Re: Oracle: Naked King in database land?

If you like vi then use vi. If not, consider Epsilon (Lugaru Software). It has been around forever and emulates many other editors' keystrokes (sorry, not vi--yet). Very powerful.

No--I don't work for the company--just like the tool.

"Galen Boyer" <galenboyer_at_hotpop.com> wrote in message news:u65pvr777.fsf_at_standardandpoors.com...
> On Wed, 2 Apr 2003, mikharakiri_at_ywho.com wrote:
>
> > That old joke perfectly reflects my own experience: there is no
> > vi feature which suggests that its creator had IQ more than
> > 50. The world moved since then, and no decent editor today
> > require a user remembering silly and counter intuitive commands
> > anymore. Why are you guys so vigorously defending this old
> > piece of junk?
>
> vi is the UNIX equivalent to notepad. Yeah, there are more
> powerful environments to get your stuff done, but when you need
> it, it is needed.
>
> Now, so, lets compare vi to notepad. Notepad loses, hands-down.
>
> --
> Galen Boyer
Received on Thu Apr 03 2003 - 12:19:42 CST