[TUHS] Re: Vi Quick Reference card for 4.4 BSD

[Blake McBride <blake1024@gmail.com>]

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How about this one?  https://wiki.arahant.com/Wiki.jsp?page=Vi


On Mon, Jun 3, 2024 at 11:32 PM Will Senn <will.senn@gmail.com> wrote:

> Today after trying to decipher the online help for vim and neovim, I
> decided I'd had enough and I opted for nvi - the bug for bug vi compatible
> that I've used for so long on FreeBSD. It handles cursor keys, these days
> (my biggest gripe back when, now I'm not so sure it's an improvement). It's
> in-app help pages are about 300 lines long, the docs are just four of the
> 4.4 docs: An Introduction to Display Editing with VI, Edit: A tutorial, EX
> Reference Manual, and VI-EX Reference Manual - all very well written and
> understandable. It does everything I really need it to do without the
> million and one extensions and "enhancements" the others offer.
>
> In doing the docs research, I found many, many references to a "*Vi Quick
> Reference card"* in the various manpages and docs. I googled and googled
> some more and of course got thousands of hits (really many thousands), but
> I can't seem to find the actual card referenced. I'm pretty sure what I
> want to find is a scanned image or pdf of the card for 4.4bsd.
>
> Do y'all happen to know of where I might find the golden quick ref card
> for vi from back in the 4.4bsd days or did it even really exist?
>
> Will
>

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