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Index: B

b (move word) command : 2.2.4. Movement by Text Blocks

B (move word) command : 2.2.4. Movement by Text Blocks

-b option (vim)

11.2. Important Command-Line Arguments
11.4.1. Initialization for All vim Invocations

\b, \B metacharacters : 11.7. Extended Regular Expressions

backquote (`)

`` (move to mark) command

3.4.1. The G (Go To) Command
4.4. Marking Your Place

marking characters (vile) : 12.8.7. Visual Mode

backslash (\) : (see \ (backslash) metacharacter)

BACKSPACE key

deleting in insert mode : 2.1. vi Commands
moving with : 2.2.1. Single Movements

backward searching : 3.3. Movement by Searches

"Bad file number" message : 1.1.2. Problems Opening Files

"Bad termpcap entry" message : 1.1.2. Problems Opening Files

bang : (see exclamation point)

beep mode : (see command mode)

:bg (hide window) command (nvi) : 9.5. Multiwindow Editing

binary data, editing : 8.6.2. Arbitrary Length Lines and Binary Data

elvis editor : 10.8.4. Arbitrary Length Lines and Binary Data
nvi editor : 9.8.4. Arbitrary Length Lines and Binary Data
vile editor : 12.8.4. Arbitrary Length Lines and Binary Data
vim editor : 11.8.4. Arbitrary Length Lines and Binary Data

binary option (elvis) : 10.8.4. Arbitrary Length Lines and Binary Data

:bind-key command : 12.10.1. The vile Editing Model

blinktime option (elvis) : 10.6.4. Options

block (visual) mode : 8.6.6. Visual Mode

elvis editor : 10.8.6. Visual Mode
vile editor : 12.8.7. Visual Mode
vim editor : 11.8.7. Visual Mode

"Block device required" message : 1.1.2. Problems Opening Files

"Block special file" message : 1.1.2. Problems Opening Files

bookmarks, placing : 4.4. Marking Your Place

Bostic, Keith : 9.1. Author and History

bottom-line commands : 1. The vi Text Editor

braces {}

\{...} metacharacter

10.7. Extended Regular Expressions
11.7. Extended Regular Expressions

{ (move cursor) command : 3.2. Movement by Text Blocks

} (move cursor) command : 3.2. Movement by Text Blocks

[{, ]} (matching) commands (vim) : 11.10.2.3. Cursor motion commands for programming

finding and matching : 7.5.2. A Special Search Command

metacharacters

8.4. Extended Regular Expressions
9.7. Extended Regular Expressions

bracket expressions, POSIX : 6.3.2. POSIX Bracket Expressions

brackets ([])

[*, ]* (matching) commands (vim) : 11.10.2.3. Cursor motion commands for programming
[{, ]} (matching) commands (vim) : 11.10.2.3. Cursor motion commands for programming
[[, ]] (move cursor) commands : 3.2. Movement by Text Blocks
[: :] metacharacters : 6.3.2. POSIX Bracket Expressions
[. .] metacharacters : 6.3.2. POSIX Bracket Expressions
[= =] metacharacters : 6.3.2. POSIX Bracket Expressions
[(, ]) (matching) commands (vim) : 11.10.2.3. Cursor motion commands for programming
[#, ]# (matching) commands (vim) : 11.10.2.3. Cursor motion commands for programming
[/, ]/ (matching) commands (vim) : 11.10.2.3. Cursor motion commands for programming
[^D, ]^D (file search) commands (vim) : 11.10.2.2. Include file searching
[^I, ]^I (file search) commands (vim) : 11.10.2.2. Include file searching
[d, ]d (file search) commands (vim) : 11.10.2.2. Include file searching
[D, ]D (file search) commands (vim) : 11.10.2.2. Include file searching
[i, ]i (file search) commands (vim) : 11.10.2.2. Include file searching
[I, ]I (file search) commands (vim) : 11.10.2.2. Include file searching
matching : 7.5.2. A Special Search Command
metacharacters : 6.3.1. Metacharacters Used in Search Patterns

:browse command : 10.11. elvis Futures

bs values (lptype option) : 10.10.1. Display Modes

Buettner, Kevin : 12. vile -- vi Like Emacs

bufdisplay option (elvis) : 10.10.1. Display Modes

buffers

1.1. Opening and Closing Files

4.3. Making Use of Buffers

autowrite and autosave options : 4.2.3. Recovering a Buffer

commands : (see command-line history)

commands for (summary) : 4.6. Review of vi Buffer and Marking Commands

copying file contents into : 5.4. Copying a File into Another File

executing contents of : 7.3.10. @-Functions

hold buffer (metacharacters)

6.3.1. Metacharacters Used in Search Patterns
11.7. Extended Regular Expressions
hold buffer (metacharacters) : 12.7. Extended Regular Expressions

multiwindow editing and : 8.2. Multiwindow Editing

named buffers

2.3.7. Copying Text
4.3. Making Use of Buffers
4.3.2. Yanking to Named Buffers
5.5.5. Edits Between Files
arbitrarily naming (nvi) : 9.10. Interesting Features

numbered buffers for deletions/yanks

2.3.6. Moving Text
4.3. Making Use of Buffers

preserving manually : 4.2.3. Recovering a Buffer

recovering after system failure : 4.2.3. Recovering a Buffer

renaming (ex) : 5.3.1. Renaming the Buffer

built-in calculator, elvis : 10.10. Interesting Features

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