From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.6 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [IPv6:2600:3c01:e000:146::1]) by inbox.vuxu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95ACF2979A for ; Tue, 4 Jun 2024 15:02:13 +0200 (CEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C196642A66; Tue, 4 Jun 2024 23:02:08 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-oa1-x33.google.com (mail-oa1-x33.google.com [IPv6:2001:4860:4864:20::33]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CD11242A60 for ; Tue, 4 Jun 2024 23:01:57 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-oa1-x33.google.com with SMTP id 586e51a60fabf-250e4c4d650so1173089fac.2 for ; Tue, 04 Jun 2024 06:01:57 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=dartmouth.edu; s=google1; t=1717506117; x=1718110917; darn=tuhs.org; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=/L/5vmzPAkj5+ZmM5ME6byF+C6nogvGlE+KTVv5oLVU=; b=H8e6XKOQDfvOlRYpNWPDDQg8hl13v1MCmAozGC6/mlxmqc+LDTcYVmXLwMpgiiBA2E REr5zg/yGzvkRoWnZu1JliMr0kjKhXUGYxkHrG9Y/pe9O2iGBUK8UhBzj5SNTfn1p22B YWpiPJstC0n4Mp7hOWxL8U6m8zwsLQK2jMgic54aFXF/Ix47/af/V+BZ726S+e3tooso HahigwYI/FLzaKG5fsCiNBJJPopLqZolJRv+Ox46XWgT7wPclWR5bl9Ajk3KxDXokDX9 bLsKdBibvG/WB04oRh3F/L2PIip1EI4Gcit6bqTOXiiMIzFs6KAZ25Q3crb2QDNddmas BkCw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1717506117; x=1718110917; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id :reply-to; bh=/L/5vmzPAkj5+ZmM5ME6byF+C6nogvGlE+KTVv5oLVU=; b=ILKQAHDuxGTveishoXMiVCC+mYGPkJPeXnRGwZF8lDLekE/BtcaOPKghH1vVnV4aKk SU+PNO0szK7A9tY07fo0ipjehITFSSJMURjML0r38zzpTffPqECRdwpqt9TfjYq20cBj TR3E6uGoxtjcLc+iO+bCHphGhjtrKyofKsPfJnlCgQnESaGIKpVKyPUKSvDeJjUvEWM+ fbl50MC+2kri0fYaP/cTfkKxCqA/wGf2OBN2bWHrYq+th9OWluagREqqNcebO70o0KE4 WE0j4xliJahlG6vZ984TLS3xEqtCwU69Uo/xITVXLJebX2+5kjGaubB9FXcdFE98zHYN 6nNA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0Yw3UQDkGcPPg5yd81NuesfGNx2/FAlsfY5eSqnXbmpg+3Wnhx6i n78LnHKwoMWDUSjy1DTHy9ioIO7Xt8HEKyLTGrqlRFxRkAOHzMnG26Ysk+JHEGCTL7GB7yCA4L+ ogrxD5bJSBRBTcBLgsXZAR+U+OXY6ua5RB4FauA== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IFQ6+sUYm8JAqgRD6iqyZYpikWgaE+01oEeyGokm2zl2FiRBkV7mVaZn5MVKFWhreYlyWz7zeKSkeH2iJJ1b0s= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6870:4141:b0:250:79e2:b94a with SMTP id 586e51a60fabf-2508bc2c42cmr13002695fac.51.1717506115149; Tue, 04 Jun 2024 06:01:55 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <4YcO7QxSRsr-EFfdZcWDr8bsnSJkpl8bgWhtvn4PYDYO1UzTHdpwYOvQXue_O3X319Nt1AY9BAyvMLbM7v0E0HJEnnN_JIgrgmRu5pC1ygA=@protonmail.com> In-Reply-To: From: Douglas McIlroy Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2024 09:01:38 -0400 Message-ID: To: segaloco Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000e4bf79061a100d3d" Message-ID-Hash: XX6GPJ5HU5JMSB3S5SCBLALMGAXPERSI X-Message-ID-Hash: XX6GPJ5HU5JMSB3S5SCBLALMGAXPERSI X-MailFrom: douglas.mcilroy@dartmouth.edu X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header CC: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: Vi Quick Reference card for 4.4 BSD List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: --000000000000e4bf79061a100d3d Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable It's not a card, but it's brief: vi(1) in the v10 manual covers vi, ex, and edit in three pages. On Tue, Jun 4, 2024 at 1:47=E2=80=AFAM segaloco via TUHS wr= ote: > On Monday, June 3rd, 2024 at 9:46 PM, segaloco via TUHS > wrote: > > > On Monday, June 3rd, 2024 at 9:31 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 compatibl= e > 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, E= X > 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 pret= ty > 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 sca= n > 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 (s= o > 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. > > Looked a bit harder and found it, scanned that booklet: > > > https://archive.org/details/unix-system-v-visual-editor-quick-reference-i= ssue-2 > > The two appear different enough, although they may share a common > ancestor. I hope one or the other fits what you're searching for, either > specifically or at least generally as a concise vi(1) reference. I keep > the AT&T booklet at my desk as a matter of fact, it's quite convenient. > > - Matt G. > --000000000000e4bf79061a100d3d Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
It's not a card, but it's brief: vi(1) in the v10 = manual covers vi, ex, and edit in three pages.

On Tue, Jun 4, 2024 at 1:47= =E2=80=AFAM segaloco via TUHS <tuhs@tuh= s.org> wrote:
On Monday, June 3rd, 2024 at 9:46 PM, segaloco via TUHS <tuhs@tuhs.org> wrote:

> On Monday, June 3rd, 2024 at 9:31 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 com= patible 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 doc= s 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 v= ery 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 &q= uot;Vi Quick Reference card" in the various manpages and docs. I googl= ed and googled some more and of course got thousands of hits (really many t= housands), 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 quic= k 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-qu= ick-reference-Nw0sfTH
>
> Pardon the quality and host, not in a place to do a more thoughtful sc= an 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, et= c. so I presume it's also "official" fare. That and no commer= cial 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= 9;s a small 22 page flipbook with the same cover motif as early SVR2 binder= s (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.

Looked a bit harder and found it, scanned that booklet:

https://archive.org/d= etails/unix-system-v-visual-editor-quick-reference-issue-2

The two appear different enough, although they may share a common ancestor.= =C2=A0 I hope one or the other fits what you're searching for, either s= pecifically or at least generally as a concise vi(1) reference.=C2=A0 I kee= p the AT&T booklet at my desk as a matter of fact, it's quite conve= nient.

- Matt G.
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