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I didn't know about either of the first two points, however as long as I type "vi" and I get vi behavior, this is my desire. I'm a little disconcerted that people see fit to tinker with things like that, however I fully understand their design actions as hazel describes.
@Xeratul, no need to be defensive since you have asked for opinions. I disagree that there is no need at all to use vi, in fact I agree that it is absolutely needed, because I use it. The critical point is that technically I may be using vim which is emulating or behaving exactly like vi, when I type "vi". I need it that way, I want it that way, and if I a more rich editor, I use a different editor. I don't use vim or vim-tiny and do not wish too.
I didn't know about either of the first two points, however as long as I type "vi" and I get vi behavior, this is my desire. I'm a little disconcerted that people see fit to tinker with things like that, however I fully understand their design actions as hazel describes.
@Xeratul, no need to be defensive since you have asked for opinions. I disagree that there is no need at all to use vi, in fact I agree that it is absolutely needed, because I use it. The critical point is that technically I may be using vim which is emulating or behaving exactly like vi, when I type "vi". I need it that way, I want it that way, and if I a more rich editor, I use a different editor. I don't use vim or vim-tiny and do not wish too.
I also used many years vi and I believe that the big vim (>8 mb) is not needed if you do simple editing.
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