When you get into vi, it is in command mode.
use the cursor keys, or for not so great telnet programs, use hjkl to
navigate.
Ctrl- B, D, F U to page up down half/full page.
i to go to insert mode.
I to insert at beginning of line
a to insert after (append) cursor
A to append at end of line.
Press ESC to go back to command mode where you can issue new commands.
almost every letter is a command.
some more commands --
r replace
s substitute (is actually replace and then insert)
c change
y yank (copy)
(cut commands)
x delete char
dd delete line
dw delete word
d( delete to beginning of sentence.
d) delete to end of sentence.
d$ delete to end of line
d^ delete to beginning of line.
d{ delete to beginning of paragraph
d} delete to end of paragraph.
p paste
By the way, instead of deleting, you can also move by just using the 2nd
letter of the delete command.
e.g. w moves the cursor one word, ) moves the cursor to end of sentence, and
$ to end of line. You get the drift.
of course, then you can use / to locate a word, e.g.
/findthistextpattern
shall I begin with regular expressions?
anyway, begin any command with a number and that command will be executed
that number of times.
e.g. 4p means paste the contents of the buffer 4 times.
you can also do 100j to go down 100 times or do a :100 to go to line 100 or
do a :+100 to go down 100 lines or 100<ENTER> to go down 100 times, or ....
too many ways to skin a cat...
just curious, just how many people in this list are still using vi?
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, April 05, 2001 7:06 AM
Subject: Re: [plug] vi text editor
>Papano ba ang pag edit? Di ko na ulit natsambahan ang napindo ko.
>
>I tried reading the help file, di ko naintindihan. Slow ako...
>
>
>On Wednesday, April 04, 2001 at 01:41:29 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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>> Use this:
>>
>> press escape and then
>> press
>> "Shift" + "z z"
>> This means that you press the twice the letter z without releasing the
shift button.
>> --
>>
>> On Wed, 4 Apr 2001 11:09:47
>> Rjey H. Nomer wrote:
>> >On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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>> >> I want to use vi for editing conf files. I only know ':q' for
>> >> quitting the application. I tried ':e' and ':i' for making any
>> >> changes, I don't know what is correct basta nakapag edit ako. My
>> >> problem is how to save the changes, di na ako maka save. Di pa ako
>> >> makalabas sa application. How do I save the changes and how do I quit?
>> >>
>> >
>> > use :wq!
>> >
>> > w = to save
>> > q = to quit
>> >
>> > that's it....:)
>> >Rjey Nomer
>> >
>> >
>> >> Thanks.
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