Re: vi/vim/elvis/* (was "Re: Strip SIG on reply")
in message <20031212141853.GJ31743@xxxxxxx>,
wrote David Yitzchak Cohen thusly...
>
> > On Fri, 12 Dec 2003, David Yitzchak Cohen wrote:
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> > > Try editing this message. Now, hold down the W key, and don't let go
> > > until the cursor stops moving. If you're in elvis, it'll start beeping
> > > with the cursor on the beginning of the URL below. If you're in VIM,
> > > it'll simply stop moving the cursor once it's on the "l" at the very end
> > > of the URL (which it has no right to be on - I didn't tell it to go to
> > > the end of the current word).
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> Tru64's (BSD-based) VI stops at the start of the last word and starts
> beeping away, like elvis. Now, does that mean BSD's VIs all behave
> like elvis? Do we have any *BSD dudes here who can help out?
The (n)vi of FreeBSD 4.8, beeps after reaching the last character (of
the last word).
- Parv
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