Hi Jason, Jason McIntyre wrote on Sat, Feb 03, 2018 at 05:41:01PM +0000:
> personally i still think it would be simpler to only list these commands > once, but note which subset can take a capital letter (and what that > means). I seems you are right, amybe i should believe you the first time you say something. See below for an updated patch. > can of worms, there's still stuff like :exusage I think that can remain as it is. It isn't very precise anyway, with very short half-line descriptions only and not saying how the ex commands can be abbreviated. So at least the usage of [] isn't inconsistent in there. In principle, :exusage ought to be deleted. It's not the job of a program to contain documentation. Documentation belongs in the manual page, and there it is indeed. But that's a different matter. > and the USD docs to update. so a man page fix will not suffice. I wouldn't bother. They are not installed, and the base system doesn't even provide tools to process them. If we ever decide to do anything with them, they will require a full check of accuracy anyway. Yours, Ingo Index: vi.1 =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.bin/vi/docs/USD.doc/vi.man/vi.1,v retrieving revision 1.74 diff -u -p -r1.74 vi.1 --- vi.1 22 Aug 2017 20:27:18 -0000 1.74 +++ vi.1 3 Feb 2018 19:04:16 -0000 @@ -1794,18 +1794,11 @@ Delete the lines from the file. Display buffers, screens or tags. .Pp .It Xo -.Op Cm Ee Ns -.Op Cm dit Ns +.Cm e Ns Op Cm dit Ns | Ns Cm x Ns .Op Cm !\& .Op Ar +cmd .Op Ar file .Xc -.It Xo -.Op Cm Ee Ns -.Cm x Ns Op Cm !\& -.Op Ar +cmd -.Op Ar file -.Xc Edit a different file. .Pp .It Xo @@ -1822,14 +1815,10 @@ command. .Xc Display and optionally change the file name. .Pp -.It Xo -.Op Cm Ff Ns -.Cm g -.Op Ar name -.Xc +.It Cm fg Op Ar name .Nm vi -mode only. -Foreground the specified screen. +only. +Background the current screen and foreground the specified screen instead. .Pp .It Xo .Op Ar range @@ -1880,9 +1869,9 @@ Display the lines unambiguously. .Cm map Ns Op Cm !\& .Op Ar lhs rhs .Xc -Define or display maps (for .Nm vi -only). +only. +Define or display maps. .Pp .It Xo .Op Ar line @@ -1912,8 +1901,7 @@ Write the abbreviations, editor options .Ar file . .Pp .It Xo -.Op Cm Nn Ns -.Op Cm ext Ns +.Cm n Ns Op Cm ext Ns .Op Cm !\& .Op Ar file ... .Xc @@ -1933,11 +1921,7 @@ Save the file in a form that can later b .Fl r option. .Pp -.It Xo -.Op Cm \&Pp Ns -.Cm rev Ns Op Cm ious Ns -.Op Cm !\& -.Xc +.It Cm prev Ns Oo Cm ious Oc Ns Op Cm !\& Edit the previous file from the argument list. .Pp .It Xo @@ -1959,7 +1943,7 @@ Append buffer contents to the current li .Cm q Ns Op Cm uit Ns .Op Cm !\& .Xc -End the editing session. +End editing the file and close the current screen. .Pp .It Xo .Op Ar line @@ -1980,10 +1964,10 @@ if it was previously saved. .It Xo .Cm res Ns Op Cm ize .Op Cm + Ns | Ns Cm - Ns -.Ar size +.Ar lines .Xc .Nm vi -mode only. +only. Grow or shrink the current screen. .Pp .It Xo @@ -2132,8 +2116,7 @@ character is usually .Aq control-Z . .Pp .It Xo -.Op Cm Tt Ns -.Cm a Ns Op Cm g Ns +.Cm ta Ns Op Cm g Ns .Op Cm !\& .Ar tagstring .Xc @@ -2195,19 +2178,18 @@ editor. .Op Ar flags .Xc .Nm ex -mode only. +only. Enter .Nm vi . .Pp .It Xo -.Op Cm Vi Ns -.Cm i Ns Op Cm sual Ns +.Cm vi Ns Op Cm sual Ns .Op Cm !\& .Op Ar +cmd .Op Ar file .Xc .Nm vi -mode only. +only. Edit a new file. .Pp .It Xo @@ -2231,19 +2213,23 @@ command. .Op Cm !\& .Op Ar file .Xc +Write the file. +.Pp .It Xo .Op Ar range .Cm wn Ns Op Cm !\& .Op >> .Op Ar file .Xc +Write the file and edit the next file from the argument list. +.Pp .It Xo .Op Ar range .Cm wq Ns Op Cm !\& .Op >> .Op Ar file .Xc -Write the file. +Write the file and close the current screen. .Pp .It Xo .Op Ar range @@ -2251,8 +2237,7 @@ Write the file. .Op Cm !\& .Op Ar file .Xc -Exit the editor, -writing the file if it has been modified. +Write the file if it has been modified and close the current screen. .Pp .It Xo .Op Ar range @@ -2271,6 +2256,21 @@ Copy the specified lines to a buffer. .Xc Adjust the window. .El +.Pp +For +.Cm e , +.Cm fg , +.Cm n , +.Cm prev , +.Cm ta , +and +.Cm vi , +if the first letter of the command is capitalized, the current screen is +split and the new file is displayed in addition to the current screen. +This feature is only available in +.Nm vi , +not in +.Nm ex . .Sh SET OPTIONS There are a large number of options that may be set .Pq or unset
