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Message from discussion Vim the best editor

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Subject: Re: Vim the best editor
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atbusb...@aol.com writes:

> I use Vim the most powerful text editor on earth. the power of vim is
> that it is modal witch means that most commands you can type wile touch
> typing. it is the most powerful editor on earth VI FOREVER. VI FOREVER

My god is emacs.  

He grinds vi users underfoot and casts them into the
outer darkness, where they will never know the joys of Meta-x.

Fear him.