xref: /openbsd/usr.bin/vi/docs/ev (revision d415bd75)
1#	$OpenBSD: ev,v 1.2 2001/01/29 01:58:32 niklas Exp $
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3#	@(#)ev	8.4 (Berkeley) 4/29/94
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5Ev:	Vi:	Result:
6<CK>	<CK>	(Cursor keys).  Move around the file.
7
8Meta key commands:
9^A<#>	<#>G	Goto line #.
10^A$	G	Goto the end of the file.
11^A/	/	Prompt and execute a forward search.
12^A:	:	Prompt and execute an ex command.
13^A?	?	Prompt and execute a backward search.
14^Ac	y'<c>	Copy to mark in line mode (or copy the current line).
15^AC	y`<c>	Copy to mark in character mode.
16^Ad	d'<c>	Delete to mark in line mode (or delete the current line).
17^AD	d`<c>	Delete to mark in character mode.
18^Aj	J	Join lines.
19^Am	m<c>	Mark the current cursor position.
20^AN	N	Repeat search in the reverse direction.
21^An	^A	Search for the word under the cursor.
22^Ar	u	Redo a command.
23^Au	u	Undo a command.
24
25Single key commands:
26^B	^B	Page up a screen.
27^C	^C	Interrupt long-running commands.
28^D	^D	Page down a half-screen.
29^E	$	End of line.
30^F	^F	Page down a screen.
31^G	^G	File status/information.
32^H	X	Delete the character to the left of the cursor.
33^I (TAB)
34^J	j	Cursor down one line.
35^K	k	Cursor up one line.
36^L	^L	Redraw the screen.
37^M (CR)	^M	In insert mode, split the line at the current cursor,
38		creating a new line.
39		In overwrite mode, cursor down one line.
40^N	n	Repeat previous search, in previous direction.
41^O (UNUSED)
42^P	p	Paste the cut text at the cursor position.
43^Q (XON/XOFF)
44^R (UNUSED)
45^S (XON/XOFF)
46^T	D	Truncate the line at the cursor position.
47^U	^U	Page up a half-screen.
48^V<c>	^V<c>	Insert/overwrite with a literal next character.
49^W	w	Move forward one whitespace separated word.
50^X	x	Delete the current character.
51^Y (UNUSED)
52^Z	^Z	Suspend.
53
54New ex mode commands:
55
56^A:set ov[erwrite]	Toggle "insert" mode, so that input keys overwrite
57			the existing characters.
58