Advanced Vi Cheat Sheet General Notes: 1. Before doing anything to a document, type the following command followed by a carriage return: :set showmode 2. VI is CaSe SEnsItiVe!!! So make sure Caps Lock is OFF. Starting and Ending VI Starting VI vi filename Edits filename vi -r filename Edits last save version of filename after a crash vi […]
Vi Cheat Sheet – Basics Modes Vi has two modes insertion mode and command mode. The editor begins in command mode, where the cursor movement and text deletion and pasting occur. Insertion mode begins upon entering an insertion or change command. [ESC] returns the editor to command mode (where you can quit, for example […]
NAME vim – Vi IMproved, a programmers text editor SYNOPSIS vim [options] [file ..] vim [options] – vim [options] -t tag vim [options] -q [errorfile] ex view gvim gview rvim rview rgvim rgview DESCRIPTION Vim is a text editor that is upwards compatible to Vi. It can be used to edit all kinds of plain text. It is especially useful for editing programs. There […]
