This book covers all of topics related to text editing and more. By following the design of a character-based text editor, you will learn what goes into the such programs. In addition, this book introduces the concepts and power of the Emacs-type of text editor.

In this book, we want to show how computers can be used effectively in the preparation of written documents, specially in the process of producing book-length documents. We will demonstrate the tools available in the UNIX environment.

The vi editor is the original standard UNIX full screen editor. It's been around almost since UNIX began and it has changed very little. This book takes a task oriented approach allowing you to learn only the vi commands that make your job easier.

This is a book which aims to help you to learn how to use the Vim editor (version 7), even if all you know is how to use the computer keyboard. If you master the techniques in this book, you'll never need another text editor.

This book will introduce you to Vimscript, the main programming language used to customize Vim. You'll be able to mold Vim into an editor suited to your own personal text editing needs and make the rest of your time in Vim more efficient.

This book provides a quick overview of the theory behind context-free grammars and semantic values. It has both an introductory tutorial section with examples and a reference section which explores parts of Bison in detail.

This tutorial is an elementary introduction to teach non-programmers how to customize their work environment; it can also be used as an introduction to programming basics. It includes numerous exercises and sample programs.

This manual attempts to be a full description of Emacs Lisp. Emacs Lisp is more than a mere 'extension language'; it is a full computer programming language in its own right. You can write new code in Emacs Lisp and install it as an extension to the editor.

Quickly learn the basics of editing, cursor movement, and global search and replacement. Then take advantage of the more subtle power of vi. Extend your editing skills by learning to use ex, a powerful line editor, from within vi.

sed & awk describes two text processing programs that are mainstays of the UNIX programmer's toolbox. This book covers features of sed and awk that are mandated by the POSIX standard.