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On 2/14/07, James Fidell <james@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > In the dim and distant past when I was a student, I used microemacs out > of preference. Then I got a job in the real world working for a company > that was supplied hundreds of different UNIX(-like) machines by OEMs all > over the world. The only full-screen editor you could guarantee you'd > find on any machine you logged into was vi, so I quickly learned to use > it. Almost twenty years later, vi is now so deeply ingrained in my > subconcious that I don't think twice about how to do things and I still > use it because it's pretty much the only editor you can be sure will be > installed on any given system. I'd love to have vi-style modal editing > for thunderbird. As you say, anything else just feels clunky, > especially if it requires that I take my hands off the keyboard (or even > away from the "home" keys, really) to perform some operations. The number of times I've tried to use hjkl instead of the arrow keys while using a wordprocessor... -- Martinus Scriblerus scripsit ex 50º 21' N, 4º41' W -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html