VIM

[Jerry McAllister]

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> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> [mailto:owner-freebsd->questions at freebsd.org] On Behalf Of unixadmin99
> >Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 6:38 PM
> >To: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> >Cc: Leon
> >Subject: Re: VIM
> >
> >On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 19:35:58 -0500 (EST), Jerry McAllister
> ><jerrymc at clunix.cl.msu.edu> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Hi,
> >> >
> >> > I have installed a VIM editor.
> >> > When I create a new file with this editor, I can't type anything.
> >> > What is wrong.
> >/usr/ports/editors/vilearn is what you need.
> >"Vilearn is an interactive vi tutorial. There are five short
> >tutorials, each a text file intended to be edited with vi".
> >
> >-- 
> >~michael
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> 
> Hi Jerry,
> VIM uses the pretty much the same commands as VI. To be able to type
> anything in you are going to need to type i (as in insert). Use the

you seem to be following the thread wrong. 
I wrote the reply re a HowTo, not the question.
Though, the tutorial may be a good addition.
////jerry

> escape key to exit the insert mode which you will need to do if you are
> going to use any of the following commands; dd to delete lines, x to
> delete a single character, w to write the file, and q to quit (if you
> want to quit without saving changes you will need to type ! after the q
> command). Those are the most common commands that I use, but there are
> much more. The tutorial Michael mentioned will teach you everything else
> you need to know.
> 
> Another nice package to use if you want all the advantages of VIM in a
> graphical interface is GVIM. This site
> (http://supportweb.cs.bham.ac.uk/documentation/tutorials/docsystem/build
> /tutorials/gvim/gvim.html) will give you a good introduction to the gvim
> editor.
> 
> Hope that helps.
> 
> 
> Thad
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