From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Wen Weng Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Hard to switch from vi Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2006 21:39:26 -0400 Message-ID: <452AF9CE.9070405@charter.net> References: <20061009001242.GB6779@marita.homelinux.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1160445390 10424 80.91.229.2 (10 Oct 2006 01:56:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 01:56:30 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Oct 10 03:56:26 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GX6dU-0005sb-Ve for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 10 Oct 2006 03:42:38 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GX6dU-0008La-D8 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 09 Oct 2006 21:42:24 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news4.google.com!news3.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!nx01.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!69.28.186.77.MISMATCH!hwmnpeer03.lga!hwmnpeer01.lga!news.highwinds-media.com!hw-filter.lga!newsfe02.lga.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (Windows/20060909) Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 27 Original-X-Trace: nphhjmdkmllhpdkekannfilpcpbbolnmapcmdcblnfaigjmalbfajommfadngcaaniciipnkdmiklclhbllconobbcpmibjcjccfofacecbhpncpcbigcfipeicchpmkenfnojecgjgcfcij Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2006 18:39:28 MST Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:142327 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:37946 Archived-At: Thanks for suggesting the viper mode. It might be my long term solution for using the strengths of both editors... I'll check it out more in detail... Lennart Borgman wrote: > Ignacio Mondino wrote: >> On Sun, Oct 08, 2006 at 07:32:01PM -0400, Wen Weng wrote: >> >> >>> 4. Should I really need to switch to emacs? >>> >> >> That`s depends on you :) . You should feel confortable in your working >> environment, maybe you don't need to use Emacs at all. >> >> It's just another tool (a REALLY powerfull tool) to learn, just like >> many of us learn vi, which is powerfull a powerfull too. >> :)) > > Do you know about Viper, a really good vi emulator inside Emacs? At > least it is very good in Emacs 22. Emacs 22 is not yet released but very > stable and will hopefully soon be in pretest. > > See http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/ViperMode > >