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riahc3	2010-04-11 , 22:13
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Originally Posted by eitama

There are many commands that don't start with ":"

For example : n for next
"/" to search
"G" to go to line etc etc.

Those are functions in the vi program.
: is required for commands. Plus (if I remember correctly) it forces write and quit (in the case of ":wq")