If you could have anything in vi ...

[Tom Christiansen]

>From the keyboard of toma at swsrv1.uucp (Tom Armistead):
:You need to get Emacs - and run the vi eumlation package (vip.el).  I'm a
:vi fanatic from way-back - but now I've converted...  It took a few hacks
:to the Lisp source (vip.el) to get exactly like I wanted, but I can make it
:do what ever I want too.  Multiple windows, unlimited undo, compile from
:withing the editor, mail interface (sending and receiving), Usenet news reader,
:and on and on ... All in one package!!! (Oh yea - and Xwindow support).

why the devil should an editor compile, read mail, or read news?
emacs is just a visual shell.

--tom