emacs vs vi

[Anthony A. Datri]

>I tried the above and when I tried to save the file the screen froze.
>I had to turn the terminal off and back on to restore control, and
>then I couldn't tell where I was on the screen.  I tried repeatedly
>to save the file, and each time ran into the same problem.  I finally
>had to exit without saving.  (That worked.) What a dumb editor.  I'm
>going back to vi.
>
>Taking off my novice user hat now.  (Chee, that thing fits too tight!)
>
>David, I think you'd have to add some to your instructions.

More likely you'd have to get a real terminal connection, ie., one
that didn't do automatic flow control.  It's likely that simply
typing a ^q would have returned control.  Are you using DECnet or what?
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