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## Index: E

:e (edit file) command (ex): 5.5.3. Calling in New Files
  :e! command: 1.2. Quitting Without Saving Edits
    5.5.3. Calling in New Files
E metacharacter: 6.3.3. Metacharacters Used in Replacement Strings
E (move cursor) command: 3.2. Movement by Text Blocks
echoing of commands: 1. The vi Text Editor
ed text editor: 1. The vi Text Editor
edcompatible option: 6.3.4. More Substitution Tricks
:Edit command (nvi): 9.5. Multiwindow Editing
edit-compile speedup: 8.7.1. Edit-Compile Speedup
  elvis editor: 10.9.1. Edit-Compile Speedup
  vile editor: 12.9.1. Edit-Compile Speedup
  vim editor: 11.9.1. Edit-Compile Speedup
:edit-file command (vile): 12.5. Multiwindow Editing
editing: 2. Simple Editing
  clone improvements over vi: 8.6. Improved Facilities
    9.8. Improvements for Editing
    10.8. Improved Editing Facilities
    11.8. Improved Editing Facilities
    12.8. Improved Editing Facilities
  commands for (quick reference): A. Quick Reference
  customizing editing environment: 7.1. Customizing vi
  ex commands on command line: 8.6.1. Command-Line History and Completion
    elvis editor: 10.8.1. Command-Line History and Completion
    nvi editor: 9.8.1. Command-Line History and Completion
    vile editor: 12.8.1. Command-Line History and Completion
    vim editor: 11.8.1. Command-Line History and Completion
  ex editor for: 5.2. Editing with ex
  lists of files: 7.3.5. More Examples of Mapping Keys
  multiple files: 5.5. Editing Multiple Files
  read-only mode: 4.2.2. Read-only Mode
  recovering the buffer: 4.2.3. Recovering a Buffer
  replacing text (see replacing text)
  source code, advice for: 7.5. Editing Program Source Code
    indentation control: 7.5.1. Indentation Control
    matching brackets: 7.5.2. A Special Search Command
    using tags: 7.5.3. Using Tags
      8.5. Enhanced Tags
  using multiple windows: 8.2. Multiwindow Editing
    elvis editor: 10.5. Multiwindow Editing
    nvi editor: 9.5. Multiwindow Editing
    vile editor: 12.5. Multiwindow Editing
    vim editor: 11.5. Multiwindow Editing
  vile editing model: 12.10.1. The vile Editing Model
"elvis ex history" buffer: 10.8.1. Command-Line History and Completion
elvis (vi clone): 9.1. Author and History
  10. elvis
  confirming replacements: 6.1. Confirming Substitutions
  documentation and online help: 10.3. Online Help and Other Documentation
  extended regular expressions: 10.7. Extended Regular Expressions
  extension languages: 8.1. And These Are My Brothers, Darrell, Darrell, and Darrell
  feature summary: 8.8. Editor Comparison Summary
  future of: 10.11. elvis Futures
  GUI interfaces for: 10.6. GUI Interfaces
  important command-line arguments: 10.2. Important Command-Line Arguments
  improvements over vi: 10.8. Improved Editing Facilities
  initialization of: 10.4. Initialization
  interesting features: 10.10. Interesting Features
  line length: 8.6.2. Arbitrary Length Lines and Binary Data
  mode indicators: 8.6.7. Mode Indicators
  multiwindow editing: 10.5. Multiwindow Editing
  obtaining source code: 10.12. Sources and Supported Operating Systems
  print management: 10.10.1. Display Modes
  programming assistance: 10.9. Programming Assistance
  set command options (list): C.3. elvis 2.0 Options
  sideways scrolling: 8.6.5. Left-Right Scrolling
  tag stacks: 10.8.2. Tag Stacks
  word abbreviations: 7.3.1. Word Abbreviation
elvis.arf file: 10.10.1. Display Modes
  10.10.2. Pre- and Post-Operation Control Files
elvis.awf file: 10.10.2. Pre- and Post-Operation Control Files
elvis.brf file: 10.8.4. Arbitrary Length Lines and Binary Data
  10.10.2. Pre- and Post-Operation Control Files
elvis.bwf file: 10.10.2. Pre- and Post-Operation Control Files
elvis.ini script: 10.4.2. Initialization Steps
elvis.msg file: 10.4.2. Initialization Steps
  10.10. Interesting Features
ELVISPATH environment variable (elvis): 10.4.2. Initialization Steps
elvispath option (elvis): 10.4.2. Initialization Steps
emacs text editor: 1. The vi Text Editor
  vi editor vs.: E.3. Tastes Great, Less Filling
  vile editing model: 12.10.1. The vile Editing Model
END key, mapping: 7.3.8. Mapping Other Special Keys
enum keyword (ctags): 8.5.2. The New tags Format
epson values (lptype option): 10.10.1. Display Modes
equal sign (=)
  = metacharacter: 10.7. Extended Regular Expressions
    11.7. Extended Regular Expressions
  := (identify line) command (ex): 5.2.2. Defining a Range of Lines
equivalence classes: 6.3.2. POSIX Bracket Expressions
:er, errlist commands (elvis): 10.9.1. Edit-Compile Speedup
erasing (see deleting)
error finder, vile: 12.9.1. Edit-Compile Speedup
errorformat option (vim): 11.9.1. Edit-Compile Speedup
ESC for command mode: 1.1.3. Modus Operandi
  2.1. vi Commands
/etc/vi.exrc file (nvi): 9.4. Initialization
:eval command (elvis): 10.10. Interesting Features
events, executing commands after (vim): 11.10.3. Autocommands
ex commands: 1. The vi Text Editor
  5.1. ex Commands
  alphabetical list of: B.2. Alphabetical List of Commands
  combining: 5.2.7. Combining ex Commands
  command quick reference: A. Quick Reference
  editing on command line: 8.6.1. Command-Line History and Completion
    elvis editor: 10.8.1. Command-Line History and Completion
    nvi editor: 9.8.1. Command-Line History and Completion
    vile editor: 12.8.1. Command-Line History and Completion
    vim editor: 11.8.1. Command-Line History and Completion
  executing UNIX commands: 7.2. Executing UNIX Commands
  line addresses: 5.1. ex Commands
    5.2.1. Line Addresses
    ranges of lines: 5.2.2. Defining a Range of Lines
      5.2.5. Redefining the Current Line Position
  line addressing
    redefining current line: 5.2.5. Redefining the Current Line Position
    relative addressing: 5.2.3. Line Addressing Symbols
    symbols for: 5.2.3. Line Addressing Symbols
  saving and exiting: 1.1.4. Saving and Quitting a File
    5.3. Saving and Exiting Files
  syntax for: B.1. Command Syntax
ex scripts: 7.4. Using ex Scripts
ex text editor: 1. The vi Text Editor
  5. Introducing the ex Editor
  editing with: 5.2. Editing with ex
  executing buffers from: 7.3.11. Executing Buffers from ex
  filtering text with: 7.2.1.1. Filtering text with ex
  invoking on multiple files: 7.4.1. Looping in a Shell Script
  using ex commands in vi: 1. The vi Text Editor
exclamation point (!)
  ex commands starting with: 1.2.1. Problems Saving Files
  mapping keys for insert mode: 7.3.6. Mapping Keys for Insert Mode
  overriding save warnings: 5.3. Saving and Exiting Files
  for UNIX commands: 7.2. Executing UNIX Commands
    7.2.1.2. Filtering text with vi
"Executable" message: 1.1.2. Problems Opening Files
executing text from buffers: 7.3.10. @-Functions
EXINIT environment variable: 7.1. Customizing vi
EXINIT environment variable (elvis): 10.4.2. Initialization Steps
EXINIT environment variable (nvi): 9.4. Initialization
EXINIT environment variable (vim): 11.4.1. Initialization for All vim Invocations
"[Existing file]" message: 1.2.1. Problems Saving Files
exiting ex (into vi): 5.1.2. Problem Checklist
exiting vi: 1.1.4. Saving and Quitting a File
  5.3. Saving and Exiting Files
  commands for (quick reference): A. Quick Reference
.exrc files: 7.1. Customizing vi
  7.1.2. The .exrc File
  9.4. Initialization
  11.4.1. Initialization for All vim Invocations
  security concerning (elvis): 10.10. Interesting Features
exrc option: 7.1.3. Alternate Environments
  9.4. Initialization
  10.4.2. Initialization Steps
extended regular expressions: 8.4. Extended Regular Expressions
  elvis editor: 10.7. Extended Regular Expressions
  nvi editor: 9.7. Extended Regular Expressions
  vile editor: 12.7. Extended Regular Expressions
  vim editor: 11.7. Extended Regular Expressions
extended tags file format: 8.5. Enhanced Tags
  9.8.2. Tag Stacks
  10.8.2. Tag Stacks
extension languages: 8.1. And These Are My Brothers, Darrell, Darrell, and Darrell
Exuberant ctags program: 8.5. Enhanced Tags
  9.8.2. Tag Stacks
  10.8.2. Tag Stacks
:exusage command (nvi): 9.3. Online Help and Other Documentation

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