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Originally Posted by Texan
Better than Emacs!?! 
Personally, I can never figure out the crazy modal editing... I always end up putting strange characters into my stuff instead of entering commands. And don't get me even stated about deleting... (or, is that easy? I can never figure it out...  ) |
Ya, its pretty tough to start, but once you get the hang of it, its almost natural to type things like dt) and 2cw.
Thats nothing compared to regexps thou.
Theres nothing like typing something like :%s/^\(.*\)\n\1/\1$/ (delete duplicate lines) and watching what happens (especially to the faces of people watching)