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Summary: Fabulously simple and downright fun
Review: I was dreading learning the VI editor because it seemed to be a very nitpicky, detailed program. However, it seems Lamb/Robbins know what they're doing, because I'm effortlessly learning the material for a college class right now. They attack all sorts of scenarios, use helpful visuals amply, and give VERY HELPFUL charts to review at the end of each chapter. I wish I saw such helpful characteristics in other computer books. Great going!
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Summary: vi made easy
Review: I was forced to learn vi on one of my contracts, and this booked brought me up to speed with vi - now I can't imagine going back to emacs! The book is easy to follow and you can cover the material in a day. I do wish there were more examples of advanced pattern matching...a few examples were given, but that topic was glossed over too quickly. This book is much more thorough than the vi section of the UNIX in a Nutshell book.
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Summary: Never type vi without it!
Review: I wish I had bought this book before I attempted my first vi edit. This reference removes all the frustration from what I used to consider a cumbersome editor. Pry it from my cold, dead fingies!
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Summary: Learn how to Master VI
Review: I've been playing with Linux and BSD for a few years now, if your like like me you've played with emacs and vi, learned how to use the basic commands you needed at the time, and never took the time to really sit down and master one of the editors. I decided to get this book, sit down and take a few hours to learn how some of the lesser known vi fuctions could help free up some time. I highly recommend picking up this book, it is extremly useful, and the best part is the fact that it is a quick and interesting read!
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Summary: A good tutorial for a GREAT editor
Review: If you're going to spend a significant part of your LIFE, editing text files, wouldn't it be worthwhile to get GOOD at it & learn a powerful tool that's been carefully adapted to the job...I have only a couple points to add, about the book. Although it gets you up-to-speed quickly, you must diligently read the first half (the second half of the book details most of the common vi clones) & PRACTICE everything you learn, if you're to truly unleash the power of this well-crafted tool of our trade. vi's power comes from the ability to combine various parts of its rich command-set, to concisely and naturally describe just about any editing operation you wish to perform. For this reason, complete fluency, with the majority of the commands, is very important - and that's where this book shines.
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Summary: Good guide to a GREAT editor
Review: Inspite of "user-friendly" editors like pico (which is for kids), and emacs (which has useless features for most users), vi is simple and easy to use, once you learn the basics. I have used vi for 4 years now and never have I felt any need to switch to another editor, not even xedit. Learn vi if you want to be a true UNIX user.
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Summary: Vi is the best editor....
Review: Inspite of being as old as it is, vi is simply the best editor. Last week, I ran into an unusual situation. One of my files from a scientific package grew very big (something like 1 GB). I tried emacs, dtpad and all the other editors on it and they all gave up, either with an error message or without one. I was amazed to see vi OPEN the file after 3 minutes. Old is Gold! Vi saved the day for me!
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Summary: A GREAT BOOK!!!
Review: It made my job a lot easier!!!
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Summary: Great for Beginners and Experts - Intro and Reference
Review: It's often said that there are very few quality computer books in the world, but this is most definitely one of them. If you've never used the vi editor before, this book is for you and if you've been using it for years, this book is also for you. The book is organized so that the reader can start at an introductory level in the first couple of chapters and learn how to use the editor. Then as the user gets comfortable, they can go back and read the next couple of chapters and learn a great deal more. I've done this several times over several years, and my editing abilities STILL increase dramatically afterwards. The book also goes into good detail regarding the vi clones in later chapters. I personally use gvim and found the section with specifics on vim to be of great help. The bottom line? The book is extremely well organized and absolutely thorough in covering the topic. The book was written in 1998 and the information is still up to date. And given the fact that it's a computer book costing less than 30 dollars, the actual *value* of the book deserves 10 stars!
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Summary: Worth reading to get the most out of vi.
Review: Like a lot of other systems administrators I use emacs because it's fast, easy and extensible. However emacs is not standard with many UNIX variants, vi is. This book will allow you to get the most out of vi, and will make using vi, for those times when you absolutely have to, a much less hateful and far more productive experience.
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