Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4570 mails)

[Paul Cartwright <paul_tbot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri November 11 2005 3:29 pm, Paul W. Abrahams wrote:
> > :e
> >
> > 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 
processors to choose from. I happen to like VI, I've used it for 20 
years.

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Paul Cartwright
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