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# 99  
Old 10-24-2006
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Originally Posted by tmarikle
Hardly! What I find maddening is that ESC and i,j,k,l don't work the same in MS Word or Outlook.
Or when I'm in a chat or composing an e-mail in Notes and I hit escape so I can 'j' over a few characters and correct something and my chat window disappears or have notes pop up the "do you want to send, save, discard, cancel" dialog box Smilie

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Your VI can't use backspace while your'e typing?
I hope you're kidding. Certainly learning how to use a few keystrokes is far easier than opening a document in notepad, selecting and copying to the clipboard, opening a terminal session on UNIX if it's not already, entering VI, potentially erasing every line in the file, entering into INSERT mode, and then pasting.
^a^c<alt>+<Tab>i<shift>+<ins>

Smilie

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# 100  
Old 10-26-2006
Quote:
Originally Posted by tmarikle
Hardly! What I find maddening is that ESC and i,j,k,l don't work the same in MS Word or Outlook.
Your VI can't use backspace while your'e typing?
I hope you're kidding. Certainly learning how to use a few keystrokes is far easier than opening a document in notepad, selecting and copying to the clipboard, opening a terminal session on UNIX if it's not already, entering VI, potentially erasing every line in the file, entering into INSERT mode, and then pasting.
can you or anybody tell me how to make backspace work in vi? when i press backspace, it simply moves one place to the left.
# 101  
Old 10-26-2006
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Originally Posted by napolayan
can you or anybody tell me how to make backspace work in vi? when i press backspace, it simply moves one place to the left.
How do you know it's not working?

Try this: a) start INSERT mode, b) type "abcdefghijkl", c) hit backspace 3x, d) hit ESCAPE to leave INSERT mode. You should see the last three characters disappear.

Backspace on most UNIX vi editors that I work on is not visibly destructive but when you hit ESCAPE, the backspace delete becomes evident. I haven't used VIM for a few months now and I can't recall whether it behaves the same or not.

There is a reason why most seasoned vi users (at least from my point of view), who have learned how to utilize its considerable functionality, chose vi over other editors. It's not because they don't like other editors per se but, rather, it's more attributed to vi's utility and availabilty.

Last edited by tmarikle; 10-26-2006 at 11:48 AM..
# 102  
Old 10-26-2006
Quote:
Originally Posted by tmarikle
... I haven't used VIM for a few months now and I can't recall whether it behaves the same or not.
It does in Vim 7, only you see the characters disappear in Vim.
# 103  
Old 10-27-2006
vi! yeah!.
just wish that vi commands worked inside of wordpad & notepad.
lke everyone else said, vi is everywhere, always works the same, and shows me
the line feeds if they are present.
C.
# 104  
Old 11-03-2006
i'm still not able to use vi even i use *nix few months already. so i use mcedit.
# 105  
Old 11-03-2006
mostly i have to use vi, cause it's the default one, and usually you have to log on another machines, and they don't have my favorite "aee" Smilie
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