The Linux system comes with a vi clone called Vim. However, this editor can do more than just mimic vi. It has literally hundreds of additional functions, including commands for a help system, ...

I am writing a small crash course for vi/vim for our staff here, and I realized two things: 1. How little vi they knew in general 2. How little vi I knew changed since the 1990s I am having a great ...

Hey folks,<BR><BR>I often run external commands in vim on the current file using <pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">:! ruby %</pre>. I can't find the documentation for ...

Most people who are getting started with Linux or UNIX today already know how to use graphical WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editors, with heavy use of the mouse, icons and pull-down menus.

Have you ever felt like your productivity takes a hit every time you reach for the mouse? It’s a small action, but those constant interruptions—shifting your hands from keyboard to mouse and back—can ...

The head, tail and more commands are among the first ten or twenty commands that most beginning Unix users are going to learn. A far more intriguing command for many of the tasks they will end up ...

GUIs are great—we wouldn’t want to live without them. But if you’re a Mac or Linux user and you want to get the most out of your operating system (and your keystrokes), you owe it to yourself to get ...

IDEs have surrounded developers since long, but the older generation of developers used to write their code right from the terminal window. Although IDEs increase productivity and made it easier to ...