[Gllug] vi vs emacs (repeat)

[Rich Walker]

Robert Newson <ran at bullet3.fsnet.co.uk> writes:

[snip]
>
> 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.

Emacs, of course, has extensive optimisation for doing screen refresh on
old terminals with weird subsets of terminfo provided.

But you didn't want to know that :->


cheers, Rich.

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