Vi editor help II

[alind]

i feel a bit shy asking ,
but i am very new to linux ,i am using kubuntu and trying to learn all its features .
i was reading about shell script and was suggested to try vi commands ,i wrote those commands in shell.
but did'nt get it!
whats the relation between shell and vi ?

thanks in advance! :)
Have a nice day!

[Martin Witte]

whats the relation between shell and vi ?

In a shell you can turn on 'vi' options (the command is 'set -o vi'), e.g. meaning that instead of pressing the 'arrow up' key to get the last command you have to press '<ESC> K' - that is the vi way to get one line up. I would recommend to forget about the vi options as long as you're on Linux - the bash options are much more useable.

[crush304]

from the terminal


vimtutor

[JordyD]

I just found a cheatsheet and tried to increase the number of vim commands I was using every day. Afterwards, whenever I find something that I find tedious or I think can be done better, I Google it.

[cariboo]

Moved to a new thread of it own.