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Article #2562Re: VI??? GROSS!
From: Ove Ruben R Olsen
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 09:58
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 09:58
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Soh Kam Hung writes:
>Vi is simple to learn, but there aren't many good tutorials or teachers
>for it. New users --- usually those with a personal computer
>background --- expect to have immediate feedback when they use a text
>editor. For example, they expect be able move the cursor using the
>``arrow'' keys, and have the characters they type echoed on terminal.
>Once they understand the three major modes in vi, and a bit of history
>regarding vi, things make much more sense.
Beware the ignorance of the Lambs :-)
Many of these tutorials are EXSTREMLY good. Do not make asumptions
about something that you may or may not know 100 %.
Those with a PC background should use JOE, pico or something else
untill they hit the ceiling and ask: "Why can't I...", then you show
them the strength of VI.
VI phiolosphy: Learn to move efficently, then you have learned to
change, delete and execute efficently.
From one of the INDEX files at the VI/EX archives around the world:
ex.reference.Z EX Reference Manual. UCB-dist. A Must.
lvi.tar.Z The Learners Introduction to VI. Interactive. Bo Thide.
nvi.tar.Z Novice VI. Bo Thide.
vi.apwh.ms.Z VI Command & Function Reference. UCB-dist.
vi.beginers.Z VI beginers guide.
vi.chars.Z Apendix: character functions. UCB-dist. A Must.
vi.course.Z A course on using VI. Paper.
vi.course.tar.Z A course package on using VI. Paper.
vi.help.Z VI recerence card. Found inside learn-vi.tar.Z
vi.innforing.Z A NORWEGIAN introduction to VI. Version 1.3-160.
vi.intro.Z Introduction on Display Editing with VI. UCB-dist. A Must.
vi.keys.Z What key's to map in VI. Table. Followed by a CED.
vi.macroDoc.tar.Z Two docs describing macros in VI. Sample exrc file incl.
vi.macros.Z Macros, Abbrevitations, and Buffers.
vi.man.tut.Z VI manual-page with a tutor.
vi.multfile.Z A doc on how to work with multiple files in VI.
vi.online-200.tar VI ON-LINE HELP with 'windows for vi'. Version 2.00
vi.quick.Z VI Quick reference card.
vi.ref.Z UNIX VI quick reference card.
vi.refchrt.Z VI reference chart.
vi.reference.Z VI reference. Version 8. Maarten Litmaath. A Must.
vi.ss.qrf.Z Super Short quick reference card. Fits on a 80x24 screen.
vi.summary.Z VI / EX Quick reference. UCB-dist.
vi.tips.Z Beginer's tips on VI.
vi.tutor.Z The tutor-file from vi.tutor.tar.Z (tutor.vi).
vi.tutor.tar.Z An interactive tutor for VI. (Ver: 1.3) Beginers choice.
vi.tutor.tex.Z A exelent documet to use with vi.tutor.Z. Beginers choise.
SO, do you need any more tutorials ? Nay, I doubt it.
The VI/EX archives can be found at:
Europe:
Main site: alf.uib.no (129.177.30.3)
Filearea: pub/lpf/misc
Peak hours: 07.00 am GMT to 03.00 pm GMT
Japan:
Mirror site: utsun.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp (133.11.11.11)
Filearea: misc/vi-archive
Peak hours: 01.00 am GMT to 09.00 am GMT
USA, Canada and Mexico:
Mirror site: cs.uwp.edu (131.210.1.4)
Filearea: /pub/vi
Peak hours: None.
Australia, NZ and the rest Down Under:
Main site: monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (130.194.1.106)
Filearea: /pub/Vi
Peak hours: Not relevent
For more information about the files at the archives and the archives
itself, please read one of the FAQ for Comp.Editors.
If you are in a hurry you may fetch the INDEX file.
If you need more information, you are welcome to mail Ruben@uib.no.
\Ruben.
--
Ove Ruben R Olsen a Gnarfer and VI user. EMAIL: ruben@uib.no.
Maintaining the EX/VI-archive and a couple of the Comp.Editors FAQs.
People that are ignorant tend to live a frustrated life, at least when
it comes to editing - But I do belive this is a general rule in life
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