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CHANGES in bvi 1.2.0 BVI

  • Configuration with GNU autoconfig
  • New :set options:
    • :set columns=n
      You can set the number of columns on the screen to an arbitrary value. This might be useful if you edit a file with a fixed record length.
      Default: max number of columns, divisible by four.
      Abbreviation: :set cm=n
    • :set memmove enables the new commands to insert or delete bytes.
      Per default this commands are disabled, because e.g. in executable files you must not move bytes.
      Default: :set nomemmove
      Abbreviation: :set mm - :set nomm
    • The listing for :set all is now in alphabetical order.
  • New insert and delete commands:
    • a inserts after cursor position
    • i inserts on cursor position
    • x deletes byte under cursor
    • X deletes byte before cursor
    • d delete command with modifiers:
      • dSPACE deletes byte under cursor
      • dfC deletes from current position to next character C
      • d/xyz deletes from current position to first matching pattern xyz
      • d$ deletes from current position to EOF
      • d'a deletes from current positions to mark a
      • dnG deletes from current position to byte with (decimal) address n
  • New syntax for p (put) command:
    In previous versions of bvi the p command did an overwriting "put". Now the bytes are inserted.
  • New command o (overwrite):
    This is an overwriting "put" command. It is the only command in bvi that uses a command key in a complete different way than in vi (o opens a new line in vi).
  • New syntax for y (yank) command:
    • ySPACE yanks byte under cursor
    • yfC yanks from current position to next character C
    • y/xyz yanks from current position to first matching pattern xyz
    • y$ yanks from current position to EOF
    • y'a yanks from current position to mark a
    • ynG yanks from current position to byte with (decimal) address n
  • New ex (colon) commands:
    • :a(ppend) a(scii)|b(binary)|d(ecimal)|h(exadecimal)|o(ctal)
    • :c(hange) a(scii)|b(binary)|d(ecimal)|h(exadecimal)|o(ctal)
    • :i(nsert) a(scii)|b(binary)|d(ecimal)|h(exadecimal)|o(ctal)
      The three commands above are used to append or change or insert bytes in the selected representation until you type a line containing only a dot, e.g. insert bytes in binary mode:
      	:i b
      	0 010 110 1110010 10 100
      	1 1001 1001 0 0
      	.
      	
      Pressing the RETURN key does not insert a newline - character into the file. If you use :i a (insert ascii) you can use the special characters \n, \r, \t and \0.
    • :d(elete)
    • :g(lobal) does a global search with printing found items
    • :ma(rk)
    • :pu(t) puts yanked bytes into the file
    • :o(verwrite) is an overwriting ":put"
    • :y(ank)
  • :f newname - bug fixed
  • new command line option -f script
  • CTRL - C aborts some commands, e.g. search commands
  • CR moves cursor to 1st column of next screen line
  • Local settings according to the environment variable LANG will be evaluated (see setlocal(3)).

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Last update: June, 1st 2000 by Gerhard Bürgmann, Purkersdorf/Austria