configurable text editor

Edit a File When You Are Viewing It Using more / less Command

by Vivek Gite on November 1, 2008 · 3 comments

Question: I can use less or more pagers to view a file. How do I start an editor (such as vi or other text editor) to edit the current file without leaving the less or more pager?

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FreeBSD install VIM text editor

by Vivek Gite on May 9, 2007 · 2 comments

Q. Quick question – How do I install VIM text editor for my FreeBSD server? Currently it has old version of vi. I like vim as it is a highly configurable text editor and efficient one. A. VIM (Vi IMproved ) is not installed by default under FreeBSD. Vim is a text editor that is [...]

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