''Learning the vi and Vim Editors'' is a tutorial book for the vi and

vim Vim means enthusiasm and vigor. It may also refer to: * Vim (cleaning product) * Vim Comedy Company, a movie studio * Vim Records * Vimentin, a protein * "Vim", a song by Machine Head on the album ''Through the Ashes of Empires'' * Vim (text ed ...

text editors written by Arnold Robbins, Elbert Hannah, and Linda Lamb and published by

O'Reilly Media O'Reilly Media (formerly O'Reilly & Associates) is an American learning company established by Tim O'Reilly that publishes books, produces tech conferences, and provides an online learning platform. Its distinctive brand features a woodcut of ...

. The book is in its 8th edition. The book features a

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on the cover, an image which was also used on the cover of O'Reilly's ''Unix in a Nutshell'' and has been incorporated into

. When questioned about the animal choice, Publisher Tim O'Reilly described the tarsier as looking "like somebody who had been a text editor for too long." Author Arnold Robbins also coauthored the O'Reilly titles ''Unix In A Nutshell'', ''Effective awk Programming'', ''sed & awk'', ''Classic Shell Scripting'', and several titles in the pocket reference series related to those languages and tools. Elbert is a software engineer retired from the telecom industry. Linda Lamb is a former O'Reilly employee. In his 2008 review of the 7th edition for Dr. Dobb's Journal, author Mike Riley compared the coverage afforded by the book to a combination of the Vim online documentation and O'Reilly's ''vi Editor Pocket Reference''. While noting that the book "continues to fulfill an apparent market need," he did not find the book appropriate for more advanced users.

Editions

* First edition (February 1986) * Second edition (April 1986) * Third edition (August 1987) * Fourth edition (June 1988) * Fifth edition (October 1990) * Sixth edition (November 1998) * Seventh edition (July 2008; 496 pages; ) * Eighth edition (November 2021; 500 pages; )

References

External links

*{{official website, https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/learning-the-vi/9781492078791/ 1986 books O'Reilly Media books Books about free software Vi