<![CDATA[Day 6]]>Day 6

Getting acquainted with the 'vi' editor, which on NetBSD is the 'nvi' version. I created a '~/.exrc' file with a few options for more comfortable use:

$ cat .exrc
set showmode ruler
set number
set searchincr iclower
set tabstop=4
set shiftwidth=4
set expandtab

https://www.netbsd.org/docs/guide/en/chap-edit.html

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/e3c416dd-a2aa-4489-a404-142a49e94699/day-6RSS for NodeSun, 11 Oct 2026 08:28:42 GMTSun, 06 Sep 2026 15:10:55 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Day 6 on Tue, 15 Sep 2026 13:17:37 GMT]]>@gumnos Added!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/dwarmstrong/statuses/117275247056706604https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/dwarmstrong/statuses/117275247056706604Tue, 15 Sep 2026 13:17:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Day 6 on Tue, 15 Sep 2026 11:53:03 GMT]]>@dwarmstrong

Until today, I still do not understand why some people love to watch horror movie.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.linux.pizza/users/restorante/statuses/117274914554450658https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.linux.pizza/users/restorante/statuses/117274914554450658Tue, 15 Sep 2026 11:53:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Day 6 on Tue, 15 Sep 2026 10:30:00 GMT]]>@dwarmstrong I always recommend Bill Joy's Introduction to Display Editing with vi.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/jyrgenn/statuses/117274587963201247https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/jyrgenn/statuses/117274587963201247Tue, 15 Sep 2026 10:30:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Day 6 on Tue, 15 Sep 2026 06:39:21 GMT]]>@josephholsten @dwarmstrong If you’re looking into this, there’s a vim-classic in pkgsrc-wip that I’d like to have available in pkgsrc

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/jornane/statuses/117273681006496844https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/jornane/statuses/117273681006496844Tue, 15 Sep 2026 06:39:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Day 6 on Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:05:49 GMT]]>@dwarmstrong for nvi, in addition to

set tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 expandtab

I also tend to fly with

set autoindent

for a bit of convenience.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/gumnos/statuses/117272133612514367https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/gumnos/statuses/117272133612514367Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:05:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Day 6 on Mon, 07 Sep 2026 17:42:50 GMT]]>@dwarmstrong Ah, there’s already editors/ex. That’s got Gunnar Ritter’s updates, and I should really look into getting other contributed improvements merged into that.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/josephholsten/statuses/117230991466286166https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/josephholsten/statuses/117230991466286166Mon, 07 Sep 2026 17:42:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Day 6 on Sun, 06 Sep 2026 16:10:17 GMT]]>@dwarmstrong There isn’t a pkgsrc port for traditional/hierloom vi, is there? I should fix this.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/josephholsten/statuses/117224965257373165https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/josephholsten/statuses/117224965257373165Sun, 06 Sep 2026 16:10:17 GMT