From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Sep 7 12:18:10 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id MAA01423 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 7 Sep 1996 12:18:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from atlantis.nconnect.net (root@atlantis.nconnect.net [206.54.227.6]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id MAA01418 for ; Sat, 7 Sep 1996 12:18:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from win95 (dial195.nconnect.net [206.54.227.195]) by atlantis.nconnect.net (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id OAA02367; Sat, 7 Sep 1996 14:13:17 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <199609071913.OAA02367@atlantis.nconnect.net> From: "Randall D. DuCharme" To: "MR BRIAN A NEAL" , Subject: Re: VI commands Date: Sat, 7 Sep 1996 14:17:32 -0500 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1155 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk ---------- > From: MR BRIAN A NEAL > To: questions@FreeBSD.org > Subject: VI commands > Date: Saturday, September 07, 1996 1:18 PM > > I need help with vi > > I need to modify the /etc/ttys file > to add a line for X to run. But > I am unfamiliar with vi, and don't > know how to get it to edit the file. > > Can someone tell me how to do this > or at least where I can get the man > files for it? > > Thanks Greetings, How about... "man 1 vi " for starters. :-) Two of my personal favorite references for these kinds of things are... 1) 4.4 BSD User's Reference Manual and 2) UNIX for Dummies Quick Reference Both are great for looking up simple things quickly without having to scroll through the man pages. For me, it's a little faster, especially when I have to consult multiple references simultaneously. Good luck Randy