vi Editor Pocket Reference (Pocket Reference

O'Reilly Pocket Reference

by Arnold Robbins

For many users, working in the UNIX environment means using vi, a full-screen text editor available on most UNIX systems. Even those who know vi often make use of only a small number of its features.The vi Editor Pocket Reference is a companion volume to O'Reilly's updated sixth edition of Learning the vi Editor , a complete guide to text editing with vi . New topics in Learning the vi Editor include multi-screen editing and coverage of four vi vim , elvis , nvi , and vile .This small book is a handy reference guide to the information in the larger volume, presenting movement and editing commands, the command-line options, and other elements of the vi editor in an easy-to-use tabular format.

Genres: Reference, Technical, Computers, Programming, Computer Science, Technology, Nonfiction

80 pages, Paperback

First published March 15, 1998

Reviews

[Graham · Rating 3 out of 5]

I finally decided to learn a console based text editor. I decided on Vim because it is a favorite amongst those that use ruby and go, and also Vi/Vim emphasizes minimalism in contrast to emacs. Being a complete Vim/vi newbie I decided to pick up this quick guide to learn, if nothing else, of what the editor is capable. I found it to be an solid introduction and reference to the power of Vim for all but advanced users.

[Decy · Rating 5 out of 5]

complete, nice to put in pocket, but difficult to read

[Owen Lindsell · Rating 4 out of 5]

I learnt the basics of vi but kept forgetting them. This book is a convenient easy to use reminder.

[Tim · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very handy pocket reference for vi, vim, etc. users. Keep by your computer at all times!

[Ibrahim Mohamed · Rating 3 out of 5]

really help me to understand what is the vim and other versions small book with alot of information but need to updated with a lot of images to be good reference

[Thiago Perrotta · Rating 2 out of 5]

Reference...really? This is just a collection of listings of editor commands and keyboard mappings. In this sense, the Emacs pocket reference from the same publisher is better.

[Cynbel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Found it to be a good reference for working in vim, well organized too.