dhollen@venera.isi.edu (David Hollenberg) (05/24/88)
I just started reading this newsgroup so perhaps this has already been
mentioned, but I'll bring it up anyway. I love the features that Vi
has, but it certainly is missing a lot. Now I can have my cake and eat
it too. I use GNU Emacs (version 18.50 under VMS) with a Vi emulator
called Vip. While Vip does not emulate Vi exactly, it is pretty damn
good. In addition, some of the unused keys and little used keys have
been bound to useful Emacs functions. You get all the power of Emacs
macros. And you can switch back and forth between Emacs and "Vip mode"
with one keystroke (normally Ctrl-Z though of course you can change
this). So now I get the best of both worlds. I would never willingly
go back to plain old Vi. Vip is documented in the info tree (it has
its own section). If you are a Vi user who also has some
familiarity with Emacs, I suggest you take a look at Vip.
Dave Hollenberg
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