Modelessness (Was porting UNIX applications to the mac)

Tim Smith tim at ism780c.UUCP
Sat Oct 4 05:51:47 AEST 1986


In article <308 at uwmacc.UUCP> dubois at uwmacc.UUCP (Paul DuBois) writes:
>> There's nothing wrong with being moded, it's just a personal preference.
>> I've taught vi to many novices, such as secretaries; I stick to a 10
>> command subset and they seem quite happy.
>
>I face the problem of teaching vi to novices, also, and would be
>interested to know what 10 commands you chose (and in hearing how
>others handle this problem).

Ok, here are the 10 commands I would teach someone :-)

	1.      rm /bin/vi              # adjust for local config.
	2.      ln /bin/qed /bin/vi
	3.      w
	4.      q
	5.      p
	6.      a
	7.      i
	8.      x
	9.      d
	10.     s

:-) :-) :-) :-) :-)
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