12.5. Multiwindow Editingvile is somewhat different from the other clones. It started life as a version of Micro-Emacs, and then was modified into an editor with the "finger-feel" of vi. One of the things that versions of emacs have always done is handle multiple windows and multiple files; as such, vile was the first vi-like program to provide multiple windows and editing buffers. As in elvis and vim, the :split command[59] will create a new window, and then you can use the ex command :e filename to edit a new file in the new window. After that, things become different, in particular the vi command mode keys to switch among windows are very different.
<preface id="VI6-CH-0"> <title>Preface </title> <para> Text editing is one of the most common uses of any computer system, and <command>vi</command> is one of the most useful standard text editors> With <command>vi</command> you can create new files, or edit any exist> file. </para> ch00.sgm top # Makefile for vi book # Arnold Robbins CHAPTERS = ch00_6.sgm ch00_5.sgm ch00.sgm ch01.sgm ch02.sgm ch03.sgm \ ch04.sgm ch05.sgm ch06.sgm ch07.sgm ch08.sgm APPENDICES = appa.sgm appb.sgm appc.sgm appd.sgm POSTSCRIPT = ch00_6.ps ch00_5.ps ch00.ps ch01.ps ch02.ps ch03.ps \ ch04.ps ch05.ps ch06.ps ch07.ps ch08.ps \ === Makefile =[modified]========================================= top == The split screen is the result of typing vile ch00.sgm followed by :split and :e Makefile. Like vim, all windows share the bottom line for execution of ex commands. Each window has its own status line, with the current window indicated by having its status line filled with equal signs. The status line also acquires an I in the second column when in insert mode, and [modified] is appended after the filename when the file has been changed but not yet written out. vile is also like emacs in that commands are bound to key sequences. Table 12.1 presents the commands and their key sequences. In some cases, two sets of key sequences do the same operation, for example, the delete-other-windows command. Table 12.1. vile Window Management CommandsCopyright © 2003 O'Reilly & Associates. All rights reserved. |
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