Author: Erwin J. van Eijk
Email: eijk@huygens.org
Web Page: http://www.huygens.org/~eijk
Date Submitted: Sat, Apr 18, 1998
Status: New Entry

Releases: all
Platform: all
Category:  Applications Notes
Category Listing:  "VI IS A TWO LETTER WORD"

Issue

I'm looking for an editor to use on a regular basis. My friends recommend
vi. But how do you use it?

Response

VI (vee aye) is the most powerful editor in the world. Although YMMV, and
others consider it the biggest mistake in history since the invention of
mankind itself.

However, for a short introduction into vi, one can best look at this
page which has a comprehensible tutorial:

http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/vi/

References

This information was from some helpful people on the redhat
mailing list.