Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 12:34:46 -0500 (EST)
From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
To: thad.butterworth@hp.com ("Butterworth, Thaddaeus (Manpower Contract)")
Cc: unixadmin99 <unixadmin99@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: VIM
Message-ID: <200412231734.iBNHYlO29554@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
In-Reply-To: <2D8BB15C7B5C214F81C32D3A83B3273601D87C1E@idbexc01.americas.cpqcorp.net> from "Butterworth, Thaddaeus (Manpower Contract)" at Dec 23, 2004 09:26:46 AM
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> > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd->questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of unixadmin99 > >Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 6:38 PM > >To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > >Cc: Leon > >Subject: Re: VIM > > > >On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 19:35:58 -0500 (EST), Jerry McAllister > ><jerrymc@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 > >_______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >
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