You're taking it too personal, scott. It was a rant, yes, but not specifically directed at you -- I was just bouncing it off your second question about the FAQ (maybe that one was tongue-in-cheek too but I missed the smiley).

Otherwise if you look at the "todays posts" page day after day for the past month or two, compared to what was going on a year ago, I assure you I was not exaggerating. The board is rather a mess right now, with tons of new threads on old questions and very little value added. I guess/hope it will settle down.

And I did answer your original question, didn't I ? :-)
BTW, I agree with your opinion about vi on the tablet. It's manageable with a BT keyboard, but without one, I find it easier to use mc's builtin editor.