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variables, in vi
vi
- abbreviations
  - defining
  - removing
  - using
- ab command
- buffers
  - executing stored commands
  - pasting text from
  - storing text
  - using
- changing
  - case
  - modes, ``A quick tour of vi'', ``A quick tour of vi''
- command
  - macros
  - mode
- commands, summary
- configuring
- confirming substitutions
- control characters, escaping
- copying to a buffer
- current settings
  - changing
  - examining
- cut and paste
- cutting text to a buffer
- dd command
- deleting text, ``vi command summary'', ``Deleting and restoring text''
- deletion buffers
- editing read-only files
- editing several files at once
- entering text
- executing another program without quitting
- .exrc file
- filtering text
- global substitution
- inserting text
- insertion mode, ``Starting vi'', ``A quick tour of vi'', ``Entering text''
- joining lines
- leaving
- line numbers
- macros
  - removing
- mapping
  - changing mode in
  - :map command
  - :map! command, ``Mapping key sequences'', ``Mapping key sequences''
  - recursion
  - removing
- markers
  - using
- modifying text
- movement commands
- moving the cursor
- pasting from a buffer
- pattern matching
- quit
  - saving file
  - without saving file
- quit options
- quitting
- reading in a file
- repeating commands, ``Repeating and undoing commands'', ``Moving around a file''
- replacing text, ``vi command summary'', ``Replacing and modifying text''
- saving files, ``vi command summary'', ``Saving files and quitting vi''
- searching
- searching for and replacing text
- searching for text
- shell escape
- spelling checker
- starting, ``vi command summary'', ``Starting vi''
  - at line number
- substitution command
  - conditional
  - using addresses
  - using regular expressions
- swapping
  - characters
  - lines
  - words
- text insertion macros
- troubleshooting
- undo
  - commands
  - deletions
- wildcards
- word wrap
- yanking to a buffer
viewing a file, cat
vi (visual editor)