Vi and Vim editors pocket reference : 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 (94 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Beijing ; Sebastopol, California : O'Reilly, 2011.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Many Unix, Linux, and Mac OS X geeks enjoy using the powerful, platform-agnostic text editors vi and Vim, but there are far too many commands for anyone to remember. Author Arnold Robbins has chosen the most valuable commands for vi, Vim, and vi's main clones-vile, elvis, and nvi-and packed them into this easy-to-browse pocket reference. You'll find commands for all kinds of editing tasks, such as programming, modifying system files, and writing and marking up articles. This second edition includes: Command-line optionsvi commands and set optionsInput

Contents:

Table of Contents; Chapter 1. vi and Vim Editors Pocket Reference; Introduction; Conventions; Acknowledgments; Command-Line Options; vi Commands; Movement Commands; Editing Commands; Exit Commands; Solaris vi Command-Mode Tag Commands; Buffer Names; Buffer and Marking Commands; Input Mode Shortcuts; Word Abbreviation; Command and Input Mode Maps; Executable Buffers; Automatic Indentation; Substitution and Regular Expressions; The Substitute Command; Substitution flags; vi Regular Expressions; POSIX Bracket Expressions; POSIX character classes; Metacharacters Used in Replacement Strings

More Substitution Tricksex Commands; Command Syntax; Address Symbols; Command Option Symbols; Alphabetical List of Commands; Initialization; Recovery; vi set Options; Nothing like the Original; Enhanced Tags and Tag Stacks; Exuberant ctags; Extended ctags keywords; Solaris vi Tag Stacking; Tag commands-ex; Tag commands-vi; Tag management options; Vim-vi Improved; Important Command-Line Options; Vim Window Management; Window management commands-ex; Window management commands-vi; Tabbed Editing; Managing tabs-ex; Managing tabs-vi; Tabbed editing options; Vim Extended Regular Expressions

Command-Line History and CompletionHistory commands-vi; Completion commands-vi; Tag Stacks; Tag commands-ex; Tag commands-vi; Edit-Compile Speedup; Program development commands-ex; Program development options; Programming Assistance; Identifier search commands-ex; Identifier search commands-vi; Extended matching commands-vi; Indentation and formatting options; Folding and Unfolding Text; Folding commands-ex; Folding commands-vi; Folding options; Insertion Completion Facilities; Completion commands-vi; Completion options; Diff Mode; Vim Scripting; Variables, options, and numbers

Control flow commandsOperators; User-defined functions; Running scripts; Vim set Options; nvi-New vi; Important Command-Line Options; nvi Window Management Commands; nvi Extended Regular Expressions; Command-Line History and Completion Options; Tag Stacks; Tag commands-ex; Tag commands-vi; nvi 1.79 set Options; elvis; Important Command-Line Options; elvis Window Management; Window management commands-ex; Arguments to the :window command; Window management commands-vi; elvis Extended Regular Expressions; Command-Line History and Completion Movement Keys; Tag Stacks; Tag commands-ex

Tag commands-viEdit-Compile Speedup; Program development commands-ex; Display modes; Display-mode commands-ex; Options for print management; Values for the lptype option; elvis 2.2 set Options; vile-vi like Emacs; Important Command-Line Options; vile Window Management Commands; vile Extended Regular Expressions; Command-Line History and Completion; History commands-vi; History options; Tag Stacks; Tag commands-ex; Tag commands-vi; Edit-Compile Speedup; Program development commands-vi; vile 9.8 set Options; Internet Resources for vi; Program Source and Contact Information; Index

Notes:

"Support for every text editing task"--Cover.

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 8, 2013).

ISBN:

9781449303952

1449303951

9781449304188

1449304184

OCLC:

705935078