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VI and VIM Editors Pocket Reference - 2nd Edition by Arnold Robbins (Paperback)

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Many Unix, Linux, and Mac OS X geeks enjoy using the powerful, platform-agnostic text editors vi and Vim, but there are far too many commands for anyone to remember.
About the Author: Arnold Robbins is a professional programmer and technical author who has worked with Unix systems since 1980 and has been using AWK since 1987.
92 Pages
Computers + Internet, Programming

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About the Book

Fully updated and with greatly expanded Vim coverage, this handy little book puts all of the essential information about vi and Vim at a programmer's fingertips, in a format that makes browsing easy.

Book Synopsis

Many Unix, Linux, and Mac OS X geeks enjoy using the powerful, platform-agnostic text editors vi and Vim, but there are far too many commands for anyone to remember. Author Arnold Robbins has chosen the most valuable commands for vi, Vim, and vi's main clonesâ vile, elvis, and nviâ and packed them into this easy-to-browse pocket reference. You'll find commands for all kinds of editing tasks, such as programming, modifying system files, and writing and marking up articles.

This second edition includes:

Command-line options
vi commands and set options
Input mode shortcuts
Substitution and regular expressions
ex commands and options
Initialization and recovery
Enhanced tags and tag stacks
A greatly expanded section on Vim commands and options
Additional features in vile, elvis, and nvi
Internet resources for vi
A full index

About the Author

Arnold Robbins is a professional programmer and technical author who has worked with Unix systems since 1980 and has been using AWK since 1987. As a member of the POSIX 1003.2 balloting group, he helped shape the POSIX standard for AWK. Arnold is currently the maintainer of gawk and its documentation. He is coauthor of the sixth edition of O'Reilly's Learning the vi Editor.

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Dimensions (Overall): 7.1 Inches (H) x 4.5 Inches (W) x .3 Inches (D)

Weight: .2 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 92

Genre: Computers + Internet

Sub-Genre: Programming

Publisher: O'Reilly Media

Theme: General

Format: Paperback

Author: Arnold Robbins

Language: English

Street Date: March 8, 2011

TCIN: 1005013398

UPC: 9781449392178

Item Number (DPCI): 247-16-7669

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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