With vi, command mode uses the whole keyboard to specify editing commands. Only when you issue an insert command does the keyboard add text to the document. Most new vi users learn only a few basic ...

Vi is a powerful text editor included with most Linux systems, even embedded ones. Sometimes you'll have to edit a text file on a system that doesn't include a friendlier text editor, so knowing ...

Figure 1. Vim Help Window The :help command displays a help window. For specific help :help / displays the help text for the search (/) command (see Figure 1). You can move through this text using the ...

Control Firefox with Vim-style commands, à la the Unix text editor.

If you grew up with Unix systems like we did, you’ll be sorry to hear the news: vi, the noble text editor that has served us so well these 40 years, is going away — from many GNU/Linux systems ...