Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 21:47:10 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> Cc: James A Wilde <james.wilde@telia.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Programmers' editor? Message-ID: <19991123214710.B316@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.9911231240360.4557-100000@fw.wintelcom.net> References: <009901bf35ee$d892ef60$8208a8c0@iqunlimited.net> <Pine.BSF.4.21.9911231240360.4557-100000@fw.wintelcom.net>
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On Tue, Nov 23, 1999 at 12:49:10PM -0800, Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Nov 1999, James A Wilde wrote:
>
> > Related question from a greenhorn.
> >
> > Most of my editing is administrative editing of configuration
> > files and the like. For that vi is a pita with all that programmers
> > crap. The only functionality I use is x for delete, i for input,
> > Alt $ for goto eol (I don't know how you get to the beginning) and
> > d with the down arrow to remove two lines, which means that I often
> > have to insert a line first in order to delete the one line I need
> > to remove.
> >
> > Is there for UNIX something with the lack of complexity of the
> > DOS edit program? Simple marking, cutting, pasting is all I really
> > need.
> >
> > Thanks for any tips.
>
> two tips:
> please set your line wrap to 70 characters.
> don't refer to my favorite editor as 'crap' at least mine knows
> how to format email.
>
> you may want to try 'ee' it comes with freebsd and keeps it's help
> at the top. but let me answer your vi questions:
>
> 0 - goto beginning of line
> dd - delete a single line
> precede with a number to delete N lines 5dd - del 5 lines
> dG - delete to end of file
> d1G - delete to top of file
> u - undo
> P - paste deleted selection before cursor location
> p - paste deleted selection after ursor location
> A - jump to end of line and go to edit mode
^^^^
> I - jump to beginning of line and go to edit mode.
^^^^
Not trying to be clever, but shouldn't that be input mode? I only
point it out because it might confuse a newbie as all the docs
(including the manpage) use the terms "input mode" and "command
mode"; "edit mode" could mean either.
>
> -Alfred
>
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