq", h, i, j, k, l, x  are fairly essential.

One thing I miss from vim is the ability vi had to use dumb terminals - I 
actually have a glass teletype here which I occasionally used as a terminal 
(via a serial port) to test some stuff I was writing.  Being able to use vi 
on a dumb terminal was extremely useful as I didn't have to bother learning 
a line editor.

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