Re: Gotta Learn Vi . . . . . . (was Re: [tlug] [Newbie] Becoming'root'in Kubuntu: Use sudo)

[Dave Brown <dagbrown@example.com>]

On Tue, Aug 28, 2007 at 11:35:42AM +0900, Curt Sampson wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Aug 2007, steven smith wrote:
> 
> >Bill Joy said QUOTE
> >...It took a long time. It was really hard to do because you've got to 
> >remember that I was trying to make it usable over a 300 baud modem. That's 
> >also the reason you have all these funny commands.
> 
> This, I'm not buying. Do you have a plausable explanation why the key
> sequence for vi's "change to end of line" command is noticably more
> efficient than Emacs' equivalant at 300 bps? Can you think of *any* vi
> key sequences that are *that* much more efficient? 

Yes.  The "Q" command.  Emacs doesn't have that one at all, nor even an
equivalent (unless you count "--batch").

--Dave (ever used 300baud?  Didn't it just plain *suck*?)