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Originally Posted by ahi
Is it wise to suggest to a person of moderate computing know-how to use Vi or Vim?
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I'm aware vi(m) is weird, I couldn't understand it when I was first introduced to it, now I can't live without it. But I was not suggesting anyone should learn vi(m), I was just providing an example regexp with the "warning" that it's in the vim regexp dialect.
(To exit vim, press ESC (to make sure you are not in edit mode) then type ":q!" or "ZQ", without quotes.)
EDIT: Maybe you were asking whether it is worth for you to learn vi(m)? Well, that depends. Are you comfortable to some other advanced text editor like emacs? If you are, you don't need to learn vi(m). But if you are not and you want to learn some editor, vi(m) is as good as other alternatives. Try running "vimtutor" to start with.