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On Tue, 04 Mar 2025 23:28:05 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

> I looked at emacs a couple of times, but we seem to be from different
> planets.  My fingers speak vi well enough that it's not worth the effort
> to change.  And vi is everywhere...

Well, sort of...

which vi
/usr/bin/vi

ls -l /usr/bin/vi
/usr/bin/vi -> /etc/alternatives/vi

ls -l /etc/alternatives/vi
/etc/alternatives/vi -> /usr/bin/vim.gtk3

That's the Ubuntu box. The Fedora box doesn't show any links for /usr/bin/
vi  but you get Vi Improved. The Raspberry Pi box follows the /etc/
alternatives/vi convention but it's linked to vim.basic.  RPi OS uses a 
Gtk2 variation so there is no gVim on that one. 

ex
Entering Ex mode.  Type "visual" to go to Normal mode.

Guess where I wind up when I type vi. Yeah, pedantic, but I've used the 
real vi and it's not an experience I'd like to repeat. For its day it was 
okay but time moves on.