> Your comments about Vim's learning curve are spot on, and I don't think any vimmer will disagree with you I would disagree with the gp's assertion that there

> Your comments about Vim's learning curve are spot on, and I don't think any vimmer will disagree with you I would disagree with the gp's assertion that there is an extreme amount to learn to obtain basic editing efficiency. A dozen commands or so and gvim so you can use the mouse should take you 20 minutes and a bit of practice to feel comfortable with.