vi

[Shaun Anderson]

People will probably beat this to death, but take some time and go through
the tutorials, and really learn it.  The ramp is a bit steep, but it is
such an efficient editor.  You don't need to learn every esoteric way of
doing things, but a dozen or more keys will have you zipping around in no
time.

On Fri, Sep 10, 2021 at 8:58 AM Michael via PLUG-discuss <
plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:

> hmmmm,  when I go back to look at the file there is nothing in it
>
> On Fri, Sep 10, 2021 at 11:52 AM Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> thanks guys.  I should have done a web search. Sorry.
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 10, 2021 at 11:49 AM Matt Graham via PLUG-discuss <
>> plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>>
>>> On 2021-09-10 08:36, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote:
>>> > how does  one save and exit with vi?
>>>
>>> (escape):wq or (escape)ZZ .  If you're going to try to use vim, you
>>> should start by running vimtutor.  That will show you how to use all the
>>> basic features of the editor.
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