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From: wcs@skep2.ATT.COM (Bill.Stewart.[ho95c])
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: vi documentation
Message-ID: <178@skep2.ATT.COM>
Date: 4 Jul 88 21:08:07 GMT
References: <16364@brl-adm.ARPA>
Reply-To: wcs@skep2.UUCP (46323-Bill.Stewart.[ho95c],2G218,x0705,)
Organization: AT&T Bell Labs Center 4632, Holmdel, NJ
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In article <16364@brl-adm.ARPA> rbj@cmr.icst.nbs.gov (Root Boy Jim) writes:
:? tomf@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Tom Fredericks) writes:
:? >   I could also use some vi docs.  If anyone knows of a book or has 
:? >   some 'complete' docs in a file I would really appreciate it.
:You must be running TPC UNIX or you wouldn't have to ask. The definitive
:reference manuals are "An Introduction to Display Editing with VI",
:"EX Reference Manual", "EDIT: A Tutorial", "Tutorial Introduction to ED",
:and "Advanced Editing on UNIX". They are distributed with every BSD based
:system I know of and are numbered USD:{15,16,14,12,13} in 4.3 BSD.

	[Look, Root Boy, we ain't TFPC any more!]
Mr. Cottrell is suggesting that Berkeley UNIX comes with good vi
documentation (which it does), and that System V doesn't (which it
doesn't.)  However, AT&T does make a variety of UNIX documentation
available besides the manuals, including some vi tutorials paced so a
non-technical person can understand them.  Call the 1-800-828-UNIX
folks and try to get a documentation catalog from them, or explain what
you're looking for and they should be able to tell you how to order it.
-- 
#				Thanks;
# Bill Stewart, AT&T Bell Labs 2G218, Holmdel NJ 1-201-949-0705 ihnp4!ho95c!wcs
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