CPSC 1280 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Master Sergeant, Emacs, Paging
8 Oct 2016
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Deleting text: x : delete a single character, dd : delete current line. Moving text: put the deleted text at the new location (paste, p: put to the right of cursor, p: put to the left of cursor. Joining lines: j: join the next line to the end of current line. Changing case: ~: switch character"s case (upper to lower, lower to upper) Searching for a pattern: /pattern : search pattern forward, ?pattern : search pattern backward. Repeating the last pattern search: n : repeat search in same direction of original search, n : repeat search in reversed direction of original search. Open a line: o : open a new line below current line, o : open a new line above current line. Quit: :q and :q! quit without saving, :wq and :x quit with saving. You can escape to shell without quiting vi: :sh.
