Heh - it took me years of using VIle before I found out that I could use $ to go to the end of the line rather than A<esc>...

I notice no-one has suggested emacs. That's probably because it's even more arcane and brain-draining than vi.

Most people are probably using vim as a replacement for vi now. Vim does all sorts of things, like allowing you to move around while in insert mode and syntax highlighting, that are pretty nifty. If you're not using vim and you've used vi a bit, then this may be a good thing to try.

Otherwise, I just use nedit. Even if I have to use ssh -X.

Have fun,

Paul