The Vi/Ex Editor

	The Vi/Ex Editor

	By Walter Alan Zintz.

	[Editor's Note: This tutorial series is a 'work in progress' and
	will evolve over time. We'll announce each new addition and
	expand this table of contents.]

	Part 1: Vi Editor Fundamentals
	Why Vi?
	A Heartwarming Edit
	The Plan Of This Ongoing Tutorial
	The Editor's Basic Concepts
	Search Patterns
	Searching From Where You Are Now
	The Find-Them-All Search
	Simple Search Patterns
	Metacharacters
	Table Of Search Pattern Metacharacters
	Character Classes.

	Part 2: Line-Mode Addresses
	Line-Mode Addressing
	Addressing a Section of Text
	Now You Try It

	Part 3: The Global Command
	The Details of Global Operations
	A Few More Uses for Global Commands
	Now You Give It A Try

	Part 4: The Substitute Command
	Making Changes Within Lines
	A Few More Metacharacters
	Replacement-Pattern Metacharacters
	Other Uses for Substitution
	A Start on Script Writing
	Don't Lose Your Files
	Reader Feedback

	Part 5: Take Control of Your Editing Environment
	The 'set' Command
	'set' Command Variables that Control How to Paint the Screen
	Playing 'tag'
	Making Your Environment Setup Automatic

	Part 6: Addresses and Columns
	Screen-Mode Addresses
	A Few Address Principles
	Useful Addresses
	Editing in Columns
	Single-Character Columns
	Multi-Character Columns

	Part 7: The Replacement Commands
	There's more to 'R' than to 'r'
	Quoting in Characters
	Readers Ask
	Tommy Spratlin
	Thai-Nghia Dinh

	Part 8: Indent, Like a Typewriter
	Automatic Indentation
	Backing off Indentation
	Juggling a few ':set' options
	An Exercise for You
	Hard Tabs
	Enable and Disable 'autoindent'
	Next Time

	Part 9: Take Charge with Macros
	Text-Insertion Macros
	What These Tools Do
	Working Principles
	Time for another exercise
	Command-Submode Macros
	':map ' Macros
	Buffer Macros
	':source' Macros
	Another Exercise
	Write and Read Macros
	In The Next Installment of this Tutorial
	SIDEBAR: The 'timeout' Function