Using SoftBench Editors

Editing with SoftBench vi Editor

Editing with SoftBench vi Editor

SoftBench vi Editor is an easy-to-use encapsulation of the UNIX vi editor. This tool gives you all of the features of vi plus the ability to execute SoftBench commands and tools from the pulldown menus. See “Calling Other SoftBench Tools from the Editors” on page 130 for integration information.

Consult your system's vi documentation to learn about vi. For additional information about SoftBench vi Editor, see "Help: Show Man Page" from within the tool. There are also several user guides on the Web. Simply search for "vi editor".

Figure 4-2displays the SoftBench vi Editor Window.

Figure 4-2

SoftBench vi Editor Window

The vi command syntax operates only while you are in SoftBench vi Editor. Other SoftBench Edit Areas such as dialog boxes implement SoftBench XEmacs behavior, even when you have configured your system to use SoftBench vi Editor.

With SoftBench vi Editor, you have all of the standard vi capabilities of

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