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From: ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>)
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Subject: Re: Recent history of vi (was: Re: Python/C/Pascal ... How To Choose ?)
Date: 16 Nov 2025 05:11:07 GMT
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In article <10fasl6$3p4r1$3@dont-email.me>,
Lawrence D˙Oliveiro  <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
>On 15 Nov 2025 18:48:51 GMT, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
>
>> I find it takes a lot of munging to get vim to *really* work like vi.
>
>To me, that sounds like someone saying “it takes a lot of munging to get a 
>Trabant to *really* work like a Morris Minor”. I can’t imagine myself 
>wanting to use either.

Well, squids & kids, but my fingers do vi automatically.  Anything else
not so much.
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