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   phigan to Accession   
   SlyEdit   
   02 Dec 25 04:05:04   
   
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     Re: SlyEdit   
     By: Accession to Mike Powell on Sun Nov 30 2025 09:42 am   
      
    > It doesn't matter how many times I've used vi(m), I will /always/ think that   
    > I'm in edit mode right when I open it. Just a natural reaction, or something   
      
   I may have told this story before, but I'm very much used to not always being   
   in edit mode. Often I will find myself trying to "arrow" around with h, j, k,   
   and l in things like Notepad. Well, one time I was typing a super long email in   
   Outlook (at work vs personal email where I use vi)... At the end, in order to   
   save and send the email, I out of habit hit ESC (which brings up an "Are you   
   sure you want to discard this message?" pop up window with Yes being the   
   default button), type :wq (which does nothing, because the pop up window is   
   expecting a click, or y/n, etc), then enter (which presses the default Yes   
   button).   
      
   Why can't Outlook have a 'vi mode'? :/ I think everything should.   
      
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