12-05-2002
vi is a text editor that is supposed to make text editing extremely fast. this is because your hands never have to leave the home position. its tough to learn, but the people who do know it and use it swear by it. i use it cause its the default and i know how to save and quit without saving, haha thats it. vi has two modes, command mode and insert mode. command mode is for commands, like saving, quiting,and accessing the shell. insert mode is when you insert your text. when you hit the INSERT key you can type as much as you want. when you want to save you hit the ESC key, then shift-: and then x
to delete characters, hit ESC to enter command mode, and you can use the arrow keys then when the cursor is at the letter you want to get rid of, you cna hit x. i dont know how to do whole words or lines or whatever, but vi has ALOTTTTT of features. that i dont know how to use, or even know exist. see the man pages for vi. also take alook at vim.org.
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BEAV(1) General Commands Manual BEAV(1)
NAME
beav - binary file editor and viewer
SYNOPSIS
beav [file...]
DESCRIPTION
This is a brief description of the minimal set of commands that are necessary to start using beav effectively. For more information,
review the file /usr/share/doc/beav/beav140.txt.gz.
The file-visit command, Ctl-X Ctl-V, can be used to read a file in for editing. The file can also be read in from the command line; beav
<edit_file>.
Data is displayed in one or more windows. These commands can be used to navigate around the windows.
move-back-char Ctl-B moves left
move-back-line Ctl-P moves up
move-forw-char Ctl-F moves right
move-forw-line Ctl-N moves down
window-delete Ctl-X 0 delete window
window-expand Ctl-X 1 expand window
The move-to-byte command, Ctl-X G, will prompt you for a byte position to move to.
These commands will insert a zero byte at the cursor position or delete the byte at that position.
insert-unit Ctl-X I
delete-forw-unit Esc D
The file-save command, Ctl-X Ctl-S, will save the data to the file if a change has been made.
The help command, Esc ?, will display a list of all commands and their current key bindings.
The abort-cmd command, Ctl-G, will abort any command that is in operation.
The quit-no-save command, Ctl-X Ctl-C, will exit beav. If there is any data that has not been saved you will be warned.
FILES
/usr/share/doc/beav/beav140.txt.gz
BEAV(1)