Author: Erwin J. van Eijk
Email: eijk@huygens.org
Web Page: http://www.huygens.org/~eijk
Date Submitted: Sat, Apr 18, 1998
Status: New Entry
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Platform: | all |
Category: | Applications Notes |
Category Listing: | "VI IS A TWO LETTER WORD" |
I'm looking for an editor to use on a regular basis. My friends recommend vi. But how do you use it?
VI (vee aye) is the most powerful editor in the world. Although YMMV, and others consider it the biggest mistake in history since the invention of mankind itself. However, for a short introduction into vi, one can best look at this page which has a comprehensible tutorial: http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/vi/
This information was from some helpful people on the redhat mailing list.