> Actually, I just press 'i' to (i)nsert (before the
> current letter, 'a' to enter text (a)fter current
> position (by the way, the command letters are Case
> Sensitive -- 'A' appends at end of current line, while
> 'a' appends after current letter.
Yes... My force of habit is to hit : first, so I can tell if I'm in command
mode or insert mode.
> Also, don't forget the 'x' (delete current character)
> command, or the 'dd' (delete current line) or the 'D'
> (delete end of line) commands.
Oh, I didn't know of 'x'. I always use 'dl'. I knew I forgot to mention
something, looks like it was the delete commands. Oh, and '.' in command
mode will repeat your last action. This, however, can get complicated -
IIRC, some clones use '..' to undo, and some use something else.
> > regexp. Ignore regexps for now.
> but learn them -- they (regular expressions) are
> pure gold when you know how to use them.
Agreed. Plus, most other UNIX tools use regexps - emacs deals rather
exclusively in them, and IIRC perl does too. For a beginner though it's
probably an idea to leave them a bit until the rest of the system is making
some kind of sense.
> -- oh, the 'n' command will search for (n)ext --
Again, something I didn't know. Thanks! (I really must flick through the
vi pocket reference I bought the other week...)
Regards,
Ben A L Jemmett
(http://web.ukonline.co.uk/ben.jemmett, http://www.deltasoft.com)
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