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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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