Tzafrir Cohen
Fri, 21 Sep 2001 11:03:54 -0700
On Fri, 21 Sep 2001, guy keren wrote:
>
> On Fri, 21 Sep 2001, Shlomi Fish wrote:
>
> > I prepared a summary of what I think the basic use lecture should look
> > like. I'm not sure about some parts, so your comments are welcome.
>
> an important subject is not covered - editor(s). it was agreed that we
> will show them basic 'vi' usage. we should also show them one graphical
> editor, since that's the editor they will ordinarily use. if it was gnome,
> i'd show gedit - since its kde - there should be some kde editor to show.
> right? by 'show' i mean only show that it can do the basics (i.e. open a
> file, edit something, save, save as and close. for the rest - they'll ee
> the menus for themselves).
>
> with vi, i would show how to:
>
> 1. open it.
> 2. explain command mode vs. edit mode.
> 3. show commands 'a' and 'i'.
> 4. show commands 'x' and 'X'.
> 5. show moving with arrow keys.
> 6. show how to save the file (':w') and hwo to save as (':w fname')
> 7. show how to quit, including quitting without changing the file
> (':q' and ':q!').
> 8. show search ('/' and '?').
> 9. tell, without showing, that vi has very interesting movement commands.
> 10. show ':help'.
>
> that's it. no time to show more then this. don't beleive me? we'll have a
> rehersal of the overall lecture - you'll see. if i'm wrong, we can add
> 'yy' and 'p/P'.
I liked the following introduction to vi from mandrake's reference guide:
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/doc/72/en/ref.html/x1639.html
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Tzafrir Cohen
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