> No it's not, it's "Oak Hill Vi", one of many vi clones I more or less grabbed randomly. Is vim share/freeware?

Yes. If you decide to download this, let me know, and I'll send you my options file. There are a couple of default options in VIM that are really annoying.

> Actually, I'm starting to like it. It was a MAJOR pain to get used to it at first. Having to go into "input mode" just to type something took forever to remember to do.

Yes, this is difficult to get used to at first, especially since there are different ways to get into it. "i" of course is the most common way, entering vi from where the cursor is. But you also need "a", particularly at the end of lines, which is how you enter one square to the right of the cursor. Also useful are "I" (jump to the first non-space character of the line) and "A" (jump to the end of the line) for entering input mode, because they save a lot of keystrokes for moving the cursor around.

I think the reason a proficient vi user can generally do things faster than someone proficient in any other text editor is that all the commands are right there in the central part of the keyword. The farthest you ever have to reach is the escape key. You never have to hit function keys, control, alt, the number pad, the arrow keys (you *can* use the arrow keys, but I like using h, j, k, and l to move), all of which take more time than the alphabetic keys, and you don't need to hop over to the mouse.

> ...the thrill of learning some supposedly really cool text editor is too much to resist...

Heh. That's a rare but admirable quality. I applaud your geekiness.