vi editor

I write my crumbs and novels using FreeBSD vi because coming from a lifetime using non-modal editors, it’s a good exercise for my brain; because it’s one of those instances of time travel that is within everyone’s reach; because it’s good for one’s prose to be able to focus strictly on it...

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Hello FreeBSD community is there any way to get syntax highlighting natively in vi editor? Thanks

In today's world, describing something as “normal” is old-fashioned, inappropriate, and even risky. Some struggling or failing writer (I declare myself guilty on both counts, your honor) could think: “Hey, I spend most of my time in ‘insert mode.’ How come ‘insert mode’ isn’t the ‘normal’...

This config file is usually located in your home directory: /home/user_name/.exrc Let's use my actual .exrc file for reference: Comments: Any line that begins with a double quote (or blank spaces + double quote) is treated as a comment. Escaping command separators (pipes '|'): The command...

I'm learning ex/vi as deeply as I can (little by little) and it's fascinating how powerful the little program is. I'm writing a novel, and yesterday I wrote for the first time using vi. Afterward I pasted the resulting fragment in MS Word, because my novel includes a complex index that you...

I didn't find the answer, so must post there. I use vi (nvi-2.1.3) which is in a base and I found confusion. If I print colon ( : ) and then press Esc then some window (buffer) opens in a bottom of vi editor. There is no such thing in vi 1.79, but is only in nvi2. . I later realized that whis...