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| author |   Patrick J Volkerding <volkerdi@slackware.com> | 2009-08-26 10:00:38 -0500 |
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| committer |   Eric Hameleers <alien@slackware.com> | 2018-05-31 22:41:17 +0200 |
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Slackware 13.0slackware-13.0
Wed Aug 26 10:00:38 CDT 2009
Slackware 13.0 x86_64 is released as stable! Thanks to everyone who
helped make this release possible -- see the RELEASE_NOTES for the
credits. The ISOs are off to the replicator. This time it will be a
6 CD-ROM 32-bit set and a dual-sided 32-bit/64-bit x86/x86_64 DVD.
We're taking pre-orders now at store.slackware.com. Please consider
picking up a copy to help support the project. Once again, thanks to
the entire Slackware community for all the help testing and fixing
things and offering suggestions during this development cycle.
As always, have fun and enjoy! -P.
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diff --git a/slackbook/html/vi-configuration.html b/slackbook/html/vi-configuration.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000..e37b86dda --- /dev/null +++ b/slackbook/html/vi-configuration.html @@ -0,0 +1,96 @@ +<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" + "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> +<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> +<head> +<meta name="generator" content="HTML Tidy, see www.w3.org" /> +<title>vi Configuration</title> +<meta name="GENERATOR" content="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7" /> +<link rel="HOME" title="Slackware Linux Essentials" href="index.html" /> +<link rel="UP" title="Vi" href="vi.html" /> +<link rel="PREVIOUS" title="Quitting vi" href="vi-quitting-vi.html" /> +<link rel="NEXT" title="Vi Keys" href="vi-keys.html" /> +<link rel="STYLESHEET" type="text/css" href="docbook.css" /> +<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /> +</head> +<body class="SECT1" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" +alink="#0000FF"> +<div class="NAVHEADER"> +<table summary="Header navigation table" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" +cellspacing="0"> +<tr> +<th colspan="3" align="center">Slackware Linux Essentials</th> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td width="10%" align="left" valign="bottom"><a href="vi-quitting-vi.html" +accesskey="P">Prev</a></td> +<td width="80%" align="center" valign="bottom">Chapter 16 Vi</td> +<td width="10%" align="right" valign="bottom"><a href="vi-keys.html" +accesskey="N">Next</a></td> +</tr> +</table> + +<hr align="LEFT" width="100%" /> +</div> + +<div class="SECT1"> +<h1 class="SECT1"><a id="VI-CONFIGURATION" name="VI-CONFIGURATION">16.6 vi +Configuration</a></h1> + +<p>Your <tt class="COMMAND">vi</tt> clone of choice can be configured in several +ways.</p> + +<p>A variety of commands can be entered while in command mode to set up <tt +class="COMMAND">vi</tt> just how you like it. Depending on your editor, you can enable +features to make programming easier (like syntax hilighting, auto-indenting, and more), +set up macros to automake tasks, enable textual substitutions, and more.</p> + +<p>Almost all of these commands can be put into a configuration file in your home +directory. <tt class="COMMAND">elvis</tt> expects a <tt class="FILENAME">.exrc</tt> file, +while <tt class="COMMAND">vim</tt> expects a <tt class="FILENAME">.vimrc</tt> file. Most +of the setup commands that can be entered in command mode can be placed in the +configuration file. This includes setup information, textual substitutions, macros, and +more.</p> + +<p>Discussing all these options and the differences between the editors is quite an +involved subject. For more information, check out the man page or web site for your +preferred <tt class="COMMAND">vi</tt> editor. Some editors (like <tt +class="COMMAND">vim</tt>) have extensive help within the editor that can be accessed with +the <b class="KEYCAP">:help</b> command, or something similar. You can also check out the +O'Reilly book <i class="CITETITLE">Learning the <tt class="COMMAND">vi</tt> Editor</i> by +Lamb and Robbins.</p> + +<p>Many common programs in Linux will load up a text file in <tt class="COMMAND">vi</tt> +by default. For example, editing your crontabs will start up <tt class="COMMAND">vi</tt> +by default. If you do not like <tt class="COMMAND">vi</tt> and would like another editor +to be started instead, all you need to do is set the <tt class="ENVAR">VISUAL</tt> +environment variable to the editor you prefer. For information on setting environment +variables, see the section called Environment Variables in Chapter 8. If you want to make +sure that your editor will be the default every time you login, add the VISUAL setting to +your <tt class="FILENAME">.bash_profile</tt> or <tt class="FILENAME">.bashrc</tt> +files.</p> +</div> + +<div class="NAVFOOTER"> +<hr align="LEFT" width="100%" /> +<table summary="Footer navigation table" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" +cellspacing="0"> +<tr> +<td width="33%" align="left" valign="top"><a href="vi-quitting-vi.html" +accesskey="P">Prev</a></td> +<td width="34%" align="center" valign="top"><a href="index.html" +accesskey="H">Home</a></td> +<td width="33%" align="right" valign="top"><a href="vi-keys.html" +accesskey="N">Next</a></td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td width="33%" align="left" valign="top">Quitting vi</td> +<td width="34%" align="center" valign="top"><a href="vi.html" accesskey="U">Up</a></td> +<td width="33%" align="right" valign="top">Vi Keys</td> +</tr> +</table> +</div> +</body> +</html> + |