vi Editor FAQ

0.1 - Index

0.1 - Index

0.2 - Can I distribute this FAQ?

0.3 - What can you do to help out with this faq?

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?

2.1 - 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?

3.1 - 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!

5.0 - Silly vi tricks, and silly macros

5.1 - Silly vi tricks

5.2 - Silly macros

6.1 - Command mode input options ( : commands)

6.2 - set options

7.1 - Sample .exrc file

9.0 - Glossary of terms

10.0 - Bibliography of Books that cover vi

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