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From: kevin@ttidca.TTI.COM (Kevin Carothers)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Re: VI Interactive Help
Message-ID: <1678@ttidca.TTI.COM>
Date: 14 Jan 88 21:07:33 GMT
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Reply-To: kevin@ttidcb.tti.com (Kevin Carothers)
Organization: Citicorp/TTI, Santa Monica
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>From: wsmith@uiucdcsb.cs.uiuc.edu
>I've never seen a decent help card for Vi.  There are lots of things
>that won't fit in a small piece of documentation like a couple of sheets
>of paper.
   [...other stuff too]

I found a good one. It's manufactured by;

            Specialized Systems Consultants
            PO BOX 7, Northgate Station
            Seattle, WA      98125-0007    phone: (206) FOR-UNIX

It's an 8-page 'roadmap' folded 8.5"x11" sheet that has all you want
and more. It covers the following  topics;

       * Screen Adjustment              * Vi Entry
       * shiftwidth formatting          * File manipulation
       * Marking                        * Text manipulation
       * Options                        * Cursor movement
       * "Ed" compatible commands       * Text copying
       * Limits (chars/line, etc)       * patterns
       * Macro's and appreviations

In short, I believe it tells more about Vi than  Bill Joy *EVER* told us
in the UNIX(*) USD.  Get it. If they're out of business, I'd also recommend
the following;

       Introducing the UNIX system
       McGraw-Hill Software Series.
       by:   Henry McGilton & Rachel Morgan

            ...VERY good writeup on Vi.


Viva Vi!


Kevin


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(*) UNIX is a trademark of a warped mind.