VIM

Joshua Lokken joshua.lokken at gmail.com
Wed Dec 22 08:14:00 PST 2004


On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 13:56:18 -0500, Leon <leonmk at optonline.net> 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.

Probably nothing.  If you are, indeed, new to the vi editor, then you
have a steep learning curve ahead of you, and you'll want to do some
reading and use one of the many vi tutorials online to get your head
around how this editor works, because it is absolutely not intuitive.
Some good starting points are:

'man vi(1)'
http://www.unb.ca/documentation/UNIX/tips/vim/
http://www.apmaths.uwo.ca/~xli/vim/vim_tutorial.html
http://www.lecb.ncifcrf.gov/~toms/vi.html

-- 
Joshua Lokken
Open Source Advocate


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