vi Editor Pocket Reference

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By Arnold Robbins

Publisher: O'Reilly Media

Released: January 1999

Pages: 80

Chapter 1 vi Editor Pocket Reference
1. Introduction
2. Conventions
3. Command-Line Options
4. vi Commands
5. Input Mode Shortcuts
6. Substitution and Regular Expressions
7. ex Commands
8. Initialization and Recovery
9. vi Options
10. Enhanced Tags and Tag Stacks
11. nvi—New vi
12. elvis
13. vim—vi Improved
14. vile—vi Like Emacs
15. Clone Source and Contact Information

Title:

vi Editor Pocket Reference

By:

Arnold Robbins

Publisher:

O'Reilly Media

Formats:

Print
Ebook
Safari Books Online

Print:

January 1999

Ebook:

February 2009

Pages:

Print ISBN:

978-1-56592-497-0

| ISBN 10:

1-56592-497-5

Ebook ISBN:

978-0-596-10372-9

| ISBN 10:

0-596-10372-7

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4/26/2011

5.0

My first contact with Vi.

By FunkyM0nk3y

from México, México

About Me Sys Admin

Pros

Easy to understand
Well-written

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Comments about oreilly vi Editor Pocket Reference:

This little book was my first friend in the *NIX world.

A great pocket book for sysadmins :)

5/27/2009

4.0

Great Guide

By octopusgrabbus

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Comments about oreilly vi Editor Pocket Reference:

This is a great guide, and I often rely on it more than its full edition counterpart. Its only flaw is it needs updating for vim 7.0.

7/10/2008

4.0

Please update it!

By Robert

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Comments about oreilly vi Editor Pocket Reference:

This is a great reference. Now that the vi/vim book is updated I would ask that O'Reilly udate the pocket reference as well.

Pretty please...

12/10/2007

4.0

Brilliant little reference book

By Robert Menes

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Comments about oreilly vi Editor Pocket Reference:

I'm normally an Emacs type of guy (my flavor is Xemacs), but some days I need the lightness of vi to perform quick tasks. O'Reilly's vi Editor Pocket Reference is a great book to have by my desk, with access to all of the vital functions in vi listed.

This little guide even covers a few vi clones, including Vim and vile. Just wish it covered Vigor for a few laughs. :)

3/21/2006

5.0

vi World in Pocket******

By mahen

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Comments about oreilly vi Editor Pocket Reference:

Guys - this book enuf to hold vi World in pocket.. suggest go for it.. anytime anywhere u can make use of this..book.

"A very good book, informative, with the right balance between size and content. It's all in here, including information on the vi clones. If you use vi I highly recommend this book"

2/15/2005

(0 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Where is the Colophon

By Eric Greenwood

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Comments about oreilly vi Editor Pocket Reference:

Great pocket reference. However, where is the Colophon animal description? I buy these books so I can learn about the animals in my world ;)

7/31/2003

4.0

vi Editor Pocket Reference Review

By Andreas Kaempf

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Comments about oreilly vi Editor Pocket Reference:

Absolutely superb summary of vi commands and operation, including many (but not all) additional commands in vim. Only 66 pages, but I still refer to it after months of using vi with increasing confidence. Get it and enjoy becoming an efficient master of this wonderful tool! By the way, the sed & awk Pocket Reference has also been very useful for regular expressions and text substitutions in vi.

5/27/2000

5.0

vi Editor Pocket Reference Review

By Luke Ross

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Comments about oreilly vi Editor Pocket Reference:

A very good book, informative, with the right balance between size and content. It's all in here, including information on the vi clones. If you use vi I highly recommend this book.

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