Remember that joker in high school who, when he was working under the hood of his car, would tell you to turn the ignition key? Then he'd start screaming like his hand was being chewed off by the fan belt? And your heart would leap out of your chest and you'd yell an involuntary "Gah!" while he was rolling on the ground and laughing?
This is the technical communication equivalent of that guy. (From a tutorial on using vi, a text editor; author's name withheld.)
6. Is your cursor placed before the word? Place it after the word by hitting the "w" key. Now, hit the "b" key. Pretty neat, isn't it? Play around for a minute and then bring yourself back to the beginning of the word "at."Posted by johndan at August 19, 2003 10:02 AM | TrackBack7. Now, press "dd". Oops! We erased the whole line! Type "u". It is fixed!