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Index: B

b, B metacharacters: 11.7. Extended Regular Expressions

b (move word) command: 2.2.4. Movement by Text Blocks

-b option (vim): 11.2. Important Command-Line Arguments

11.4.1. Initialization for All vim Invocations

backquote (`)

`` (move to mark) command: 3.4.1. The G (Go To) Command

4.4. Marking Your Place

marking characters (vile): 12.8.7. Visual Mode

move to mark command: 4.4. Marking Your Place

backslash ( ) (see (backslash) metacharacter)

BACKSPACE key

deleting in insert mode: 2.1. vi Commands

moving with: 2.2.1. Single Movements

backward searching: 3.3. Movement by Searches

"Bad file number" message: 1.1.2. Problems Opening Files

"Bad termpcap entry" message: 1.1.2. Problems Opening Files

bang (see exclamation point)

beep mode (see command mode)

:bg (hide window) command (nvi): 9.5. Multiwindow Editing

binary data, editing: 8.6.2. Arbitrary Length Lines and Binary Data

elvis editor: 10.8.4. Arbitrary Length Lines and Binary Data

nvi editor: 9.8.4. Arbitrary Length Lines and Binary Data

vile editor: 12.8.4. Arbitrary Length Lines and Binary Data

vim editor: 11.8.4. Arbitrary Length Lines and Binary Data

binary option (elvis): 10.8.4. Arbitrary Length Lines and Binary Data

:bind-key command: 12.10.1. The vile Editing Model

blinktime option (elvis): 10.6.4. Options

"Block device required" message: 1.1.2. Problems Opening Files

"Block special file" message: 1.1.2. Problems Opening Files

block (visual) mode: 8.6.6. Visual Mode

elvis editor: 10.8.6. Visual Mode

vile editor: 12.8.7. Visual Mode

vim editor: 11.8.7. Visual Mode

bookmarks, placing: 4.4. Marking Your Place

Bostic, Keith: 9.1. Author and History

bottom-line commands: 1. The vi Text Editor

braces {}

{...} metacharacter: 10.7. Extended Regular Expressions

11.7. Extended Regular Expressions

{ (move cursor) command: 3.2. Movement by Text Blocks

} (move cursor) command: 3.2. Movement by Text Blocks

[{, ]} (matching) commands (vim): 11.10.2.3. Cursor motion commands for programming

finding and matching: 7.5.2. A Special Search Command

metacharacters: 8.4. Extended Regular Expressions

9.7. Extended Regular Expressions

bracket expressions, POSIX: 6.3.2. POSIX Bracket Expressions

brackets ([])

[*, ]* (matching) commands (vim): 11.10.2.3. Cursor motion commands for programming

[{, ]} (matching) commands (vim): 11.10.2.3. Cursor motion commands for programming

[[, ]] (move cursor) commands: 3.2. Movement by Text Blocks

[: :] metacharacters: 6.3.2. POSIX Bracket Expressions

[d, ]d (file search) commands (vim): 11.10.2.2. Include file searching

[. .] metacharacters: 6.3.2. POSIX Bracket Expressions

[= =] metacharacters: 6.3.2. POSIX Bracket Expressions

[^I, ]^I (file search) commands (vim): 11.10.2.2. Include file searching

[(, ]) (matching) commands (vim): 11.10.2.3. Cursor motion commands for programming

[#, ]# (matching) commands (vim): 11.10.2.3. Cursor motion commands for programming

[/, ]/ (matching) commands (vim): 11.10.2.3. Cursor motion commands for programming

matching: 7.5.2. A Special Search Command

metacharacters: 6.3.1. Metacharacters Used in Search Patterns

:browse command: 10.11. elvis Futures

bs values (lptype option): 10.10.1. Display Modes

Buettner, Kevin: 12. vile—vi Like Emacs

bufdisplay option (elvis): 10.10.1. Display Modes

buffers: 1.1. Opening and Closing Files

4.3. Making Use of Buffers

autowrite and autosave options: 4.2.3. Recovering a Buffer

commands (see command-line history)

commands for (summary): 4.6. Review of vi Buffer and Marking Commands

copying file contents into: 5.4. Copying a File into Another File

executing contents of: 7.3.10. @-Functions

hold buffer (metacharacters): 6.3.1. Metacharacters Used in Search Patterns

11.7. Extended Regular Expressions

12.7. Extended Regular Expressions

multiwindow editing and: 8.2. Multiwindow Editing

named buffers: 2.3.7. Copying Text

4.3. Making Use of Buffers

4.3.2. Yanking to Named Buffers

5.5.5. Edits Between Files

arbitrarily naming (nvi): 9.10. Interesting Features

numbered buffers for deletions/yanks: 2.3.6. Moving Text

4.3. Making Use of Buffers

preserving manually: 4.2.3. Recovering a Buffer

recovering after system failure: 4.2.3. Recovering a Buffer

renaming (ex): 5.3.1. Renaming the Buffer

built-in calculator, elvis: 10.10. Interesting Features

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