Appendix A. vi Reference
This is a quick reference to the command-line editor, vi. It is not required that you use vi; you can use any way possible to edit flat text file, such as one of the two other command-line editors that come with Mac OS X, emacs, or pico. The goal when editing command-line files is to not have a file extension on the end. GUI applications such as BBEdit and SubEthaEdit will also permit you to save files without an extension.
vi Editor
The vi editor has two modes:
• Command mode, which is used for entering commands
• Edit mode, which is used to type text
The a, A, i, I, o, O, c, C, and R commands put vi into edit mode. To return to command mode from edit mode, press Escape. When you are in edit mode, you will see the word ...
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