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VI(1)									 VI(1)

NAME
       vi - screen oriented (visual) display editor based on ex

SYNOPSIS
       vi [ -t tag ] [ -r ] [ +command ] [ -l ] [ -wn ] name ...

DESCRIPTION
       Vi  (visual)  is a display oriented text editor based on ex(1).	Ex and
       vi run the same code; it is possible to get to the command mode	of  ex
       from within vi and vice-versa.

       The  Vi	Quick  Reference  card and the Introduction to Display Editing
       with Vi provide full details on using vi.

       The vi editor has been modified to support several new  commands.   The
       first  command  is  :pf.	  This	command prints the current file stack.
       Files are pushed onto the file stack whenever the editor changes	 to  a
       new file (e.g. the :e or :ta commands).

       The second command is :e^.  This command pops a file off the file stack
       and edits it.  The file stack mechanism is useful to "tag" down a  call
       chain and then pop back up.

       The third command is :pp.  This command pops a file off the file stack,
       but continues editing the current file.

       The :e@ command exchanges the top two elements of the  file  stack  and
       edits the new top.

       The  environment	 variable  TAGS	 defines  a  colon  separated  list of
       directories to search for tags files.

FILES
       See ex(1).

SEE ALSO
       ex (1), edit (1), ``Vi Quick Reference''	 card,	``An  Introduction  to
       Display Editing with Vi''.

AUTHOR
       William Joy
       Mark Horton added macros to visual mode and is maintaining version 3

BUGS
       Software tabs using ^T work only immediately after the autoindent.

       Left and right shifts on intelligent terminals don't make use of insert
       and delete character operations in the terminal.

       The wrapmargin option can be fooled since it looks  at  output  columns
       when  blanks  are  typed.  If a long word passes through the margin and
       onto the next line without a break, then the line won't be broken.

       Insert/delete within a  line  can  be  slow  if	tabs  are  present  on
       intelligent  terminals,	since  the  terminals  need help in doing this
       correctly.

       Saving text on deletes in the named buffers is somewhat inefficient.

       The source command does not work when executed as :source; there is  no
       way  to use the :append, :change, and :insert commands, since it is not
       possible to give more than one line of input to a  :  escape.   To  use
       these  on  a  :global  you must Q to ex command mode, execute them, and
       then reenter the screen editor with vi or open.

3rd Berkeley Distribution	April 29, 1985				 VI(1)
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