Take the confusion out of switching between insert and command modes in vi's Linux text editor. The vi text editor has been around almost as long as Unix, and consequently can be found installed on ...

Vim and nano are command-line text editors that run in a terminal rather than a graphical user interface (GUI). Vim and nano have a similar appearance but differ greatly in functionality and ...

Modern shells support command-line editing for efficient recall and correction of commands. Command-line editing is more efficient than using the shell's history mechanism. Shells like KornShell, Bash ...

Most Linux users know vim as a text editor that descended from vi. It can also function as a tool for encrypting text files. In this post, we examine how this is done and how to reverse the process.

Most people who are getting started with Linux or UNIX today already know how to use graphical WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editors, with heavy use of the mouse, icons and pull-down menus.

The Linux system comes with a vi clone called Vim. However, this editor can do more than just mimic vi. It has literally hundreds of additional functions, including commands for a help system, ...

Credit: christin hume / Linux / Modified by IDG Comm. Whether you call it vi or vim, the longstanding Unix editor has a wonderful set of features that continue to make it a versatile and surprisingly ...

The Vim text editor was first released to the public on November 2, 1991—exactly 20 years ago today. Although it was originally designed as a vi clone for the Amiga, it was soon ported to other ...

If you grew up with Unix systems like we did, you’ll be sorry to hear the news: vi, the noble text editor that has served us so well these 40 years, is going away — from many GNU/Linux systems, anyway ...

A bug impacting editors Vim and Neovim could allow a trojan code to escape sandbox mitigations. A high-severity bug impacting two popular command-line text editing applications, Vim and Neovim, allow ...