Among the text editors being used in the programming community perhaps the most important
family is vi and its derivatives. With this updated edition Unix and Linux users will learn
text editing basics for both vi and Vim (vi improved) before moving on to advanced editing
tools for each editor. Authors Arnold Robbins and Elbert Hannah cover the latest major releases
of Vim including 8.0 and 8.2. If you're a programmer or computer analyst or you work with
browsers or command-line interfaces using Vim can speed up your work and make complex tasks
easier. You'll examine multiwindow editing global search and replacement and power tools for
programmers and learn how to write interactive macros and scripts to extend the editor--all in
the easy-to-follow style that's made this book a classic. Go beyond the basics to learn which
vi commands fit your specific needs learn advanced vi tools that shift most of the editing
burden to the computer explore Vim tools that provide major improvements over vi Examine
Vim's multiwindow editing feature a significant upgrade over vi use Vim scripts to customize
and tailor Vim to your needs look at Vim in modern GUI environments with Graphical Vim (gvim)
see Vim in the broader programming milieu including using it as an IDE.--
