Febuary 3rd, 2015 Notes

vi - Moded Editing

Command                 Insert

- Copy/Paste            - Inserting Text
- Search
- Saving/Loading
- Exit

vi fileName (Enters into VI/VIM)

Simple VI Commands

Insert Mode - i
Return To Command Mode - [esc]

Navigation (Command Mode)
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// By Character
h - Left        #h --> Does it that number of times (Applies to All)
j - Down
k - Up
l - Right

// By Word
w, W - By Word (Skips To Next Word)
b, B - Back Word(Skips To Previous Word)

// By Line
^ - Jumps To Start Of Line
$ - Jumps To End Of Line
#G - Jumps To Specific Line (Replace # w/ a number)

Editing (Command Mode)
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// Change By Word
cw, cW - [Change Word] Deletes Word (Place cursor at the start of the word)
cb, cB - [Change Word] Deletes Word (Place cursor at the end of the word)

// Delete By Character
x, X - Deletes A Character

// Line Manipulation
dd - Deletes The Line (Cut By Line)
p - Pastes The Deleted Line

// By Character Substitution
s - Deletes The Current Character And Puts You Into Insert Mode
. - Repeats The Last Command

// Entering Insert Mode
i - Current Cursor Position
a - Appending (Moving forward after cursor position)
I - Snaps To Start Of Line
A - Appends To End Of Line
o - Open New Line Below Current Line
O - Open New Line Above Current Line

// Programming Use
>> - Indent
<< - De-indent
/* - Search For (Replace * with a character or even string)
n - Next
N - Previous

Extended Commands
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:w fileName - Write (Writes to a specific file name)
:q - Quit (Quits the application [Requires A Save])
:q! - Forces A Quit (Quits the application [Doesn't Require Saving])
:wq - Save Then Quit
:.co0 - Copy That Current Line To Line 0 (Change 0 To Anything)
:%s/a/the - Search and replace (Replace a with anything and the)