On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 01:36:29AM -0400, Stewart Honsberger wrote:
 
> The last patch of the slope is the Vi(M) discussion. "Vi is hard" seems
> like a bit of a cop-out to me. Vi can be summed-up in half a dozen lines;
> 
> vi <filename> - Load file for editing
> /<keyword>  - search
> :w - Write file to disk
> :q - Quit
> Commands can be combined, eg; :wq - Write file to disk and Quit
> 
> Five lines and users have all the knowledge they need to create / edit
> their base system files. A few more short lines and you can explain
> (global) search/replace to give them more advanced functionality.

The commands you just noticed are enough to load, search and write
a file. But you don't tell how to edit, or how to get into the
right mode for entering the commands after editing :-)

SCNR,

Patrick