4 Jun
2024
4 Jun
'24
11:47 a.m.
On Monday, June 3rd, 2024 at 9:46 PM, segaloco via TUHS <tuhs(a)tuhs.org> wrote:
On Monday, June 3rd, 2024 at 9:31 PM, Will Senn
will.senn(a)gmail.com wrote:
Looked a bit harder and found it, scanned that booklet:
https://archive.org/details/unix-system-v-visual-editor-quick-reference-iss…
The two appear different enough, although they may share a common ancestor. I hope one or
the other fits what you're searching for, either specifically or at least generally
as a concise vi(1) reference. I keep the AT&T booklet at my desk as a matter of fact,
it's quite convenient.
- Matt G.
Today after trying to decipher the online help
for vim and neovim, I decided I'd had enough and I opted for nvi - the bug for bug vi
compatible that I've used for so long on FreeBSD. It handles cursor keys, these days
(my biggest gripe back when, now I'm not so sure it's an improvement). It's
in-app help pages are about 300 lines long, the docs are just four of the 4.4 docs: An
Introduction to Display Editing with VI, Edit: A tutorial, EX Reference Manual, and VI-EX
Reference Manual - all very well written and understandable. It does everything I really
need it to do without the million and one extensions and "enhancements" the
others offer.
In doing the docs research, I found many, many references to a "Vi Quick Reference
card" in the various manpages and docs. I googled and googled some more and of course
got thousands of hits (really many thousands), but I can't seem to find the actual
card referenced. I'm pretty sure what I want to find is a scanned image or pdf of the
card for 4.4bsd.
Do y'all happen to know of where I might find the golden quick ref card for vi from
back in the 4.4bsd days or did it even really exist?
Will
Perhaps this? https://imgur.com/a/unix-vi-quick-reference-Nw0sfTH
Pardon the quality and host, not in a place to do a more thoughtful scan and archival
right now. That was in a stack of documents I received some time ago, thrown in with stuff
like V6 and KSOS manuals, some BSD docs, etc. so I presume it's also
"official" fare. That and no commercial indicators (TMs, copyrights, etc.)
Let me know if that link doesn't work and I'll try and find my scanner and do
it properly (scanner is MIA apparently...)
- Matt G.
P.S. I also have the AT&T branded version of this from 1984, it's a small 22
page flipbook with the same cover motif as early SVR2 binders (so the grey with some
"deathstar" lines not the red with black accent dots). Once I find my scanner
I'll get that on the glass.