From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 220 invoked by alias); 6 Dec 2014 22:44:58 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@zsh.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes List-Id: Zsh Workers List List-Post: List-Help: X-Seq: 33892 Received: (qmail 6399 invoked from network); 6 Dec 2014 22:44:55 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.1 cv=AduIQRnG c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=+SwvCgffRUjIJVDq/BIVHQ==:117 a=+SwvCgffRUjIJVDq/BIVHQ==:17 a=G8GL833Es-AA:10 a=N659UExz7-8A:10 a=1qri5mKxsJtb-eK56GYA:9 a=pILNOxqGKmIA:10 Message-id: <548386E2.6050504@eastlink.ca> Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2014 14:44:50 -0800 From: Ray Andrews User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Icedove/31.2.0 MIME-version: 1.0 To: zsh-workers@zsh.org Subject: Re: vi mode question. References: <17052.1417717710@thecus.kiddle.eu> <141204231735.ZM9532@torch.brasslantern.com> <21098.1417785962@thecus.kiddle.eu> <5481EF6D.4060800@eastlink.ca> <548215B2.50108@eastlink.ca> <141206140938.ZM2298@torch.brasslantern.com> In-reply-to: <141206140938.ZM2298@torch.brasslantern.com> Content-type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit On 12/06/2014 02:09 PM, Bart Schaefer wrote: > Anyone who knows vi(m) will already know this, but for Ray et al.: ... Thanks for that. I wonder why there isn't (*if* there isn't) a compromise: All the most basic editing/moving primitives working in insert mode like emacs or the (what DOS/Windows people would call) 'normal' human editors, but still having a command mode for the complexities (where emacs goes nuts with all those combinations). You'd mostly be in 'normal' mode, but when you needed to do some heavy lifting, 'command mode' would still be there. I haven't tried vi for a long time, I should try again.