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From: rachamp@mbunix.mitre.org (Richard A. Champeaux)
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Subject: Re: Minix, Unix on the Amiga, and flames on AmigaDOS braindamage...
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In article <439@xdos.UUCP> doug@xdos.UUCP (Doug Merritt) writes:
>A rude and immature question like this doesn't really deserve a response,
>but just for the hell of it: I've been using vi for 10 or 11 years, and
>its commands are hardwired into my fingertips. This allows me to do complex
>editing operations *extremely* fast. If I switched to a better editor,
>such as an emacs or possibly texted, it would slow me down due to the
>need to *think* about the commands. Currently I edit by reflex, and that's
>much faster than any conscious action possibly could be. Look up "conditioned
>reflex" in a good psychology text to see a numeric timing comparison.
>
>Doug Merritt		{pyramid,apple}!xdos!doug

I agree that VI isn't all that bad once you get used to it.  I've been forced
to use it at work for the past couple of months, but I'm still a novice user.
The thing that really annoys me is that it's beginning to become second nature.
When I go home and use UEdit, I end up inserting h's,j's,k's, and l's all over
the place.  I've gotten into the habit of pressing ESC every time I want to 
move the cursor, and I get confused when I try to exit the file with :x.  Two
more weeks and I get to become a one editor person again.

Rich Champeaux  (rachamp@mbunix.mitre.org)