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- From: buboo@alf.uib.no (Ove Ruben R Olsen)
- Subject: Re: VI??? GROSS!
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.095812.439@alf.uib.no>
- Organization: University of Bergen, Norway
- References: <BxprL6.86E@gabriel.keele.ac.uk> <1992Nov17.024616.17732@dmp.csiro.au> <1992Nov17.225839.1828@trl.oz.au>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 09:58:12 GMT
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- Soh Kam Hung writes:
-
- >Vi is simple to learn, but there aren't many good tutorials or teachers
- >for it. New users --- usually those with a personal computer
- >background --- expect to have immediate feedback when they use a text
- >editor. For example, they expect be able move the cursor using the
- >``arrow'' keys, and have the characters they type echoed on terminal.
- >Once they understand the three major modes in vi, and a bit of history
- >regarding vi, things make much more sense.
-
- Beware the ignorance of the Lambs :-)
- Many of these tutorials are EXSTREMLY good. Do not make asumptions
- about something that you may or may not know 100 %.
-
- Those with a PC background should use JOE, pico or something else
- untill they hit the ceiling and ask: "Why can't I...", then you show
- them the strength of VI.
-
- VI phiolosphy: Learn to move efficently, then you have learned to
- change, delete and execute efficently.
-
-
- From one of the INDEX files at the VI/EX archives around the world:
-
- ex.reference.Z EX Reference Manual. UCB-dist. A Must.
- lvi.tar.Z The Learners Introduction to VI. Interactive. Bo Thide.
- nvi.tar.Z Novice VI. Bo Thide.
- vi.apwh.ms.Z VI Command & Function Reference. UCB-dist.
- vi.beginers.Z VI beginers guide.
- vi.chars.Z Apendix: character functions. UCB-dist. A Must.
- vi.course.Z A course on using VI. Paper.
- vi.course.tar.Z A course package on using VI. Paper.
- vi.help.Z VI recerence card. Found inside learn-vi.tar.Z
- vi.innforing.Z A NORWEGIAN introduction to VI. Version 1.3-160.
- vi.intro.Z Introduction on Display Editing with VI. UCB-dist. A Must.
- vi.keys.Z What key's to map in VI. Table. Followed by a CED.
- vi.macroDoc.tar.Z Two docs describing macros in VI. Sample exrc file incl.
- vi.macros.Z Macros, Abbrevitations, and Buffers.
- vi.man.tut.Z VI manual-page with a tutor.
- vi.multfile.Z A doc on how to work with multiple files in VI.
- vi.online-200.tar VI ON-LINE HELP with 'windows for vi'. Version 2.00
- vi.quick.Z VI Quick reference card.
- vi.ref.Z UNIX VI quick reference card.
- vi.refchrt.Z VI reference chart.
- vi.reference.Z VI reference. Version 8. Maarten Litmaath. A Must.
- vi.ss.qrf.Z Super Short quick reference card. Fits on a 80x24 screen.
- vi.summary.Z VI / EX Quick reference. UCB-dist.
- vi.tips.Z Beginer's tips on VI.
- vi.tutor.Z The tutor-file from vi.tutor.tar.Z (tutor.vi).
- vi.tutor.tar.Z An interactive tutor for VI. (Ver: 1.3) Beginers choice.
- vi.tutor.tex.Z A exelent documet to use with vi.tutor.Z. Beginers choise.
-
- SO, do you need any more tutorials ? Nay, I doubt it.
-
- The VI/EX archives can be found at:
-
- Europe:
- Main site: alf.uib.no (129.177.30.3)
- Filearea: pub/lpf/misc
- Peak hours: 07.00 am GMT to 03.00 pm GMT
-
- Japan:
- Mirror site: utsun.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp (133.11.11.11)
- Filearea: misc/vi-archive
- Peak hours: 01.00 am GMT to 09.00 am GMT
-
- USA, Canada and Mexico:
- Mirror site: cs.uwp.edu (131.210.1.4)
- Filearea: /pub/vi
- Peak hours: None.
-
- Australia, NZ and the rest Down Under:
- Main site: monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (130.194.1.106)
- Filearea: /pub/Vi
- Peak hours: Not relevent
-
-
- For more information about the files at the archives and the archives
- itself, please read one of the FAQ for Comp.Editors.
- If you are in a hurry you may fetch the INDEX file.
-
- If you need more information, you are welcome to mail Ruben@uib.no.
-
- \Ruben.
-
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-
-
- --
- Ove Ruben R Olsen a Gnarfer and VI user. EMAIL: ruben@uib.no.
- Maintaining the EX/VI-archive and a couple of the Comp.Editors FAQs.
- People that are ignorant tend to live a frustrated life, at least when
- it comes to editing - But I do belive this is a general rule in life
-