Do you find yourself treating all text boxes like you're in vi/vim?

[Rob]

I can't tell you how many times i'll hit ESC .. or the ESC ZZ combo when typing in a text box like this one. Especially if it's a longer post! Tell me i'm not the only one!

 

[grim76]

I have done the same thing. I can't tell you how many times I have put :wq in an email.

 

[pane-free]

Not intending to detract from your question, but I quit using vi when I stopped using SunOS. I never did like vi all that much -- it was just a necessity. I can see your point, however. It took me awhile to not use dir when ls was required -- DOS died hard in mine like vi is apparently doing in your mind!

One benefit -- the command line is second nature. Pity the point-and-clickers!

 

[KenJackson]

I never press ESC or ESC zz or :wq, but I do frequently press emac's CTRL-E and expect the cursor to zip to the end of the line. Worse, I sometimes press CTRL-A and expect the cursor to be at the beginning of the line. Then if I don't see that all the text is highlighted before I press another key, the whole post is deleted! Fortunately text boxes have CTRL-Z to undo. Or I press ALT-D and expect a word to be deleted, but firefox grabs that one.

It would be nice if vBulletin would allow us to pick our favorite editor to emulate as a settings configuration item.

 

[forestplay]

Not vi, emacs control characters. Happens all-the-time.

-Bob

 

[Darwin]

Vi is dead in the water for me, but I know what you are talking about - I think that would be a good reason to move on.

AND LOL@Point and Clickers.

 

[Rob]

Love this thread!