From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Aug 6 9:25:48 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from 01.dhcp.hck.carroll.com (core1.hck.carroll.com [216.44.16.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF6B237B891 for ; Sun, 6 Aug 2000 09:25:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from damien@01.dhcp.hck.carroll.com) Received: (from damien@localhost) by 01.dhcp.hck.carroll.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id MAA09379; Sun, 6 Aug 2000 12:26:02 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from damien) Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2000 12:26:02 -0400 From: Damien Tougas To: John Murphy Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ctrl X C V Message-ID: <20000806122602.A9349@tougas.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from bigotfo@bigfoot.com on Sun, Aug 06, 2000 at 04:17:20PM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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. -- Damien Tougas E-mail: damien@tougas.net http://www.tougas.net On Sun, Aug 06, 2000 at 04:17:20PM +0100, John Murphy wrote: > Hi > I'd like an editor that uses the Ctrl-X (cut) Ctrl-C (copy) > and Ctrl-V (paste) keys along with shift arrows keys for > selection highlighting. Or alternatively an editor I could > configure to work this way. Also I would need 2 or 3 files > loaded and a means to switch between them. > > I was getting to like vi until I couldn't find an easy way > to switch back to the first of two files loaded via the > command line... > > Thanks > John. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message