In terms of text editors for Unix, there are two camps. There are the "vi" users, and the "emacs" users. Personally, I prefer vi, despite the fact that Emacs fits more closely the Windows way of working. It starts with a blank page, and cursor keys to move, and typing enters information into the document. By contrast, vi starts with a blank page, and in order to add information, you press "i". This puts you into "insert" mode. vim has other modes, such as "replace", too. vi, and vim, are very confusing to the beginner, but the learning curve is quite shallow to begin with. vim, this improved ...  Read the complete review