Vi editor : pocket reference / Arnold Robbins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Robbins, Arnold.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

UNIX (Computer file).

Vi (Computer file).

Text editors (Computer programs).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (80 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Sebastopol, California : O'Reilly, 1999.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

For many users, working in the UNIX environment means using vi, a full-screen text editor available on most UNIX systems. Even those who know vi often make use of only a small number of its features. The vi Editor Pocket Reference is a companion volume to O'Reilly's updated sixth edition of Learning the vi Editor, a complete guide to text editing with vi. New topics in Learning the vi Editor include multi-screen editing and coverage of four vi clones: vim,elvis, nvi, and vile. This small book is a hand

Contents:

vi Editor Pocket Reference; Conventions; 1.1. Command-Line Options; 1.2. vi Commands; 1.2.2. Editing Commands; 1.2.3. Exit Commands; 1.2.4. Solaris vi Command-Mode Tag Commands; 1.2.5. Buffer Names; 1.2.6. Buffer and Marking Commands; 1.3. Input Mode Shortcuts; 1.3.2. Command and Input Mode Maps; 1.3.3. Executable Buffers; 1.3.4. Automatic Indentation; 1.4. Substitution and Regular Expressions; 1.4.2. vi Regular Expressions; 1.4.3. POSIX Bracket Expressions; 1.4.4. Metacharacters Used in Replacement Strings; 1.4.5. More Substitution Tricks; 1.5. ex Commands; 1.5.2. Address Symbols

1.5.3. Command Option Symbols1.5.4. Alphabetical List of Commands; 1.6. Initialization and Recovery; 1.6.2. Recovery; 1.7. vi Options; 1.8. Enhanced Tags and Tag Stacks; 1.8.2. Solaris 2.6 vi Tag Stacking; 1.8.2.2. Command-mode tag commands; 1.8.2.3. Options for tag management; 1.9. nvi-New vi; 1.9.2. nvi Window Management Commands; 1.9.3. Extended Regular Expressions; 1.9.4. Command-Line History and Completion Options; 1.9.5. Tag Stacks; 1.9.5.2. Command-mode tag commands; 1.9.6. nvi 1.79 Additional Set Options; 1.10. elvis; 1.10.2. elvis Window Management Commands

1.10.2.2. Window commands from vi command mode1.10.3. Extended Regular Expressions; 1.10.4. Command-Line History and Completion Movement Keys; 1.10.5. Tag Stacks; 1.10.5.2. Command-mode tag commands; 1.10.6. Edit-Compile Speedup; 1.10.6.2. Display modes; 1.10.6.3. Display-mode commands; 1.10.6.4. Options for print management; 1.10.6.5. Values for the lptype option; 1.10.7. elvis 2.0 Set Options; 1.11. vim-vi Improved; 1.11.2. vim Window Management Commands; 1.11.3. Extended Regular Expressions; 1.11.4. Command-Line History and Completion; 1.11.4.2. Completion commands; 1.11.5. Tag Stacks

1.11.5.2. Command-mode tag commands1.11.6. Edit-Compile Speedup; 1.11.6.2. Program development options; 1.11.7. Programming Assistance; 1.11.7.2. Identifier search commands; 1.11.7.3. Identifier search commands from ex mode; 1.11.7.4. Extended matching commands; 1.11.8. vim 5.1 Set Options; 1.12. vile-vi Like Emacs; 1.12.2. vile Window Management Commands; 1.12.3. Extended Regular Expressions; 1.12.4. Command-Line History and Completion; 1.12.4.2. History commands; 1.12.5. Tag Stacks; 1.12.5.2. Command mode tag commands; 1.12.6. Edit-Compile Speedup; 1.12.7. vile 8.0 Set Options

1.13. Clone Source and Contact Information

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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ISBN:

9781306817141

1306817145

9780596552084

0596552084

9780596529123

0596529120

9781565929821

1565929829

OCLC:

609841413