Interesting vi bug/feature (Reply to Mark Horton)
Joaquim Martillo
martillo at mit-athena.ARPA
Wed Dec 26 16:04:10 AEST 1984
I do not know if the current blit software permits block moves of text
from one blit window to another. That is I can be running more in one
window and emacs in another. If I want to take a block from the more
window and put it in the emacs buffer, I should be able to do so. If I
am using vi and vi happens to be in command mode this action could be
disastrous. There is also no sign in vi which tells which mode vi is
in. This strikes me as a major flaw. Therefore vi is not upwardly
compatible with the next generation of intelligent terminals which have
decent software (unlike what might be available for the blit).
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