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[Jerry Feldman <gaf@xxxxxxx>]

On Friday 11 November 2005 2:15 pm, Paul Cartwright wrote:
> vi has colon commands ":" just like ED, and I use them often. There are
> no better DOS editors than VI, but we all have our opinions, and you
> are welcome to yours. That's exactly why there are so many editors out
> there to use. I personally don't like EMACS, but that's because I
> already learned VI.
While as an EMACSIAN I think you are a heretic :-)
The ":" commands are part of vi's ex mode. 
Bill Joy 1984.
"I wish we hadn't used all the keys on the keyboard. I think one of the 
interesting things is that vi is really a mode-based editor. I think as 
mode-based editors go, it pretty good. One of the good things about EMACS, 
though, is its programmability and the modelessness".
http://www.cs.pdx.edu/~kirkenda/joy84.html
This article gives a lot of history on Vi.
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Jerry Feldman <gaf@xxxxxxx>
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