Path: utzoo!dciem!nrcaer!cognos!garyp
From: garyp@cognos.uucp (Gary Puckering)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Re: VI Interactive Help
Message-ID: <2172@cognos.UUCP>
Date: 27 Jan 88 19:16:55 GMT
Article-I.D.: cognos.2172
Posted: Wed Jan 27 14:16:55 1988
References: <2956@zeus.TEK.COM> <189100003@uiucdcsb>
Reply-To: garyp@cognos.UUCP (Gary Puckering)
Organization: Cognos Inc., Ottawa, Canada
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In article <189100003@uiucdcsb> wsmith@uiucdcsb.cs.uiuc.edu writes:
>
>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.
>
>Plus they usually don't explain :map, :%! and other powerful and 
>infrequently used commands or how entirely orthogonal the commands and 
>addressing modes are.

The card I use seems pretty good.  I learned most of vi from it.
It is available from:

	Specialized Systems Consultants
	P.O. Box 7, Northgate Station
	Seattle, WA  98125-0007
	
	(206) FOR-UNIX

They also sell reference cards for Unix, C, and the C library.
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