vi and Vim Editors Pocket Reference

O'Reilly Pocket Reference

by Arnold Robbins

Many Unix, Linux, and Mac OS X geeks enjoy using the powerful, platform-agnostic text editors vi and Vim, but there are far too many commands for anyone to remember. Author Arnold Robbins has chosen the most valuable commands for vi, Vim, and vi's main clonesâ??vile, elvis, and nviâ??and packed them into this easy-to-browse pocket reference. You'll find commands for all kinds of editing tasks, such as programming, modifying system files, and writing and marking up articles. This second edition

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

85 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.