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From: cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross)
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Subject: Re: VI* on VMS
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 21:45:27 -0000 (UTC)
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In article <lnnf0sFlfgnU2@mid.individual.net>,
bill  <bill.gunshannon@gmail.com> wrote:
>On 10/17/2024 8:37 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> On 2024-10-16, Chris Townley <news@cct-net.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>> Why would anyone want use vi, or vim on VMS?
>>>
>> 
>> VI on VMS is just about using what you already know IMHO, in the same
>> way as I enable EDT keypad mapping in emacs.
>> 
>>> What is wrong with eve/tpu? or even LSE?
>>>
>> 
>> However, when it comes to emacs, it does a _lot_ that EVE does not do.
>> For one simple but very important example, you have brace matching in
>> emacs so you can easily check the closing brace matches the correct
>> opening brace.
>
>Which is great if your writing C programs.  But of little value for
>anything else.

Brace matching generalizes to parenthesis matching, or any paired
symbols with an "open" character and a "close" character: <>, [],
etc.  Parenthesis matching is very useful for e.g. Lisp.

	- Dan C.