Why, oh WHY, do those #?@! nutheads use vi? • Hacker News Board

Re: Why, oh WHY, do those #?@! nutheads use vi?

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Post by Hexstream » Wed, Apr 02, 2008, 3:13 AM UTC

demallien wrote: post #17

Hexstream wrote: post #6

hjkl motion is retarded on anything but a qwerty layout :/

works just fine on my azerty keyboard....

I know, I consider that's in the qwerty group, mind you. Especially since the hjkl keys are at the same place than on qwerty, so your "clever" remark is irrelevant.

Re: Why, oh WHY, do those #?@! nutheads use vi?

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Post by SwellJoe » Wed, Apr 02, 2008, 3:32 AM UTC

hooande wrote: post #49

SwellJoe wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The first step is admitting you have a problem. You're on the right track.

I would love to get into a lengthy discussion about why the One True Editor is superior to vi, but I have a feeling that it would just degenerate into a flame war. vi does have an advantage in that it comes standard on most unix servers, while emacs requires a long (but relatively painless) install. Let's just say that in terms of power the two are about equal. I think emacs has an edge in the macros/functions depart…

I'm sorry, I can't hear you over the sound of how awesome my text editor is.

Re: Why, oh WHY, do those #?@! nutheads use vi?

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Post by icky » Wed, Apr 02, 2008, 7:42 AM UTC

maximilian wrote: post #43

icky wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> about the longest 'combos' you make are action-move combos, And then you use :wq as your finishing move!

:x is the same as :wq, so for those who don't like q's, you can save your pinky.

That's only available on Super vim Fighter II Turbo Championship Edition.