[Info-vax] VI* on VMS
Simon Clubley
clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP
Thu Oct 17 08:37:08 EDT 2024
On 2024-10-16, Chris Townley <news at cct-net.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Why would anyone want use vi, or vim on VMS?
>
VI on VMS is just about using what you already know IMHO, in the same
way as I enable EDT keypad mapping in emacs.
> What is wrong with eve/tpu? or even LSE?
>
However, when it comes to emacs, it does a _lot_ that EVE does not do.
For one simple but very important example, you have brace matching in
emacs so you can easily check the closing brace matches the correct
opening brace.
Simon.
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