From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Aug 7 5: 2:56 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp.screaming.net (smtp.screaming.net [212.49.224.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A400037BDB2 for ; Mon, 7 Aug 2000 05:02:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bigotfo@bigfoot.com) Received: from lexx.my.domain (dyn112-ras26.screaming.net [212.49.249.112]) by smtp.screaming.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id MAA09303 for ; Mon, 7 Aug 2000 12:05:12 GMT From: John Murphy To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Windows in vi (was Ctrl X C V) Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2000 13:02:27 +0100 Organization: The Organisation Reply-To: bigotfo@bigfoot.com Message-ID: X-Mailer: Forte Agent 1.6/32.525 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Damien Tougas wrote: >Not too many people know this, but the FreeBSD version of vi actually >lets you edit multiple files simultaneously in different windows. >While editing a file, type the following: > >:E filename > >to open 'filename' into a new window. You can then switch between the >windows using Ctrl-W. > >If you like vi, but want even more power try installing vim from the >ports. > >Hope this helps. That makes vi a lot easier for me to use. Thanks for the tip. I'm about to try vim - surprised it needs tcl as a dependency. Thanks, also, to everyone who responded to the previous thread. John. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message