University of California at San Diego cracks the puzzle of Vi for beginners. Vi is a terminal-based plain text editor loved by seasoned *nixers. Described as a "programmer's text editor," Vi is chocked full of keyboard shortcuts that make it really useful for editing system files and plain text. Unfortunately, most beginners find that Vi has a hefty learning curve. This learning curve, coupled with its lack o' GUI, often leaves Vi completely untouched by new Linux users. UCSD's introduction covers all things Vi and will get you proficient in no time. Beginner's Guide to the Vi editor [University of California at San Diego] </img>
