HowToEditWikiPagesWithVim

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  • First, set your Lynx editor: g
  • Use "o" to get to the options page Set the editor to "vi", "vim" , "emacs" or whatever.
  • "Accept Changes" This sets it for one session. Different versions of Lynx will save your options in different ways: tap a ">" in older ones and Click a checkbox in others to save options to disk.
  • On a Wiki page, select "Edit" - Move the cursor onto an edit field on the Wiki edit page.
  • Control-X e. This will bring the form up in your editor.
  • When done editing, save and exit (in emacs, control-x control-s control-x control-c; in vi/m, :wq. - Now select "save" on the Wiki edit page.

That's it! Now you can spellcheck your wiki documents, use formatting, text highlighting, search/replace etc etc. basically, all the best things about text editors, and wikis. what a relief.

  • h, this page was slightly adapted from the one here:

http://www.seattlewireless.net/index.cgi/UsingPikiWithLynx

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