Vi

[d21bankston]

I am playing with various characters in the command- line interface trying to learn what they mean and when i should use them. So is there any one taht can help me with vi?

[oz]

One of the best places for some quick and easy lessons regarding the Linux command line is here:

LinuxCommand.org: Learn the Linux command line. Write shell scripts.

[jayd512]

Most distros have vim installed, with vi pointing directly to it.
Should this be the case for you, you can run vimtutor to get some coaching.

[tornow]

I like this one:
arghh... i can't post links. Try < byte of vim> in a searchengine of choice.

[pretmet]

search google on LinuxTutorialAdvanced_vi on yolinux dot com

[jayd512]

I think that might be all that was needed for d21bankston.

I'm hoping this doesn't turn into a thread of "Here... I saw this..."

[oz]

Should this be the case for you, you can run vimtutor to get some coaching.

Yeah, back when I first started using vim it made me really happy when I happened across vimtutor. It wasn't a comprehensive lesson by any means, but it was enough to get a feel for the app and make me want to learn more. Somewhere along the way I stopped using vim and switched to vi, but both are great text editors.

[jayd512]

Somewhere along the way I stopped using vim and switched to vi.

Oddly... I tried vi, couldn't get a feel for it.
But then again, since the vim keystrokes are the main controls for NetHack, I might be a little biased


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