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Need urgent help in programming with the konsole application "VI" (or VIM as suse10.3 calls it)...
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    Arrow programming

    Need urgent help in programming with the konsole application "VI"
    (or VIM as suse10.3 calls it)

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    vi is a text editor. it has many many features. Perhaps this will help

    Mastering the VI editor

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    Quote Originally Posted by njuguna View Post
    ... programming with the konsole application "VI"
    Are you sure you want to program vi?

    For me it's the swiss army knife on linux to change file contents - but no programming at all
    "Really, I'm not out to destroy Microsoft. That will just be a completely unintentional side effect." Linus Benedict Torvalds

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    thanks gogalthorp (though vi is a bit hostile...), kate will also do...

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    If you want a simple text editor check out nano and joe great for simple quick jobs.

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    I'm all for kate and kwrite

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