Editing files

Editing files

A quick tour of vi
    Starting vi
    Entering text
    What to do if you get stuck
    Saving files and quitting vi
    Moving around a file
    Deleting and restoring text
        Restoring deleted text
        Using the deletion buffers
    Searching for text
    Replacing and modifying text
    Substituting text
        Performing global substitutions
        Specifying addresses
        Confirming substitutions
    Repeating and undoing commands
    Including the contents of another file
    Accessing the shell
    Editing more than one file
    Using buffers to cut and paste text
    Placing markers

Using keyboard shortcuts
    Running other programs from inside vi
    Sending text through a filter
    Defining abbreviations
    Storing a command in a buffer
    Mapping key sequences
        Assigning commands to a key sequence
        Assigning insertions to a key sequence
        Changing modes within a mapped command

Configuring vi
    Saving frequently used commands