VI exrc and help file

.exrc

set wm=10
set showmode
set number
map #1 :!more ~/.exrc
map #2 :!more ~/.vi_help
map #3 :set number
map #4 :set nonumber
map K dwwP

.vi_help

                                                                      vi Help
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Editing Commands                        Deleting Commands
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 i insert    x delete character
 o open a new line (below)  X delete character to left
 O open a new line (above)  d0 delete to beginning of line
 a append    d$ delete to end of line
 A append at end of line  dd delete line
 u undo    5dd delete 5 lines
 . repeat last command

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Cutting and Pasting   Movement Commands
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 yy yank    H move to top of screen (high)
 5yy yank 5 lines   M move to middle
 p paste    L move to low
 P paste above current position 10G go to line 10
     w go to next word
     b go back to previous word
     0 beginning of line
     $ end of line

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Searching Commands
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 /fred  search for "fred"
 ?fred  search backwards for "fred"
 n  repeat the last search



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Function Key Mappings (Customized)
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 F1:  show the .exrc file 
 F2:  show .vi_help (this file) 
 F3:  set number 
 F4:  set nonumber


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Run External Commands
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 :!ls -al  list current directory (long list)
 :!pwd   print working directory



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Miscellaneous Commands
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 :r   read contents of a file into the current file
 :s/FRED/BARNEY/g swap FRED with BARNEY (current line only)
 :10,20s/FRED/BARNEY/g swap FRED with BARNEY on lines 10 through 20
 :1,$s/FRED/BARNEY/g swap every occurrence of FRED with BARNEY (entire file)
 :10,20d  delete lines 10 through 20
 :10,20y  yank (copy) lines 10 through 20 to the buffer
:r !sort somefile read contents of somefile after sorting
:r !date  read output of date command into file at cursor point
:69,72!sort  sort lines 69-72, and replace whatever was in 69-72 




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Auto-Indentation
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Your ~/.exrc file is configured to automatically indent each line.  
To move backwards (and eliminate indentation), hit 

 ^d


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MISC
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shell script from "Learning the VI Editor" Chapter 7/Advanced Editing/Here Documents/page 124
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for file in $*
do
ex - $file << E_O_F
g/thier/s/ /their/g
g/writeable/s/ /writable/g
g/qoute/s/ /quote/g
g/blockqoute/s/ /blockquote/g
wq
E_O_F
done
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