VI Quick Reference

Commands:
   Text input mode:
      'a'	- appends
      'A'	- appends to end of line
      'i'	- inserts
      'o'	- inserts new line(below current)
      'O'	- inserts new line(above current)
      'J'	- put's next line after current line
      <esc>	- get out of text input mode
      ':r Filename'	- include a file right there
      change-case:
	while connecting from a windows-NT machine to an indigo through
         x-windows (X-Win32), am able to change the case of the current
         character by 'page-up' & 'page-down' keys.  ie: holding them down
         changes the case of the whole line.  What codes do this?
File Saving/Quitting
	'ZZ'	- save and exit
	':w n'	- write to the file n
	':w>>n	- append to the file n
	':w!'	- just save
	':q!'	- quits without saving no matter what!
	'^G'	- gives file stats(all)
Character Movement
	'$'	- end of line
	'}'	- end of paragraph
	'^'	- beginning of line
	')'	- end of sentance
	'j'	- down
	'k'	- up
	'h'	- left
	'l'	- right
	':###'	- go to line number ###
	'L'	- first character at bottom of screen
	'G'	- last character of last line of file
	'H'	- first character at top of screen
Text Deletion
	'dw'	- deletes current word
	':d'	- deletes 1 line(line your on)
	'D'	- deletes rest of line
	':d#'	- deletes # lines(including line your on)
	'd <dir>'	- deletes 1 char to h or l
	'd#<dir>'	- deletes # chrs to h or l
Search for or Replace Text
	'/keyword'	- search forward for keyword
	'?keyword'	- search backward for keyword
	':s/old/new'	- replaces the next old with new only
	':g/\word1\>/s//word2/g'
			- replaces all word1's with word2's
Undoing Mes-ups
	':u'		- undo latest command
Cut'n'Paste
	'P'	-put last deletion above cursor
	'p'	-put last deletion below cursor
	'"zd}	-delete to end of paragraph, into buffer z
	'"ZdG'	-append to end of file into buffer z(after paragraph)
	'4G"zp'	-put contents of buffer 'z' before line 4
Buffers
	deleted text goes into buffer 1, all other buffers get shifted
		down by 1.  There are 9 buffers.
	"1pu.u.u.u.	-scans through buffers 1-5
Miscellaneous Commands:
	o^:%s/^^[17i.^[a//^["tdd@t
		-open a line & start it with ':%s/^', end that open,
		insert 17 periods, close that insert, &delete just
		formed line into buffer 't'.  @t executes buffer 't',
		removing 17 characters from the start of each line.
	:set number
		-add superficial line numbers to the screen
OPTIONS
	!vi		{edit last file edited}
	vi file		{edit file}
	vi		{newfile}
	vi + file	{go to last line in file}
	vi +10 file	{go to 10th line of the file}
	vi +/pat file	{go to first occurance of pat}