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   From: mariasophia@comprehension.com   
      
   Carlos E. R. wrote:   
   > Cross platforms alternatives are something to consider, if one is to   
   > learn a new editor.   
      
   That's the beauty of vi since we learned it decades ago and our fingers   
   know it better than our mind does at this point, and it works on all   
   platforms (yes, even on Android although the "escape" part is a PITA).   
      
   For me, I only use Notepad++ to normalize web page copies from various   
   sources so that the punctuation is consistent, as I don't edit with it.   
      
   If I was a kid starting out today though, I probably wouldn't pick vi.   
   But, I'll go to my grave using vi since it's what I learned decades ago.   
      
   Note: I've tested every free Android text editor ever suggested on the   
   Android newsgroup and decided early on that vi was not a keeper at all. :)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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