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On 4/8/25 9:16 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Tue, 08 Apr 2025 15:39:47 +0300, Anssi Saari wrote:
> 
>> The only time I've had to use vi command history editing was with some
>> old version of VxWorks. It was the only kind included by default. I
>> ended up teaching some colleagues on how to edit the command line, vi
>> style.
> 
> Seems a bit dumb, having to go into insert mode every time you actually
> want to type a command.

   It's terrible - and was obsolete already by 1985.

   NANO folks !

   Shit, I wrote a near-equiv for DOS, in '85, in
   MASM.

   I actually DELETE/rename all the 'vi' variants so
   they can't accidentally come up .....