bob%tut.cis.ohio-state.edu@osu-eddie.UUCP (Bob Sutterfield) (07/24/87)
In article <261@zehntel.UUCP> larryg@zinfandel.UUCP (Larry Gillespie) writes: > ... I have a couple of Emacses available to me, including GNU Emacs >for Unix 4.3bsd ... I am certain that it is possible to customize >Emacs so that it behaves EXACTLY like vi ... Does anyone have such an >animal? Have you looked at GNU Emacs' VIP-mode? Say `M-x info', then `m vip'. -=- Bob Sutterfield, Department of Computer and Information Science The Ohio State University; 2036 Neil Ave. Columbus OH USA 43210-1277 bob@ohio-state.{arpa,csnet} or ...!cbosgd!osu-eddie!bob soon: bob@aargh.cis.ohio-state.edu
rod@cpocd2.UUCP (Rod Rebello) (07/29/87)
In article <3863@osu-eddie.UUCP> bob@osu-eddie.UUCP (Bob Sutterfield) writes: >In article <261@zehntel.UUCP> larryg@zinfandel.UUCP (Larry Gillespie) writes: > >> ... I have a couple of Emacses available to me, including GNU Emacs >>for Unix 4.3bsd ... I am certain that it is possible to customize >>Emacs so that it behaves EXACTLY like vi ... Does anyone have such an ^^^^^^^ >>animal? > >Have you looked at GNU Emacs' VIP-mode? Say `M-x info', then `m vip'. > Larry wants an EXACT implementation of VI in Emacs. I have tried the VIP-mode, and found a number of inconsistancies versus "true" VI. These were irrating enough so that I gave up on it. I have resigned myself to learning Emacs, primarily because I also have Emacs on my PC (MicroEmacs). I hate trying to switch gears every time I move from system to system. Rod Rebello ...!intelca!mipos3!cpocd2!rod
mkhaw@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA (Michael Khaw) (07/30/87)
in article <808@cpocd2.UUCP>, rod@cpocd2.UUCP (Rod Rebello) says:
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->>> ... I have a couple of Emacses available to me, including GNU Emacs
->>>for Unix 4.3bsd ... I am certain that it is possible to customize
->>>Emacs so that it behaves EXACTLY like vi ... Does anyone have such an
-> ^^^^^^^
->>>animal?
->>
->>Have you looked at GNU Emacs' VIP-mode? Say `M-x info', then `m vip'.
->>
->
-> Larry wants an EXACT implementation of VI in Emacs. I have tried the
-> VIP-mode, and found a number of inconsistancies versus "true" VI.
-> These were irrating enough so that I gave up on it. I have resigned
I started to use vip mode and also got put off by the inconsistencies, but
I think all of that can be fixed by rebinding the keys from your .emacs
file. I just haven't had the time to go through and find all the "wrong"
bindings and fix them, and decide which of vi's unused keys I can bind to
useful emacs-ish things like 'change to emacs mode', or 'split screen'.
Mike Khaw
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