Scott, I think you need to include more information about what you are trying to do or to learn. For instance : which distribution of Linux are you using? Most distributions of Linux (Red Hat, Mandrake) do not use "vi", but supply the more advanced "vim" and make a symlink from "vi" to "vim". If you are using Slackware, though, "vi" is linked to "elvis", which is a little bit less advanced than "vim" (but still better than plain old "vi"). Etc... etc... you get my drift. Try entering the following command: which vi And do an "ls" on the directory it returns to have more info on the vi you are using on your system. Second: What would you like to know? With a lot of UNIX programs, the best way is to start by entering the following command: apropos vi or, to filter the results: apropos vi | less apropos vi | grep editor apropos vi | grep tutor This will give you less information, but also information that's more relevant. Simply enter the name of the program you'd like more information on, as such: man <name-of-program> For instance, here are all the interesting man pages I could find on my Slackware 8.1 machine: bash-2.05a$ apropos vi | grep edit elvis (1) - a clone of the ex/vi text editor evim (1) - easy Vim, edit a file with Vim and setup for modeless editing vim (1) - Vi IMproved, a programmers text editor vimdiff (1) - edit two or three versions of a file with Vim and show differences vimtutor (1) - the Vim tutor Finally, I can send you a PS file that was created as a very, very short documentation for vi -- this is almost the only documentation that I use for vim, as it contains all the really helpful commands. Also, try entering the command "vimtutor", as it will launch a very helpful tutorial on vim. On Wed, 18 Sep 2002 10:10:42 -0600, Scott wrote: > Are there any goo d sites where I can get more info about vi on the net. I > did try vitutor vi-tutor vilearn vi-learn with no success. I hope this helps! -- Gil Andre ___ Technical writer ___ Arkeia Corporation email: gandre@arkeia.com | web: http://www.arkeia.com _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list