Re: Panther. Again.

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From: peter (Peter da Silva)
Subject: Re: Panther. Again.
Date: 13:03 on 07 Jan 2004
> echo "set nocp" >> ~/.vimrc
> 
> or am I missing something not so obvious?

I have no earthly idea. I haven't downgraded to Panther yet so I
have no idea what exactly this "no compatibility" mode does, or
why I would want to make vim less compatible with "vi" when I've
got 20 years of "vi" use programmed into my fingers, or why you
think it would help.

Every few years this happens, someone tosses vim or gvim at me,
and breaks down my resistence with "oh, they've fixed all the
problems", and I spend a week trying to tweak it so it doesn't
drive me totally batty if I try and use it for more than a few
minutes, and I finally give up. My fingers are programmed with the
rules of the real "vi".

I hate Apple for forcing this on me again. If they're going to ship
vim, why the hell couldn't they leave nvi in there as well? It's
not like it takes up much space compared with "Expose" or "Windows
XP Emulation" (AKA fast user switching, AKA why not do something
different from Microsoft and make it real virtual consoles so I
can be logged on more than once, you slimy beggars?).

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