On 21 February 2011 20:49, Fred <f...@blakemfg.com> wrote: > On 02/21/11 18:32, Gary Kline wrote: >> >> iF we throw out "gvim" since it is simply the GUI variant of >> vim, are there are other GUI editors that use the kinds of :ab >> abbreviations that vi does? I ask this because I don't know >> wmany many people with speech imopairments or who cannot speak >> at all would be interested in using my version of vi/vim with >> it's .ex/.nex/.vimrc and my hundred+ abbreviations. >> >> The IM app, pidgin is not an editor, but it does let user use >> the mouse and/or arrow keys. pidgin also uses abbrvs. BEcause >> i type so slowly, i have my pidgin set up to use a slew of >> abbrev. [Well, not the obv's, like 'FWIW' :-) ... but other >> words. >> >> I would be interested in knowing how many list members _don't_ >> know vi and use another editor. just curious.... >>
As little as I like linking to the "en"cyclopaedia that even a paranoid hydrocephalic with (Gilles de la) Tourette syndrome can edit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_text_editors#Key_bindings > Vi > is insane. Indeed. http://www.rants.org/ed.html -- -- _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"