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Re: A very important question
Posted By: Dave, on host 130.11.71.204
Date: Thursday, December 10, 1998, at 17:21:45
In Reply To: Re: A very important question posted by Stephen on Thursday, December 10, 1998, at 16:42:36:

> vi scares me. I've got a vi clone, and quite
>frankly I'm terrified of it. So many commands,
>and me with very little UNIX experience just
>makes it even more difficult. If you think it'd
>be a good idea to do AGL code in it though,
>perhaps I'll try and figure out just how to work
>it...

Come... be one of us... don't be afraid...

Seriously, I think vi is the greatest single piece of software ever written, bar none. Well, maybe UNIX is better than vi, because it wouldn't be easy to run vi without a good OS under it, but I digress.

However, there is no reasone why you'd have to go out and learn vi to code in AGLL. If you've already got a text editor that you're comfortable with, use that. Vi isn't going to do anything more for you at this time. However, if you are in the market for a text editor, or you don't have a text editor at all and don't mind spending a little time figuring out all the ins and outs of an admitedly esoteric program, then vi is the place to start, in my not-so-humble opinion.