[ Thanks to An Anonymous Reader for
this link. ]
“vi editor is something that UNIX newbies often like to
criticize. Until they learn it well and understand why vi is vi and
not something else. It is a marvelous creation of Bill Joy and one
cannot but think of it without a feeling of magic and
spookiness.“It has the same demonic characteristics of other UNIX concepts
like daemons and pipes. It has a steep learning curve but it is
worth the effort since the power and versatility of vi cannot be
matched…”