<div dir="ltr">I guess I should chime in here and share the vi tutorial I made: <a href="https://jasoneckert.github.io/myblog/how-to-learn-vi-vim/">https://jasoneckert.github.io/myblog/how-to-learn-vi-vim/</a></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, 7 Dec 2024 at 10:34, John Van Ostrand <<a href="mailto:john@vanostrand.com">john@vanostrand.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Fri, Dec 6, 2024 at 7:37 PM Nickle, Brian <<a href="mailto:brian@nickle.ca" target="_blank">brian@nickle.ca</a>> wrote:</div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">I'm just a baby unix'er I thought PINE and PICO were from the 70s but they are a 90s invention.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Still gotta know some vi to do initial configs on OS without nano installed by default.</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>I suggest you keep a cheat sheet handy, like <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/vim/comments/32r85c/this_is_my_favorite_vim_cheat_sheet_does_anyone/#lightbox" target="_blank">https://www.reddit.com/r/vim/comments/32r85c/this_is_my_favorite_vim_cheat_sheet_does_anyone/#lightbox</a> (I picked it randomly.)</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>John Van Ostrand<br></div><div>At large on sabbatical<br></div><br></div></div></div>
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