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USE OF HARDCORE VI MEMORY AID
This memory aid is meant to help experienced vi/vim/nvi/BusyBox vi/...
users. In order to help those users memorize those last hard to remember
seldomly used commands this aid tries to reveal the elegance and sense of
the vi commands. This memory aid will not work as a quick reference for
novice users.
WRITING TEXT (MEMORY AID EXPLANATION)
i insert in front of character cursor is resting on; count will reproduce
what is typed in insert mode
a append after the character the cursor is resting on; count will
reproduce what is typed in insert mode
o open up a blank line below and switch to insert mode
O open up a blank line above and switch to insert mode
I insert in front of line
A append just before end of line
WRITING TEXT (MEMORY AID ITSELF)
or more O
i.a correctly I i.a A
o o
SCRATCHING TEXT (MEMORY AID EXPLANATION)
x x out character cursor is resting on; like overtyping with x's on an old
typewriter except it looks less messy; like Del
X x out character before cursor; like Backspace
d delete object supplied (below that object is represented by a ?)
D delete object $; i.e. delete till end of line
SCRATCHING TEXT (MEMORY AID ITSELF)
d?
^ X.x $
DDDDDDDD
SCRATCHING+WRITING TEXT (MEMORY AID EXPLANATION)
r replace one (or count) characters all by the same character
R keep replacing characters; i.e. switch typeover on
s substitute one (or count) characters by what user types in insert mode
S substitute one (or count) lines by what user types in insert mode
c change object supplied by what user types in insert mode
C change object $ by what user types in insert mode; i.e. change till end
of line
SCRATCHING+WRITING TEXT (MEMORY AID ITSELF)
replace by same char r R keep replacing
substitute by insertion s S substitute lines
change object by insertion c? C change till end of line
