3.8 Text Editors

A lot of configuration in MicroBSD is done by editing text files. Because of this, it would be a good idea to become familiar with a text editor.

The oldest editor called vi, which stands for very powerfull editor. To start vi, one would type at the command line vi filename where filename is the name of the file to be edited. For example, to edit /etc/rc.conf, type in vi /etc/rc.conf. Once inside of vi, all of the commands for manipulating the editor's functions are listed with:

Type ``:'' and after that ``viusage'' and hit Enter.

Other editor is Ex.Which is different interface to the same program, but it is only line-oriented text editor. Other powerfull clone of vi is vim, which comes with many futures like coloured interface for editing C source and etc.

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