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| author | Patrick J Volkerding <volkerdi@slackware.com> | 2011-04-25 13:37:00 +0000 |
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| committer | Eric Hameleers <alien@slackware.com> | 2018-05-31 22:45:18 +0200 |
| commit | 75a4a592e5ccda30715f93563d741b83e0dcf39e (patch) | |
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Slackware 13.37slackware-13.37
Mon Apr 25 13:37:00 UTC 2011
Slackware 13.37 x86_64 stable is released!
Thanks to everyone who pitched in on this release: the Slackware team,
the folks producing upstream code, and linuxquestions.org for providing
a great forum for collaboration and testing.
The ISOs are off to be replicated, a 6 CD-ROM 32-bit set and a
dual-sided
32-bit/64-bit x86/x86_64 DVD. Please consider supporting the Slackware
project by picking up a copy from store.slackware.com. We're taking
pre-orders now, and offer a discount if you sign up for a subscription.
As always, thanks to the Slackware community for testing, suggestions,
and feedback. :-)
Have fun!
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diff --git a/slackbook/html/vi-configuration.html b/slackbook/html/vi-configuration.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..e37b86dd --- /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> + |