[SunRescue] Should an editor require you to think?

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> 
> vi is extremely non intuitive. If I simply type vi at the command prompt
> I recieve a screen full of tildes. There is no chance in hell I can use
> this without looking at help files or man pages.

Interestingly Enough, Ease of use is why I chose vi (actually vim) rather than 
EMACS as my editor/enviroment of choice.  While remembering ^[:w comes pretty 
easy as do things like ^[q!, the quirks and keystrokes of Emacs and the like 
seem counter productive, IMHO. But I promise I'm *really* not trying to start 
another Emacs vs vi war :-).  My current quest for a better vi replacement that 
will run on wintel/sun/*nix that does syntax highlighting, and can handle files 
over a FTP link :-).


Christopher