Yep, that's it. The Vi Quick Reference Card dates back to the vi documentation in 2BSD: https://www.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/utree.pl?file=2BSD/doc/vi specifically the file vi.summary: https://www.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/utree.pl?file=2BSD/doc/vi/vi.summary Here's vi.summary in 4.4BSD: https://www.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/utree.pl?file=4.4BSD/usr/src/usr.bin/ex/USD.doc/vi/vi.summary A decent PDF render: https://www.mpaoli.net/~michael/unix/vi/summary.pdf On Mon, Jun 3, 2024 at 10:46 PM segaloco via TUHS wrote: > On Monday, June 3rd, 2024 at 9:31 PM, Will Senn > 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 > > Perhaps this? https://imgur.com/a/unix-vi-quick-reference-Nw0sfTH > > Pardon the quality and host, not in a place to do a more thoughtful scan > and archival right now. That was in a stack of documents I received some > time ago, thrown in with stuff like V6 and KSOS manuals, some BSD docs, > etc. so I presume it's also "official" fare. That and no commercial > indicators (TMs, copyrights, etc.) > > Let me know if that link doesn't work and I'll try and find my scanner and > do it properly (scanner is MIA apparently...) > > - Matt G. > > P.S. I also have the AT&T branded version of this from 1984, it's a small > 22 page flipbook with the same cover motif as early SVR2 binders (so the > grey with some "deathstar" lines not the red with black accent dots). Once > I find my scanner I'll get that on the glass. >