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In article <mnumuiF7n72U5@mid.individual.net>,
rbowman  <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
>On Sun, 16 Nov 2025 09:49:10 -0500, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
>
>> The Natural Philosopher wrote this post by blinking in Morse code:
>> 
>>> On 16/11/2025 05:11, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
>>>> In article <10fasl6$3p4r1$3@dont-email.me>,
>>>> Lawrence DÿOliveiro  <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.
>>>
>>> I find that depressing.
>>>
>>> I used to have to write reams of code in 'vi'. Horrible
>> 
>> I still do. (Though it is vim).
>
>Back to my original statement that most people who say they use vi are 
>using vim and would be very unhappy with vi. 
>

I would not.  Lack of utf-8 would be an issue for some things, but
mostly not.
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