Thanks to all who helped, for now ive decided to use xedit just to get 
things moving along

Jowell, Chris {GGRP~Graz} wrote:

>What I found indispensable while I was learning VI was the VI quick reference.  I'm sure googling "filetype:pdf VI quick reference" will yield what you're looking for.
>
>Cheers
>Christopher
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: netbsd-help-owner@NetBSD.org [mailto:netbsd-help-owner@NetBSD.org] On Behalf Of "°o.O Jeremy O.o°"
>Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 6:48 AM
>To: Netbsd Help Mailing List
>Subject: Using VI
>
>Hey guys
>
>Im booting into netbsd and trying to do some of the configurations from 
>the netbsd manual. The only problem is that im extremely bad at using 
>VI. In linux I kind of knew my way around but the netbsd version seems 
>to be different!!! I cant seem to use the :i to edit the text!
>
>Im so confusedm can someone help me with a short list of commands or 
>sending me a link to a tutorial for the netbsd version of VI.
>
>Alternatively are there any other text editors included in the netbsd 
>installation?
>
>Thanks in advance
>Jeremy
>
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