On Sun, Jun 14, 1998 at 09:53:17AM -0400, Raul Miller wrote: > Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Absolute novices unwilling to learn should be lead gently to > > the nearest windows box. > > How about something like:
I think you made a good summarize of my total vi knowledge :) I know that this is sufficient for simple edits, and this is all I really know about Vi. We should have a Debian tutorial soon (IIRC). If we have a good chapter on Vi in it, I think vi on the rescue disk should not be a problem. But without any documentation available (on-line documentation does not count in every situation), vi is a nono for beginners. Maybe the text you wrote could be displayed when vi is started (like emacs has some text at start-up) ? Marcus Who doesn't think that he is fighting a war here, but carries on a discussion. > introductory vi help (unmap '?' to restore reverse searching) > > This editor has two modes, in Input mode you may enter text, > in Command mode you may alter previously entered text. > > To enter input mode from command mode, hit i > To enter command mode from input mode, hit ESC > it's safe to hit ESC while in command mode > [ESC means the escape key, ENTER means the enter key] > > A few other commands: > up k > down j > left h > right k > delete current character x > delete current line dd > undo u > save and exit :wq ENTER > exit without saving :q! ENTER > > For more information, see > http://www.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Software/Text_Editors/vi/ > > > > > -- > Raul > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god." Debian GNU/Linux finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.org master.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
