Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!purdue!umd5!brl-adm!adm!roberts@cmr.icst.nbs.gov From: roberts@cmr.icst.nbs.gov (John Roberts) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: emacs vs vi Message-ID: <16435@brl-adm.ARPA> Date: 8 Jul 88 19:39:41 GMT Sender: news@brl-adm.ARPA Lines: 9 I believe it is possible to create a <500 word summary which will allow a complete novice to use vi at a rudimentary level sufficient to create or arbitrarily modify any text file (append, insert, delete, save, etc.) I have not heard of any such claim made for emacs. If such a summary does exist, I would be very glad to hear about it. Please post to me and I will summarize to the net. John Roberts roberts@cmr.icst.nbs.gov