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Re: strange vi



Oh, I'm this is just begging to start a flame war, but I have to say
it... :)

Get a REAL editor like Emacs! :)

*runs and hides*

-Alex

On Mon, 2002-02-18 at 21:07, dman wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 06:59:07PM -0800, justin cunningham wrote:
> | Michel Loos wrote:
> | | On Mon, Feb 18, 2002, justin cunningham wrote:
> 
> | | > dpkg -l | grep vi shows nvi 1.79-20.  the potato's show 1.79-16a.1.  
> | | > 
> | | > ok, so if I use the letter keys instead how to I get to the end
> | | > of a line of data then press return to enter a new line without
> | | > taking the last character with me? 
> | |
> | | Like usual A
> |
> | Sigh... ok, you've made it clear it's time pick up that vi book behind
> | me.
> 
> Yep :-).
> 
> Alternatively, you can simply press 'o' to "open" a new line below the
> current line.  Then the cursor will be placed on the first column of
> the new, blank, line.  The 'O' (note the case difference) command does
> the same thing, except the blank line is "opened" above the current
> line.
> 
> -D
> 
> -- 
> 
> The way of a fool seems right to him,
> but a wise man listens to advice.
>         Proverbs 12:15
> 
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