There's nothing that hard-core Unix and Linux users are more
fanatical about than their text editor. Editors are the subject of
adoration and worship, or of scorn and ridicule, depending upon
whether the topic of discussion is your editor or someone else's.
vi has been the standard editor for close to 30 years. Popular on
Unix and Linux, it has a growing following on Windows systems, too.
Most experienced system administrators cite vi as their tool of
choice. And since 1986, this book has been the guide for vi.
However, Unix systems are not what they were 30 years ago, and
neither is this book. While retaining all the valuable features of
previous editions, the 7th edition of Learning the vi and vim
Editors has been expanded to include detailed information on vim,
the leading vi clone. vim is the default version of vi on most
Linux systems and on Mac OS X, and is available for many other
operating systems too. With this guide, you learn text editing
basics and advanced tools for both editors, such as multi-window
editing, how to write both interactive macros and scripts to extend
the editor, and power tools for programmers -- all in the
easy-to-follow style that has made this book a classic. Learning
the vi and vim Editors includes: A complete introduction to text
editing with vi: * How to move around vi in a hurry * Beyond the
basics, such as using buffers *vi's global search and replacement *
Advanced editing, including customizing vi and executing Unix
commands How to make full use of vim: * Extended text objects and
more powerful regular expressions * Multi-window editing and
powerful vim scripts * How to make full use of the GUI version of
vim, called gvim *vim's enhancements for programmers, such as
syntax highlighting, folding and extended tags Coverage of three
other popular vi clones -- nvi, elvis, and vile -- is also
included. You'll find several valuable appendixes, including an
alphabetical quick reference to both vi and ex mode commands for
regular vi and for vim, plus an updated appendix on vi and the
Internet. Learning either vi or vim is required knowledge if you
use Linux or Unix, and in either case, reading this book is
essential. After reading this book, the choice of editor will be
obvious for you too.
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