In an effort to clear bad blood and actually learn something I decided to start this thread:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4145060

It should be obvious that it is intended to be useful and educational. No flaming. No trolling. No personal attacks. Just reproducible facts.

I am hoping that you will be one of the first people to post a recipe to that thread so that those of us who don't know enough about vi will, hopefully, see the light.

Thanks in advance.