Sanix-Darker / vim_learn

vim learn

Vim Learning Map

LEARN MAP

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CONCEPTS

• What is Vim?
  • Vi Improved
  • Text editor
  • Modal editing
• History of Vim
• Importance of Vim in text editing

Getting Started

• Installation
  • Unix-like systems (Linux, macOS)
  • Windows
• Launching Vim
  • Command-line
  • GUI (GVim)

Vim Modes

• Normal Mode
  • Navigation (h, j, k, l)
  • Editing commands (d, c, y)
• Insert Mode
  • Inserting text
  • Exiting Insert mode
• Visual Mode
  • Selecting text
  • Performing operations on selected text
• Command-Line Mode
  • Entering commands (e.g., :w, :q, :help)

Basic Editing

• Moving Cursor
  • Word-wise (w, b, e)
  • Line-wise (0, $)
• Inserting Text
  • Append (A)
  • Insert (I)
  • Open line below (o) and above (O)
• Deleting Text
  • Characters (x, X)
  • Words (dw, dW)
  • Lines (dd)

Advanced Editing

• Copying and Pasting
  • Yanking (y)
  • Pasting (p, P)
• Undoing and Redoing
  • Undo (u)
  • Redo (Ctrl+r)
• Search and Replace
  • Searching (/)
  • Replacing (:s)

Navigation and File Operations

• Opening Files
  • :e, :split, :vsplit
• Saving Files
  • :w
• Navigating Files
  • :ls, :b
  • Window management (Ctrl+w)
• Exiting Vim
  • :q, :q!, :wq

Customization

• Vim Configuration
  • .vimrc file
  • Setting options and mappings
• Plugins
  • Installing plugins (Pathogen, Vundle, Vim-plug)
  • Managing plugins
• Color Schemes
  • Changing color schemes
  • Customizing colors

Productivity Tips

• Macros
  • Recording and playing back macros
• Registers
  • Using registers to store and retrieve text
• Abbreviations
  • Creating and using abbreviations
• Vim Commands
  • Navigating through command history
  • Repeating commands with dot (.)
• Text Objects
  • Operating on text objects (e.g., words, sentences, paragraphs)

Advanced Features

• Multiple Buffers and Windows
  • Managing multiple files
  • Splitting windows
• Tabs
  • Using tabs for better organization
  • Tab pages
• Marks
  • Setting and jumping to marks
• Ex Commands
  • Advanced command-line operations
  • Batch processing with :argdo and :bufdo

Vimscript

• Scripting with Vimscript
  • Basic syntax
  • Variables and data types
  • Control structures (if, for, while)
• Custom Functions
  • Defining and using custom functions
• Autocommands
  • Triggering actions on specific events

Resources

• Online Tutorials and Guides
• Vim Documentation
• Books
• Vimscript References
• Online Communities (forums, subreddits)
• Practice Projects and Exercises

Conclusion

• Practice Regularly
• Experiment and Explore
• Contribute to Vim Community