Vim (Vi Improved) - Softcover

Oualline, Steve

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0735710015 ISBN 13: 9780735710016

Publisher: Sams Publishing, 2001

Synopsis

Real Linux users don't use GUIs. No matter how popular, slick and sophisticated the interfaces become for Linux and UNIX, you'll always need to be able to navigate in a text editor. The vi editor is the original standard UNIX full screen editor. It's been around almost since UNIX began and it has changed very little. To get around the limitations of vi the people at Bram Moolenaar created the vim editor (the name stand for VI iMproved). It contains many more features than the old vi editor including: help, multiple windows, syntax highlighting, programmer support, and HTML support. All of the books published to date focus on vi alone not the expanded vim shipping with every major Linux distribution. In true New Riders' form, the vim reference will be a definitive, concise reference for the professional Linux user and developer. This tutorial takes a task oriented approach allowing you to learn only the commands that make your job easier.

About this title

About the Author:

Steve Qualline is the author of many programming and Linux related books. He is a professional software engineer, author, and educator. Currently, he works for a large software company as a quality engineer devising ways to improve the quality and reliability of the code produced by their programmers. He is also an avid blimp enthusiast as well as a volunteer steam locomotive engineer on the Poway-Midland Railroad. http://www.qualine.com.

Synopsis:

For students looking to streamline their use of and development on the Linux OS, the Vi editor will be part of their toolset. An improved version of Vi, VIM (Vi iMproved) is now shipping with every major Linux distribution. VIM is a definitive, concise reference to the vi editor and takes a task oriented approach allowing students to learn only the commands that make your tasks easier.

About this edition

• Publisher: Sams Publishing
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0735710015
• ISBN 13: 9780735710016
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 624