[kwlug-disc] I give up, but with one question

[Paul Nijjar]

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Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2024 17:50:53 +0000
From: Alex Kleider <alexkleider at protonmail.com>
To: KWLUG discussion <kwlug-disc at kwlug.org>
Subject: Re: [kwlug-disc] I give up, but with one question

It might be worth mentioning (if it hasn't been already) that the command "vimtutor" will get you into exactly that and will probably get you up to starting speed within an hour.
Cheers,
a

Alex Kleider (set from my current gizmo)

On Saturday, December 7th, 2024 at 7:31 AM, John Van Ostrand <john at vanostrand.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Dec 6, 2024 at 7:37 PM Nickle, Brian <brian at nickle.ca> wrote:
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>> I'm just a baby unix'er I thought PINE and PICO were from the 70s but they are a 90s invention.
>>
>> Still gotta know some vi to do initial configs on OS without nano installed by default.
>
> There isn't a question there. I agree. I started with Unix 30 years ago taking care of company and customer servers. I could have installed other software on it, but 30 years ago I would have had to use UUCP to transfer programs (companies rarely had Internet back then.) So vi was the way to get things done, guaranteed.
>
> I suggest you keep a cheat sheet handy, like https://www.reddit.com/r/vim/comments/32r85c/this_is_my_favorite_vim_cheat_sheet_does_anyone/#lightbox (I picked it randomly.)
>
> You don't need to know much to be proficient at simple modifications. Various edit modes (insert, append, replace), saving files, searching for text, jumping to lines, deleting characters and lines.
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> John Van Ostrand
> At large on sabbatical

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