Addicted to vi

Title
Addicted to Vi
Original
Addicted To Love
Group
Robert Palmer
Author
Chuck Musciano (at Harris)

Intro

After thinking about that poor wretch who has become addicted to vi, I was inspired to compose the following ditty, sung to the tune of Addicted To Love by Robert Palmer. As you sing this, it may help the effect to imagine a dozen women, all of whom resemble Bill Joy, dressed in black and dancing sinuously.

Song

Addicted To Vi

(with apologies to Robert Palmer)

You press the keys with no effect,
Your mode is not correct.
The screen blurs, your fingers shake;
You forgot to press escape.
Can't insert, can't delete,
Cursor keys won't repeat.
You try to quit, but can't leave,
An extra "bang" is all you need.

You think it's neat to type an "a" or an "i"--
Oh yeah?
You won't look at emacs, no you'd just rather die
You know you're gonna have to face it;
You're addicted to vi!

You edit files one at a time;
That doesn't seem too out of line?
You don't think of keys to bind--
A meta key would blow your mind.
H, J, K, L? You're not annoyed?
Expressions must be a Joy!
Just press "f", or is it "t"?
Maybe "n", or just "g"?

Oh--You think it's neat to type an "a" or an "i"--
Oh yeah?
You won't look at emacs, no you'd just rather die
You know you're gonna have to face it;
You're addicted to vi!

Might as well face it,
You're addicted to vi!
You press the keys without effect,
Your life is now a wreck.
What a waste! Such a shame!
And all you have is vi to blame.

Oh--You think it's neat to type an "a" or an "i"--
Oh yeah?
You won't look at emacs, no you'd just rather die
You know you're gonna have to face it;
You're addicted to vi!

Might as well face it,
You're addicted to vi!

Obtained from:
Thorbjoern Hansen "ThH" from Germany
I'd love to get mail in German, Spanish, Swedish or Danish instead of English.
Visit my FTP archive and my WWW archive.

(Note: those links are now dead, I know. Nothing like a bit of the slashdot effect to make you check for this sort of stuff!)

If you like this, you'll also want to hum along to Technical Writer (parody on Beatle's "Paperback Writer").


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