Re: info about vi on the net

[Gil Andre <gandre@arkeia.com>]

Scott,

I think you need to include more information about what you
are trying to do or to learn.

For instance : which distribution of Linux are you using?

Most distributions of Linux (Red Hat, Mandrake) do not use
"vi", but supply the more advanced "vim" and make a symlink
from "vi" to "vim".

If you are using Slackware, though, "vi" is linked to "elvis",
which is a little bit less advanced than "vim" (but still 
better than plain old "vi").

Etc... etc... you get my drift.

Try entering the following command:
which vi

And do an "ls" on the directory it returns to have more info
on the vi you are using on your system.

Second:

What would you like to know? With a lot of UNIX programs, the
best way is to start by entering the following command:
apropos vi

or, to filter the results:
apropos vi | less
apropos vi | grep editor
apropos vi | grep tutor

This will give you less information, but also information that's
more relevant. Simply enter the name of the program you'd like
more information on, as such:
man <name-of-program>

For instance, here are all the interesting man pages I could find
on my Slackware 8.1 machine:

bash-2.05a$ apropos vi | grep edit  
elvis                (1)  - a clone of the ex/vi text editor
evim                 (1)  - easy Vim, edit a file with Vim and setup
for modeless editing
vim                  (1)  - Vi IMproved, a programmers text editor
vimdiff              (1)  - edit two or three versions of a file with
Vim and show differences
vimtutor             (1)  - the Vim tutor

Finally, I can send you a PS file that was created as a very, very
short documentation for vi -- this is almost the only documentation
that I use for vim, as it contains all the really helpful commands.

Also, try entering the command "vimtutor", as it will launch a very
helpful tutorial on vim.

On Wed, 18 Sep 2002 10:10:42 -0600, Scott wrote:
> Are there any goo d sites where I can get more info about vi on the net.  I
> did try vitutor vi-tutor vilearn vi-learn with no success.

I hope this helps!

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Gil Andre ___ Technical writer ___ Arkeia Corporation
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