[TUHS] Vi Quick Reference card for 4.4 BSD

[Douglas McIlroy]

It's not a card, but it's brief: vi(1) in the v10 manual covers vi, ex, and
edit in three pages.

On Tue, Jun 4, 2024 at 1:47 AM segaloco via TUHS <tuhs at tuhs.org> wrote:

> On Monday, June 3rd, 2024 at 9:46 PM, segaloco via TUHS <tuhs at tuhs.org>
> wrote:
>
> > On Monday, June 3rd, 2024 at 9:31 PM, Will Senn will.senn at gmail.com
> wrote:
> >
> > > Today after trying to decipher the online help for vim and neovim, I
> decided I'd had enough and I opted for nvi - the bug for bug vi compatible
> that I've used for so long on FreeBSD. It handles cursor keys, these days
> (my biggest gripe back when, now I'm not so sure it's an improvement). It's
> in-app help pages are about 300 lines long, the docs are just four of the
> 4.4 docs: An Introduction to Display Editing with VI, Edit: A tutorial, EX
> Reference Manual, and VI-EX Reference Manual - all very well written and
> understandable. It does everything I really need it to do without the
> million and one extensions and "enhancements" the others offer.
> > >
> > > In doing the docs research, I found many, many references to a "Vi
> Quick Reference card" in the various manpages and docs. I googled and
> googled some more and of course got thousands of hits (really many
> thousands), but I can't seem to find the actual card referenced. I'm pretty
> sure what I want to find is a scanned image or pdf of the card for 4.4bsd.
> > >
> > > Do y'all happen to know of where I might find the golden quick ref
> card for vi from back in the 4.4bsd days or did it even really exist?
> > >
> > > Will
> >
> >
> > Perhaps this? https://imgur.com/a/unix-vi-quick-reference-Nw0sfTH
> >
> > Pardon the quality and host, not in a place to do a more thoughtful scan
> and archival right now. That was in a stack of documents I received some
> time ago, thrown in with stuff like V6 and KSOS manuals, some BSD docs,
> etc. so I presume it's also "official" fare. That and no commercial
> indicators (TMs, copyrights, etc.)
> >
> > Let me know if that link doesn't work and I'll try and find my scanner
> and do it properly (scanner is MIA apparently...)
> >
> > - Matt G.
> >
> > P.S. I also have the AT&T branded version of this from 1984, it's a
> small 22 page flipbook with the same cover motif as early SVR2 binders (so
> the grey with some "deathstar" lines not the red with black accent dots).
> Once I find my scanner I'll get that on the glass.
>
> Looked a bit harder and found it, scanned that booklet:
>
>
> https://archive.org/details/unix-system-v-visual-editor-quick-reference-issue-2
>
> The two appear different enough, although they may share a common
> ancestor.  I hope one or the other fits what you're searching for, either
> specifically or at least generally as a concise vi(1) reference.  I keep
> the AT&T booklet at my desk as a matter of fact, it's quite convenient.
>
> - Matt G.
>
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