From owner-freebsd-newbies Mon Jun 15 17:45:30 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA29434 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Mon, 15 Jun 1998 17:45:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail1.toronto.istar.net (mail1.toronto.istar.net [209.89.75.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA29351 for ; Mon, 15 Jun 1998 17:44:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from genisis@istar.ca) Received: from ts7-16.kin.istar.ca ([207.216.1.143] helo=genisis) by mail1.toronto.istar.net with smtp (Exim 1.92 #2) for freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org id 0yljsF-0006ap-00; Mon, 15 Jun 1998 20:45:20 -0400 Message-ID: <002601bd98c0$2c405bc0$8f01d8cf@genisis> From: "Dru" To: Subject: vi woes, try again Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 20:46:08 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.2106.4 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I changed my email format, so I'll try again. Hi everyone! I've been sitting here quietly for about 2 months and I guess it's time to join the foray. As a newbie to both FreeBSD and Unix in general, I haven't reached the first level yet as I'm still working out ppp and Xwindows. However, I've become quite proficient at vi. Have to admit that it took about 2 configuration files and a sore ear before I could remember to keep pressing escape; once ya get the hang of it though, you can fly. Now I have to remember not to press escape when I'm not typing in vi. Have found the vi tutorial in Unix Unleashed (chapter 7) invaluable as it has many exercises and key strokes to speed you up that aren't even listed in the manpages. You can read this book for free at: http://mcp.com/personal/ . While you're there, peruse their ebooklist. I've never been to a computer store that offered such quality and quantity, and the price is definitely right. There's enough reading there to keep me busy the next couple decades. Hope I sent this message in the right email format; Sue will let me know if I didn't. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message