Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 19:00:08 -0400 From: "Dru" <genisis@istar.ca> To: <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: re: vi woes Message-ID: <001c01bd98b1$5f87a380$8501d8cf@genisis>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] 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. [-- Attachment #2 --] <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1 http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content='"MSHTML 4.72.2106.6"' name=GENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>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.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>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.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>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: <A href="http://mcp.com/personal/">http://mcp.com/personal/</A> . 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.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Hope I sent this message in the right email format; Sue will let me know if I didn't.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>
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