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<title>vi Configuration</title>
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<link rel="HOME" title="Slackware Linux Essentials" href="index.html" />
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<link rel="UP" title="Vi" href="vi.html" />
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<link rel="PREVIOUS" title="Quitting vi" href="vi-quitting-vi.html" />
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<th colspan="3" align="center">Slackware Linux Essentials</th>
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<td width="10%" align="left" valign="bottom"><a href="vi-quitting-vi.html"
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accesskey="P">Prev</a></td>
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<td width="80%" align="center" valign="bottom">Chapter 16 Vi</td>
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<td width="10%" align="right" valign="bottom"><a href="vi-keys.html"
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accesskey="N">Next</a></td>
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<div class="SECT1">
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<h1 class="SECT1"><a id="VI-CONFIGURATION" name="VI-CONFIGURATION">16.6 vi
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Configuration</a></h1>
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<p>Your <tt class="COMMAND">vi</tt> clone of choice can be configured in several
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ways.</p>
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<p>A variety of commands can be entered while in command mode to set up <tt
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class="COMMAND">vi</tt> just how you like it. Depending on your editor, you can enable
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features to make programming easier (like syntax hilighting, auto-indenting, and more),
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set up macros to automake tasks, enable textual substitutions, and more.</p>
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<p>Almost all of these commands can be put into a configuration file in your home
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directory. <tt class="COMMAND">elvis</tt> expects a <tt class="FILENAME">.exrc</tt> file,
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while <tt class="COMMAND">vim</tt> expects a <tt class="FILENAME">.vimrc</tt> file. Most
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of the setup commands that can be entered in command mode can be placed in the
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configuration file. This includes setup information, textual substitutions, macros, and
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more.</p>
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<p>Discussing all these options and the differences between the editors is quite an
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involved subject. For more information, check out the man page or web site for your
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preferred <tt class="COMMAND">vi</tt> editor. Some editors (like <tt
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class="COMMAND">vim</tt>) have extensive help within the editor that can be accessed with
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the <b class="KEYCAP">:help</b> command, or something similar. You can also check out the
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O'Reilly book <i class="CITETITLE">Learning the <tt class="COMMAND">vi</tt> Editor</i> by
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Lamb and Robbins.</p>
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<p>Many common programs in Linux will load up a text file in <tt class="COMMAND">vi</tt>
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by default. For example, editing your crontabs will start up <tt class="COMMAND">vi</tt>
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by default. If you do not like <tt class="COMMAND">vi</tt> and would like another editor
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to be started instead, all you need to do is set the <tt class="ENVAR">VISUAL</tt>
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environment variable to the editor you prefer. For information on setting environment
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variables, see the section called Environment Variables in Chapter 8. If you want to make
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sure that your editor will be the default every time you login, add the VISUAL setting to
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your <tt class="FILENAME">.bash_profile</tt> or <tt class="FILENAME">.bashrc</tt>
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files.</p>
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cellspacing="0">
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<tr>
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<td width="33%" align="left" valign="top"><a href="vi-quitting-vi.html"
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accesskey="P">Prev</a></td>
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<td width="34%" align="center" valign="top"><a href="index.html"
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accesskey="H">Home</a></td>
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<td width="33%" align="right" valign="top"><a href="vi-keys.html"
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accesskey="N">Next</a></td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td width="33%" align="left" valign="top">Quitting vi</td>
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<td width="34%" align="center" valign="top"><a href="vi.html" accesskey="U">Up</a></td>
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<td width="33%" align="right" valign="top">Vi Keys</td>
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