Learning to Vim

[Lewis Denham-Parry]

Yet another guide as to how to use Vim and learnings from getting started

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$ **vimtutor**

Lesson 1

Cursor

• h - left
• j - down
• k - up
• l - right

Exit

• :!q - trash all changes
• !wq - save all changes

Characters

• x - delete the character next to the cursor
• i write something here - insert before the cursor
• a write something here - append after the cursor

Normal mode

• <esc> - enter Normal mode

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Lesson 2

Delete

• dw - delete from cursor to next word
• d$ - delete from cursor to the end of the line
• dd - delete the whole line

operator [number] motion

• operator - what to do (e.g. d for delete)
• [number] - optional count to repeat the step
• motion - moves over text to operate on (e.g. w for word, $ for end of line)

Motion

• 0 - move to start of the line

Undo

• u - undo previous actions
• U - undo all changes on a line
• CTRL-R - undo the undo

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Lesson 3

Put

• p - Put the deleted text after tech cursor.

Replace

• r - Replace the following character.

change [number] motion

• change - change from the cursor to where the motion takes you.

• [number] - optional count to repeat the step

• motion - moves over text to operate on (e.g. w for word, $ for end of the line)

• e.g:

  • ce - change from the cursor to the end of the word.
  • c$ - change from the cursor to the end of the line.

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