Re: Panther. Again.

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From: David Champion
Subject: Re: Panther. Again.
Date: 16:34 on 07 Jan 2004
* On 2004.01.07, in <20040107063447.GA19404@xxxxxxxxx.xxxxx.xxxx.xxx>,
*	"Aaron J. Grier" <agrier@xxxxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 04, 2004 at 06:04:51PM -0600, Peter da Silva wrote:
> > (no, I'm not going to try and quantify exactly why vim sucks, suffice
> > it to say that I've been using "vi" longer than the Macintosh has
> > existed, and vim breaks my finger macros)
> 
> echo "set nocp" >> ~/.vimrc
> 
> or am I missing something not so obvious?

Yes: compatibility mode isn't. Vim is vim, even when it's pretending to
be vi, and it can't completely hide the sorry fact.

Fortunately, I knew this was going to happen, and I'm keeping my old vi
exec.

I realize there are advantages in vim over other vi implementations, and
maybe one day, when the inevitable comes round the bend, I'll become
able to tolerate them. Until then, I wish that when I asked for vi, I
got vi, and when I asked for viper, I got emacs.

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