Re: Full-screen editor in /bin

[CaT <cat@zip.com.au>]

On Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 10:13:24PM -0400, Patrick Wiseman wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Jul 2002, ben wrote:
> 
> > for *nix-based editors, nothing works for me like vi, particularly
> > because of the fact that a whole lot of vi is invoked in exactly the
> > same way as a whole bunch of everything else in *nix. it's minimal,
> > the learning time is almost nothing, and the thing has all the power
> > (and more) that i ever need.
> 
> Well, vi has struck me as perversely obscure, too, but since you and a
> couple of others (offlist) have suggested I give _it_ another try, I
> shall.

Start up vim. First thing it'll tell you is about :help. From there,
scroll down a bit and you'll find new user help. :) If you learn vim
you'll be mostly fine in the more basic vi.

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