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From: rbj@cmr.icst.nbs.gov (Root Boy Jim)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: vi documentation
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Date: 1 Jul 88 19:58:47 GMT
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? tomf@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Tom Fredericks) writes:
? >
? >   I could also use some vi docs.  If anyone knows of a book or has 
? >   some 'complete' docs in a file I would really appreciate it.
? >	
? >	Tom...

You must be running TPC UNIX or you wouldn't have to ask. The definitive
reference manuals are "An Introduction to Display Editing with VI",
"EX Reference Manual", "EDIT: A Tutorial", "Tutorial Introduction to ED",
and "Advanced Editing on UNIX". They are distributed with every BSD based
system I know of and are numbered USD:{15,16,14,12,13} in 4.3 BSD.

? Here are two recommendations:

Forget it. Read the *real* manuals.

	(Root Boy) Jim Cottrell	<rbj@icst-cmr.arpa>
	National Bureau of Standards
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	Careful with that VAX Eugene!