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Article #3456Re: VI documentation (was: Vi bashing)
From: Badri Lokanathan
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 1989 15:26
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 1989 15:26
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In article <4086@ttidca.TTI.COM> kevin@ttidcb.tti.com (Kevin Carothers) writes:
>It also looks like we're now on the subject of Vi documentation.
>
>The only $0.02 I can add on this is that the best book I've seen on this is
> Introducing the UNIX System
> H. McGilton/Rachel Morgan
> McGraw Hill/ISBN 0-07-045001-3
>
>Its (now) a little outdated, but it gives you a lot of neat tricks
>on how to pipe commands, cut/paste, Set up cursor movement for different
>languages, etc...
>
There is a good amount of vi documentation available. Here are a
couple, taken from the C/UNIX Order form in the back of K & R II ed.:
(1) vi User's handbook, Bolsky ISBN 013-941733-8, $18.95 paperback
(2) Guide to vi, Sonnenschein ISBN 013-371311-3 $19.95 paperback
Personally I am quite satisfied with the original documents on vi and
ex by Bill Joy (who, apparently drives a Ferrari :-) and Mark Horton.
This document, along with the ex reference manual is supplied with most
manuals from Berkeley (we have the Mt. Xinu release.)
Now for some irony: any documentation on emacs listed on this order
form (no prizes for the correct guess.)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cornell!rochester!uhura.cc.rochester.edu!ur-valhalla!badri From: badri@valhalla.ee.rochester.edu (Badri Lokanathan) Newsgroups: comp.editors Subject: Re: VI documentation (was: Vi bashing) Message-ID: <2048@valhalla.ee.rochester.edu> Date: 21 Mar 89 15:26:30 GMT References: <587@alice.marlow.uucp> <4048@ttidca.TTI.COM> <960@myrias.UUCP> <21985@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> <4086@ttidca.TTI.COM> Reply-To: badri@ee.rochester.edu (Badri Lokanathan) Organization: UR Dept. of Electrical Engg, Rochester NY 14627 Lines: 32