Learning the vi editor

This book aims to teach you how to use the vi editor, common to many Unix and Unix-like operating systems. vi is a powerful editor that is ubiquitous amongst Unix and Unix-like operating systems, but is available on many other operating systems, even on MS-DOS, Windows and the Macintosh.

Book Description

If not the original vi, there is usually at least a good clone available that runs on your system. Even if you use another editor you must have a passing knowledge of vi as an administrator. Sometimes vi is the only editor available when your computer crashes leaving a minimal system for you to repair.

Table of Contents

• Getting acquainted
• Basic tasks
• Making your work easier
• Advanced tasks
• Details
• Vi clones
• Vim
• Basic navigation
• Modes
• Tips and Tricks
• Useful things for programmers to know
• Enhancing Vim
• External Scripts
• Vim on Windows
• VimL Script language
• vile
• BusyBox vi
• vi Reference

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