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From: roberts@cmr.icst.nbs.gov (John Roberts)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: emacs vs vi
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Date: 8 Jul 88 19:39:41 GMT
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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