Lab5 The editor vi

This lab will familiarize you with the text editor vi.

Preparation

Before coming to lab you should have read the Vi tutorial from ASU, up to the section labeled "What's next" and completed the online review questions (in the format of a WebCT quiz).

I also enjoyed reading at least the first part of another vi tutorial by Christopher C. Taylor (this is definitely optional reading).

If you are running Windows on your personal machine and want to find a version of vi, there seem to be plenty at Vi Lovers Home Page. For everyone else (all flavors of unix including linux and Mac OS X), vi is standard equipment.

What to do

  1. Read through the Advanced Vi Tutorial, and answer the post lab quiz. Please be sure an actually try out some of the commands.