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From: Jason Andresen <jandrese@jandrese.async.vt.edu>
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To: keithl@wakko.gil.net, questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Vi and mapping keys
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Sorry I can't help you with your problem, however I also like Vi.  Anyway, I have found an excellent vi-like program vim (which stands for vi improved), which does away with a lot of the annoying aspects of vi (as options).  Vim can act almost entirly like vi, or like a somewhat friendlier editor (features like deleting anywhere with the backspace key when in insert mode, deleteing/auto-append lines, and a little reminder on the bottom of the screen telling you what mode your in (plus a lot more). 
The port is in ports-current/editors/vim/
Just thought you'd like to know.