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Vim Tutorial
Opening Vim
A plain ol' vim opening
lab46:~$ vim
To open a file in vim with the filename file
lab46:~$ vim file
The -o option adds the ability to open mutliple windows at once. N is the number of windows to open. Replace -o with -O if you want to open the windows vertically. This can also be done with previously saved files. Omit the N and enter the file names after the -o.
lab46:~$ vim -oN
Saving in Vim
- :q - exit with file unchaged
- :q! - exit and discard any changes to file
- :wq or :zz - save and quit - If you didn't specify a filename upon opening vim add the desired filename to either of these.
Switching Modes
- esc - enters command mode
- i - input mode - cursor at current position
- a - append - cursor at next character position
- o - places the cursor on the next line
- O - places the cursor on the previous line
Command Mode
Moving Around
- h - move left
- j - move down
- k - move up
- l - move right
- w - skip forward by word (punctuation considered)
- W - skip forward by word (punctuation not considered)
- b - skip backward by word (punctuation considered)
- B - skip backward by word (punctuation not considered)
- ^ - move to the beginning of a line
- $ - move to the end of a line
- G - move to the last line of file
- nG- move to line number N
- v - begin selecting text for highlighting
- dd- cut the current line
- dw- cut the current word
- x - delete the current character
- yy- copy current line
- y$ - copy from current position to end of current line
- p - paste after cursor
- P - paste before cursor
- u - undo
- / - search
- n - move to next word in a search
- N - move to previous word in a search
- Ctrl+W,W - Move to next window
Random Commands
- :set number - display all line numbers
- :syntax on - turns on syntax highlighting for scripting/programming
- :set cursorline - places a bar under the current line
- :set autoindent - turns on auto indentation
- :%s/textToReplace/replaceTextWithThis/gc - search and replace. Remove the c to remove confirmations. % searches the entire file. This can be replace with nothing (current line only) or n (line number n). The gc can be any of the following: g (replace all occurences within the line), i (ignore character casing), I (don't ignore character casing), or c (confirm each substitution.).
user/bh011695/start/vimtutorial.txt · Last modified: 2014/12/11 14:10 by bh011695