Just wanted to see the LJ creator's journal.

I have problems sleeping too. Damn insomnia!

vi is a good editor. Very helpful feature is ability to jump from an open brace to the corresponding close brace.

BTW, The stroke to do brace matching (while in command mode) is the % key.

vi is like a total onion, you constantly discover cooler features like named registers, they are way cool... Think of it as a way to keep multiple "clipboard" entries and access them based on the name (character) you store them in...

vim is a good vi clone, with additional features (which can be turned off), and its help is very useful to beginners.

It took me the longest time to finally learn vi. Eventually I was using so many solaris boxes that didn't come with anything else, I got tired of installing other editors and started learning vi.

Now I don't think I could really live without it. So flexible.

You should stay away from that dirty emacs!

I used to be an emacs zealot, and was forced to use vi for a while, and have come to the conclusion that it is a much better *editor*. For *composing* things on the other hand (like code) I can't stand using it for more than a minute or two.

That's consistent with what I've felt so far... I hate having to switch between modes by reaching up to escape all the time... it's easier for my pinky finger to go hit control than it is for my whole left hand to move up to hit esc.