Most likely, I will be needing to edit source code files on a single-board computer with BusyBox (version 1.10.4) installed. I am aware that the version of vi shipped with BusyBox is somewhat stripped-down. The question is this: does anyone have a cheat sheet or list of commands that work in the BusyBox version of vi? Even if it's the latest version of BusyBox, that'd be helpful. I know, for example, that the following vi commands do not work in BusyBox:

Q
CTRL-v
(
)
[
[[
]]
F
T

No doubt there are more that do not work.

Thanks!

you could try downloading the source code for busybox and taking a look in there. for example, look in this file:

there is definitely the option to add in certain vi features, if you are compiling busybox yourself. in fact, this is just what i did when i found myself in a similar situation. For that, you'll want uClibc, too.

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Wonder is a standalone version of vi would be easier to install.


http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Learnin...tor/BusyBox_vi

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