From: Michael DeHaan <michael.dehaan@...>
Date: 2004-12-19T08:37:47+09:00
Subject: Re: OT: vi useability question

Ah yes, vi emulation.   I used SlickEdit's :w and :wq features for a
long time, just to be annoying and confuse coworkers!   I have yet to
be a total heathen and suggest someone use vi emulation in emacs,
though I personally would like that :)

Actually my VI excuse for using ESC is that I already type 85+ wpm and
my fingers need to stretch/rest occasionally, permitting a little bit
of ESC key hitting :)




On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 08:20:22 +0900, Harry Ohlsen <harryo@zip.com.au> wrote:
> Lothar Scholz wrote:
> >
> > I found that Control-I would be much better (and easy to remember)
> > then escape.
> 
> Vi in Arachno would probably be what finally decides me to buy it, so
> this sounds great! However, ...
> 
> Unless I'm mistaken, Ctrl-I is what the TAB keys sends, so that's
> probably not a good one to  choose.
> 
> Also, if you decide to provide a different mapping, please make sure to
> keep Esc, since anyone who has been using vi for a while (20+ years, in
> my case) will curse you if it goes.
> 
> By the way, are you planning to include the command-line stuff? Seasoned
> vi users probably make a lot of use of that.  While Arachno will
> presumably have ways to do most of them, again a long-time user will
> find it painful to convert.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Harry O.
> 
>