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Subject: advanced "vi" guide
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Date: Wed, 4-Dec-85 20:32:45 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec  4 20:32:45 1985
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this is the advanced version of the previous article
again i am not claiming to be any guru on vi
yes there is a guide by berkeley.  this is just for
a friend.


Advanced vi commands
	to recover lost files in vi
	type "vi -r filename"
	[disclaimer this may not always work]

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Cursor Movement Commands

-   move to the beginning of one line above
H   move to top of screen
M   move to middle of screen
L   move to end of screen
)   move to end of sentence
(   move to beginning of sentence
}   move to end of paragraph
{   move to beginning of paragraph
ctrl-j move one line down
ctrl-m move one line down
ctrl-n move one line down
ctrl-e display one more line at bottom
ctrl-y display one more line at top

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Insert Commands

o  open        open line BELOW the cursor and begin insert
O  open        open line ABOVE the cursor and begin insert
s  substitute  same as "xi"

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Editing Commands

J    join two lines (remove a carriage return and concatenate)
y<movement>   - yank lines into a buffer
#Y   yank # lines into buffer (default = 1)
P    to put lines from buffer BEFORE the cursor
p    to put lines from buffer AFTER the cursor
~    change from upper to lowercase or vice versa
#>>  shift # lines usually 8 spaces to the right (default = 1)
#<<  shift # lines usually 8 spaces to the left (default = 1)

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Search Commands

/pattern - searches for "pattern" after the cursor
?pattern -     "     "      "     before "    "
n  next  - keeps searching in the same direction
N    "   -  "       "      "   "  opposite direction

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Special Commands

editting two or more files at a time [not advised to edit more than 2]
"vi file1 file2"
:n  	moves to next file
:rew!	returns to previous file
:e#	does the same as the above

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Colon Commands

:#1,#2 w name     write only the lines #1 to #2 to the file (for excerpting)
:r filename 	  read in a file into the text after the cursor
:!shell-command   execute a shell-command put result at bottom of screen
:r!shell-command  execute as above, but put result before cursor

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Buffer Commands

m<a-z>  mark <a-z> as a spot   note the "< >" are not typed
'<a-z>  return to that spot
"<a-z>  lowercase lettered buffer
"<1-9>  last 9 text deletions in backwards order
"my'a   yank from mark a into buffer m
"mp     put from buffer m
"My'a   append to a
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