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From: badri@valhalla.ee.rochester.edu (Badri Lokanathan)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Re: VI documentation (was: Vi bashing)
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Date: 21 Mar 89 15:26:30 GMT
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In article <4086@ttidca.TTI.COM> kevin@ttidcb.tti.com (Kevin Carothers) writes:
>It also looks like we're now on the subject of Vi documentation.
>
>The only $0.02 I can add on this is that the best book I've seen on this is
>     Introducing the UNIX System
>     H. McGilton/Rachel Morgan
>     McGraw Hill/ISBN   0-07-045001-3
>
>Its (now) a little outdated, but it gives you a lot of neat tricks 
>on how to pipe commands, cut/paste, Set up cursor movement for different
>languages, etc...
>

There is a good amount of vi documentation available. Here are a
couple, taken from the C/UNIX Order form in the back of K & R II ed.:

(1) vi User's handbook, Bolsky ISBN 013-941733-8, $18.95 paperback
(2) Guide to vi, Sonnenschein  ISBN 013-371311-3  $19.95 paperback

Personally I am quite satisfied with the original documents on vi and
ex by Bill Joy (who, apparently drives a Ferrari :-) and Mark Horton.
This document, along with the ex reference manual is supplied with most
manuals from Berkeley (we have the Mt. Xinu release.)

Now for some irony: any documentation on emacs listed on this order
form (no prizes for the correct guess.)
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