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to start over with the existing file. VI only does what it is told. Since I fat finger things alot, I learned these lessons years ago:)
Yes, that's exactly my point. With education and expertise you can overcome the obscure aspects of most software. But vulnerability to fat-fingering doesn't go away no matter how good your knowledge. Every mistyping introduces an error and a negative consequence, but with modeless editors the damage is usually much more limited and easier to correct.
Paul Paul, I disagree :) because of my fat fingering capabilities, EVERY time I try something... Brave/stupid/extensive, I ALWAYS do a ":w" write before I do it. It comes naturally:) remember, this ISN'T a word processor, this is a text editor. If I was working on something like a newsletter, I'd be doing it in OpenOfficeWrite, or another word processor. And even with THAT you can CTRL-A highlight the entire document and DEL it... of course there is always UNDO:) Use what you are comfortable with, there are many text editors/word
On Fri November 11 2005 3:29 pm, Paul W. Abrahams wrote: processors to choose from. I happen to like VI, I've used it for 20 years. -- Paul Cartwright Registered Linux user # 367800 X-Request-PGP: http://home.bellsouth.net/p/PWP-pcartwright/key.asc