[thelastnode]

I actually did this recently! I kept vim as vim though, so if I REALLY needed to edit something quickly, I still could.

It's very natural to type "vi <filename>", so it certainly helped.

[bayareaguy]

it certainly helped

That was my experience as well, having learned vi before emacs. Unfortunately back then computers were scarce and I frequently shared my account with friends less pleased with this strategy. One even thought it was a joke On him and after he eventually got his own account he got "even" with me by putting 'nice 5' in my .login, which I didn't find for weeks...