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Re: [SLE] Re: early vi -- ed -- edlin
  • From: "Paul W. Abrahams" <abrahams@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 22:59:51 +0000 (UTC)
  • Message-id: <200511111758.25267.abrahams@xxxxxxx>
On Friday 11 November 2005 4:32 pm, Jerry Feldman wrote:

> Vi has 3 modes:
> 1. Command mode - this is the default full screen mode
> 2. Insert mode where you are actually editing the text
> 3. Line mode - this is the "ex" mode.
> "The full command set of the more traditional, line oriented editor ex is
> available within vi; it is quite simple to switch between the two modes of
> editing". Bill Joy http://docs.freebsd.org/44doc/usd/12.vi/paper.html

I stand corrected.

Paul

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