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Old 12th September 2008
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Originally Posted by JMJ_coder View Post
At least nvi allows multiple undo. Press 'u' to undo and then '.' to undo as much as you want.
In vim you can do this by using 'u' and 'Ctrl-R' (redo).

IMO, comparing vi/nvi with vim is a futile exercise. nvi is a very nice editor and I know that there is a NIH associated with vim among BSD users, but if you are an experienced vi user, for programming you need vim. period.
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