Software request
Bob Goodwin
bobgoodwin at wildblue.net
Mon Apr 13 22:03:00 UTC 2009
Beartooth wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Apr 2009 02:03:47 +0930, Tim wrote:
> [....]
>
>>> so how do I get to vimtutor? Launch it from the CLI?
>>>
>> Go into a terminal, type vi and hit TAB...
>>
>
> OK. I got a little bit of somewhat cryptic info about vi, and
> page after page about the GPL or the children in Uganda. Then it came to
> a dead end, afaict -- a screen blank except for a line of some character
> down the side in blue.
>
> ^C got me a line saying to type ":quit" to get out of the
> remaining featureless page.
>
> I did, and it did -- i.e., gave me my prompt back.
>
> This is interaction?? Or there's something there that you have to
> already know vi to see??
>
> PS: I tried it again, to see what the blue margin was. This time
> it asked me if I wanted to see all 205 possibilities. I told it no.
>
> That's qith a space between "vi" and the tab. Without the space,
> it does nothing, afaict. Does that mean "You had your chance; now to hell
> with you"?
>
>
Open a terminal and type vimtutor and press enter.
Bob
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