Learning the vi Editor (Nutshell Handbooks) Book

For many users, working in the Unix environment means using vi, a full-screen text editor available on most Unix systems. Even those who know vi often make use of only a small number of its features. The sixth edition of Learning the vi Editor is a complete guide to text editing with vi. Early chapters cover the basics; later chapters explain more advanced editing tools, such as ex commands and global search and replacement, as well as a new feature, multiscreen editing. Today, there are a number of independently written versions of vi. Besides the original, the book now covers four other versions: nvi, elvis, vim, and vile. For easy reference, the sixth edition also includes a command summary at the end of each appropriate chapter. You'll quickly learn the basics of editing, cursor movement, and global search and replacement, then go on to take advantage of the more subtle power of vi. Using the clones gives you added flexibility and ease of use over traditional vi.Read More