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vi Editor FAQ


0.1 - Index

0.0 - Introduction -- How do I use this FAQ?
0.1 - Index
0.2 - Can I distribute this FAQ?
0.3 - What can you do to help out with this faq?
1.0 - What is vi?
1.1 - What is the big deal about vi? Why does anyone use it? More importantly, why should *I* use it?
1.2 - Wow! This sounds great! Is there any reason not to use vi?
1.3 - What different operating systems is vi available for?
1.4 - Okay, you've convinced me. I'm going to learn vi. Where do I start?
1.5 - What are some of the vi clones that are available?
2.0 - Learning vi.
2.1 - What games will help me learn vi?
2.2 - What is the difference between Command mode & Insert mode?
2.3 - Wait, my keyboard doesn't have a key! What should I do?
2.4 - What are all of those ~s?
2.6 - How do I quit without saving?
2.7 - How do I insert a file?
2.8 - How do I search for text?
2.9 - How do I search for a control sequence?
2.10 - How do I reformat text?
2.11 - How do I copy text?
2.12 - Ahhhh!!! I just hit dG and lost my dissertation! What can I do? (Or, I've just made a mistake, what should I do?)
2.13 - I've just written my dissertation and have been told that I need to have each section in a different file, what should I do?
2.14 - What's the deal with all of these : commands?
3.0 - How do you do a search and replace?
3.1 - How do I run a program from within vi?
3.2 - Ahhh!! I was writing my dissertation, and the computer crashed!
3.3 - Any tips for making vi programmer friendly?
3.4 - Macros -- How do I write them?
3.5 - How do I make a function key a Macro?
3.6 - Is there anyway to abbreviate text?
3.7 - How do I spell check the current document?
3.8 - I've got a hardcopy terminal, can I still use vi?
3.9 - Oh, okay, is THAT what open mode is? But I don't have a hardcopy terminal, and it still starts in open mode!
4.0 - What's online at the vi archives?

5.0 - Silly vi tricks, and silly macros

5.1 - Silly vi tricks
5.2 - Silly macros
6.0 - Alphabetical vi quick reference
6.1 - Command mode input options ( : commands)
6.2 - set options
7.0 - Setting up .exrc file
7.1 - Sample .exrc file
8.0 - Bugs in vi

9.0 - Glossary of terms

10.0 - Bibliography of Books that cover vi


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