IO suggest vi tutor. It is a text file that you open with vi that
shows a good number of features of vi and how to use them.
http://ce.uml.edu/vi.htm has a copy.
On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 02:05:50 -0700, Vaughn Treude <
vltreude@deru.com> wrote:
> On Monday 27 September 2004 08:32, you wrote:
> > >> > >>What text editor are you using? ...
> >
> > Rob> vi is everywhere, and I have been forced to
> > Rob> learn it. Emacs is not everywhere.
> >
> > As one who has used forms of Emacs almost exclusively
> > since 1987, I will nonetheless agree with Rob's advice.
> >
> > One of the very first principles of becoming familiar
> > with *any* form of Unix system is to learn vi, which
> > has been standard on every such system for decades.
> > It's safe to say that if you don't know vi, you don't
> > know Unix/Linux. And vi (and its descendants) is really
> > quite good -- extremely powerful, good enough for
> > production quality use by most Unix professionals
> > (programs, sysadmins, etc.). Everyone should know it.
> >
> > GNU Emacs is available as standard gear on just about
> > any GNU/Linux system one is liable to encounter, so
> > pointing out that Emacs is not everywhere, while
> > technically true, does not paint an accurate picture of
> > the reality.
> >
> > I'm a long-time advocate of Emacs/XEmacs, but that
> > subject has been discussed to death, so I now opt not
> > to participate. It's one of those things where you
> > either get it or you don't.
> >
> > Learn vi and you will always be able to get lots of
> > work done on a Unix/Linux system.
>
> I do know vi, just enough to get by. That doesn't mean I don't hate it. :-)
> Sorry I brought it up, I just couldn't resist for some reason. :-)
>
> Vaughn
>
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