vi editor enhancement request

[P E Smee]

In article <20668 at unix.cis.pitt.edu> yahoo at unix.cis.pitt.edu (Kenneth L Moore) writes:
>Emacs even allows for the execution of unix commands while in the
>editor. For example: I type Capture Command Output then type date. This

In vi, try :r! shell command...

Don't get me wrong, I like emacs, but it has to always be in cbreak mode
which can be painful on a packet-switched network connection.  vi can
(wouldn't want to say whether any particular implementation *does* or
not) go into packetized modes when in input mode.

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