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Martinus Scriblerus wrote: > 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... That's the one thing I haven't been able to fully utilise yet (since I use a Dvorak board)- and it's actually quite annoying going to the arrow keys all the time, even though I've never been able to do any different. -- 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