I used to actively fear finding myself in vi, as I could never escape reliably. Then I came across somebody-or-other's Complete Guide to Using Vi, and haven't looked back:
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For the record, I'm an EMACS user, but started in ed (the original for ex, which is what's underneath vi).
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