Emacs & Vi
Emacs-specific resources
Aside from its ftp site (prep.ai.mit.edu), the Free Software Foundation (FSF) sells CD-ROMs and printed manuals for GNU Emacs. E-mail fsforder@prep.ai.mit.edu, or call 617-542-5942 and ask for the GNUs Bulletin.
Vi-Specific Resources
- The Vi Hints memory card
- Vi Lovers Home Page
- An Introduction to Display Editing with vi
- Mastering the vi editor .
Emacs and Vi editing commands compared
| Emacs command | Function | vi command |
|---|---|---|
| Control-B | Move back one character | h |
| Control-F | Move forward one character | l |
| Control-P | Move to previous line | j |
| Control-N | Move to next line | k |
| Control-A | Move to start of line | ^ or 0 |
| Control-E | Move to end of line | $ |
| Control-D | Delete character | x |
| Meta-B | Move back one word | b |
| Meta-F | Move forward one word | w |
| Control-V | Move to next page | Control-F |
| Meta-V | Move to previous page | Control-B |
| Meta-< | Move to start of file | 1G |
| Meta-> | Move to end of file | G |
| Meta-D | Delete word | dw |
| Control-K | Kill (delete) to end of line | d$ |
| Control-Y | Yank (paste) killed text | Y or yy |
| Control-X Control-F | Read file | :r |
| Control-X Control-S | Save file | :w |
| Control-X Control-C | Exit | :q or :q! or :wq or ZZ |