vi editor file limitation 4887

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What a bunch of crap. 10's of thousands of people, including most of unix-linux pros, use the real vi.

VIM="Vi Mangled"

It's what happens when a bunch of bored and unemployed coders with too much time on their hands and lacking the initiative to write their *own* editor, came up with, catering to spoiled consumers who want their editor to wash the dishes for them, protect them from having to learn the shell, and to have a lot of useless eyecandy to make them think that they are watching TV instead of operating a computer.

And to let them operate their editor with a plastic rodent so that their other hand is free for a diet coke or a bag of potato chips or a slice of pizza.

It's vi trying to be emacs, which is incredibly ironic.

And, once again, ironically, it is much harder to learn to use than vi. That's what happens when you try to make an editor be everything, instead of just an editor.

There's nothing "primordial" about vi. It is an infinitely extensible editor. For instance, I reformatted the entire quoted nonsense of Rick here, with a single keystroke, before trimming most of it way.

Dismissing the best editor, all things considered, that has ever existed, because it has a file-size limitation, is the act of a very ignorant and-or stupid person.

Now, I'll bring up a menu of sigs to choose from with another single keystroke. Let's see...How about something from an intellectual equal of Rick's? :-)

(And I'm not even very good with vi.)

AC

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