On Wednesday 22 December 2004 05:40 pm, Joshua Tinnin wrote: > On Wed, Dec 22, 2004 at 07:35:58PM -0500, Jerry McAllister wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I have installed a VIM editor. > > > When I create a new file with this editor, I can't type anything. > > > What is wrong. > > > > I have not used VIM - installed it once, but never really used it. > > But, it is basically like vi to use, I think. I have a very basic vi > > HowTo that I wrote up for our sites. It might help you get started. > > > > It is at: http://scnc.k12.mi.us/howto/edit/vi.html > > I personally love vim. You can also try emacs, but you might as well get > used to vi if you're going to run any *nix - vim is basically vi > extended, although it will operate exactly like vi for the purists if > you configure it to do that. It's not intuitive, but once you get used > to it it's very efficient. I use it for all sorts of editing, including > composing email in Mutt. Joshua Lokken posted some good vim tutorials, > and there's another one here: http://www.linuxgazette.com/node/9039 > > Here's another vi tutorial: > http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2001/10/25/FreeBSD_Basics.html
And, of course, there's always /usr/local/bin/vimtutor which is vim's 'canonical' tutorial. Any vi tutorial will teach you the basics of what you need to know about vim, but vim is *so much more*, once you get the vi basics under your fingers. > > - jt > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
