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- ===============================================================================
- = W e l c o m e t o t h e V I M T u t o r - Version 1.7 =
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- Vim is a very powerful editor that has many commands, too many to
- explain in a tutor such as this. This tutor is designed to describe
- enough of the commands that you will be able to easily use Vim as
- an all-purpose editor.
- The approximate time required to complete the tutor is 25-30 minutes,
- depending upon how much time is spent with experimentation.
- ATTENTION:
- The commands in the lessons will modify the text. Make a copy of this
- file to practise on (if you started "vimtutor" this is already a copy).
- It is important to remember that this tutor is set up to teach by
- use. That means that you need to execute the commands to learn them
- properly. If you only read the text, you will forget the commands!
- Now, make sure that your Shift-Lock key is NOT depressed and press
- the j key enough times to move the cursor so that Lesson 1.1
- completely fills the screen.
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Lesson 1.1: MOVING THE CURSOR
- ** To move the cursor, press the h,j,k,l keys as indicated. **
- ^
- k Hint: The h key is at the left and moves left.
- < h l > The l key is at the right and moves right.
- j The j key looks like a down arrow.
- v
- 1. Move the cursor around the screen until you are comfortable.
- 2. Hold down the down key (j) until it repeats.
- Now you know how to move to the next lesson.
- 3. Using the down key, move to Lesson 1.2.
- NOTE: If you are ever unsure about something you typed, press <ESC> to place
- you in Normal mode. Then retype the command you wanted.
- NOTE: The cursor keys should also work. But using hjkl you will be able to
- move around much faster, once you get used to it. Really!
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Lesson 1.2: EXITING VIM
- !! NOTE: Before executing any of the steps below, read this entire lesson!!
- 1. Press the <ESC> key (to make sure you are in Normal mode).
- 2. Type: :q! <ENTER>.
- This exits the editor, DISCARDING any changes you have made.
- 3. When you see the shell prompt, type the command that got you into this
- tutor. That would be: vimtutor <ENTER>
- 4. If you have these steps memorized and are confident, execute steps
- 1 through 3 to exit and re-enter the editor.
- NOTE: :q! <ENTER> discards any changes you made. In a few lessons you
- will learn how to save the changes to a file.
- 5. Move the cursor down to Lesson 1.3.
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Lesson 1.3: TEXT EDITING - DELETION
- ** Press x to delete the character under the cursor. **
- 1. Move the cursor to the line below marked --->.
- 2. To fix the errors, move the cursor until it is on top of the
- character to be deleted.
- 3. Press the x key to delete the unwanted character.
- 4. Repeat steps 2 through 4 until the sentence is correct.
- ---> The ccow jumpedd ovverr thhe mooon.
- 5. Now that the line is correct, go on to Lesson 1.4.
- NOTE: As you go through this tutor, do not try to memorize, learn by usage.
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Lesson 1.4: TEXT EDITING - INSERTION
- ** Press i to insert text. **
- 1. Move the cursor to the first line below marked --->.
- 2. To make the first line the same as the second, move the cursor on top
- of the first character AFTER where the text is to be inserted.
- 3. Press i and type in the necessary additions.
- 4. As each error is fixed press <ESC> to return to Normal mode.
- Repeat steps 2 through 4 to correct the sentence.
- ---> There is text misng this .
- ---> There is some text missing from this line.
- 5. When you are comfortable inserting text move to lesson 1.5.
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Lesson 1.5: TEXT EDITING - APPENDING
- ** Press A to append text. **
- 1. Move the cursor to the first line below marked --->.
- It does not matter on what character the cursor is in that line.
- 2. Press A and type in the necessary additions.
- 3. As the text has been appended press <ESC> to return to Normal mode.
- 4. Move the cursor to the second line marked ---> and repeat
- steps 2 and 3 to correct this sentence.
- ---> There is some text missing from th
- There is some text missing from this line.
- ---> There is also some text miss
- There is also some text missing here.
- 5. When you are comfortable appending text move to lesson 1.6.
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Lesson 1.6: EDITING A FILE
- ** Use :wq to save a file and exit. **
- !! NOTE: Before executing any of the steps below, read this entire lesson!!
- 1. Exit this tutor as you did in lesson 1.2: :q!
- Or, if you have access to another terminal, do the following there.
- 2. At the shell prompt type this command: vim tutor <ENTER>
- 'vim' is the command to start the Vim editor, 'tutor' is the name of the
- file you wish to edit. Use a file that may be changed.
- 3. Insert and delete text as you learned in the previous lessons.
- 4. Save the file with changes and exit Vim with: :wq <ENTER>
- 5. If you have quit vimtutor in step 1 restart the vimtutor and move down to
- the following summary.
- 6. After reading the above steps and understanding them: do it.
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Lesson 1 SUMMARY
- 1. The cursor is moved using either the arrow keys or the hjkl keys.
- h (left) j (down) k (up) l (right)
- 2. To start Vim from the shell prompt type: vim FILENAME <ENTER>
- 3. To exit Vim type: <ESC> :q! <ENTER> to trash all changes.
- OR type: <ESC> :wq <ENTER> to save the changes.
- 4. To delete the character at the cursor type: x
- 5. To insert or append text type:
- i type inserted text <ESC> insert before the cursor
- A type appended text <ESC> append after the line
- NOTE: Pressing <ESC> will place you in Normal mode or will cancel
- an unwanted and partially completed command.
- Now continue with Lesson 2.
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Lesson 2.1: DELETION COMMANDS
- ** Type dw to delete a word. **
- 1. Press <ESC> to make sure you are in Normal mode.
- 2. Move the cursor to the line below marked --->.
- 3. Move the cursor to the beginning of a word that needs to be deleted.
- 4. Type dw to make the word disappear.
- NOTE: The letter d will appear on the last line of the screen as you type
- it. Vim is waiting for you to type w . If you see another character
- than d you typed something wrong; press <ESC> and start over.
- ---> There are a some words fun that don't belong paper in this sentence.
- 5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 until the sentence is correct and go to Lesson 2.2.
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Lesson 2.2: MORE DELETION COMMANDS
- ** Type d$ to delete to the end of the line. **
- 1. Press <ESC> to make sure you are in Normal mode.
- 2. Move the cursor to the line below marked --->.
- 3. Move the cursor to the end of the correct line (AFTER the first . ).
- 4. Type d$ to delete to the end of the line.
- ---> Somebody typed the end of this line twice. end of this line twice.
- 5. Move on to Lesson 2.3 to understand what is happening.
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Lesson 2.3: ON OPERATORS AND MOTIONS
- Many commands that change text are made from an operator and a motion.
- The format for a delete command with the d delete operator is as follows:
- d motion
- Where:
- d - is the delete operator.
- motion - is what the operator will operate on (listed below).
- A short list of motions:
- w - until the start of the next word, EXCLUDING its first character.
- e - to the end of the current word, INCLUDING the last character.
- $ - to the end of the line, INCLUDING the last character.
- Thus typing de will delete from the cursor to the end of the word.
- NOTE: Pressing just the motion while in Normal mode without an operator will
- move the cursor as specified.
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Lesson 2.4: USING A COUNT FOR A MOTION
- ** Typing a number before a motion repeats it that many times. **
- 1. Move the cursor to the start of the line marked ---> below.
- 2. Type 2w to move the cursor two words forward.
- 3. Type 3e to move the cursor to the end of the third word forward.
- 4. Type 0 (zero) to move to the start of the line.
- 5. Repeat steps 2 and 3 with different numbers.
- ---> This is just a line with words you can move around in.
- 6. Move on to Lesson 2.5.
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Lesson 2.5: USING A COUNT TO DELETE MORE
- ** Typing a number with an operator repeats it that many times. **
- In the combination of the delete operator and a motion mentioned above you
- insert a count before the motion to delete more:
- d number motion
- 1. Move the cursor to the first UPPER CASE word in the line marked --->.
- 2. Type d2w to delete the two UPPER CASE words
- 3. Repeat steps 1 and 2 with a different count to delete the consecutive
- UPPER CASE words with one command
- ---> this ABC DE line FGHI JK LMN OP of words is Q RS TUV cleaned up.
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Lesson 2.6: OPERATING ON LINES
- ** Type dd to delete a whole line. **
- Due to the frequency of whole line deletion, the designers of Vi decided
- it would be easier to simply type two d's to delete a line.
- 1. Move the cursor to the second line in the phrase below.
- 2. Type dd to delete the line.
- 3. Now move to the fourth line.
- 4. Type 2dd to delete two lines.
- ---> 1) Roses are red,
- ---> 2) Mud is fun,
- ---> 3) Violets are blue,
- ---> 4) I have a car,
- ---> 5) Clocks tell time,
- ---> 6) Sugar is sweet
- ---> 7) And so are you.
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Lesson 2.7: THE UNDO COMMAND
- ** Press u to undo the last commands, U to fix a whole line. **
- 1. Move the cursor to the line below marked ---> and place it on the
- first error.
- 2. Type x to delete the first unwanted character.
- 3. Now type u to undo the last command executed.
- 4. This time fix all the errors on the line using the x command.
- 5. Now type a capital U to return the line to its original state.
- 6. Now type u a few times to undo the U and preceding commands.
- 7. Now type CTRL-R (keeping CTRL key pressed while hitting R) a few times
- to redo the commands (undo the undo's).
- ---> Fiix the errors oon thhis line and reeplace them witth undo.
- 8. These are very useful commands. Now move on to the Lesson 2 Summary.
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Lesson 2 SUMMARY
- 1. To delete from the cursor up to the next word type: dw
- 2. To delete from the cursor to the end of a line type: d$
- 3. To delete a whole line type: dd
- 4. To repeat a motion prepend it with a number: 2w
- 5. The format for a change command is:
- operator [number] motion
- where:
- operator - is what to do, such as d for delete
- [number] - is an optional count to repeat the motion
- motion - moves over the text to operate on, such as w (word),
- $ (to the end of line), etc.
- 6. To move to the start of the line use a zero: 0
- 7. To undo previous actions, type: u (lowercase u)
- To undo all the changes on a line, type: U (capital U)
- To undo the undo's, type: CTRL-R
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Lesson 3.1: THE PUT COMMAND
- ** Type p to put previously deleted text after the cursor. **
- 1. Move the cursor to the first ---> line below.
- 2. Type dd to delete the line and store it in a Vim register.
- 3. Move the cursor to the c) line, ABOVE where the deleted line should go.
- 4. Type p to put the line below the cursor.
- 5. Repeat steps 2 through 4 to put all the lines in correct order.
- ---> d) Can you learn too?
- ---> b) Violets are blue,
- ---> c) Intelligence is learned,
- ---> a) Roses are red,
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Lesson 3.2: THE REPLACE COMMAND
- ** Type rx to replace the character at the cursor with x . **
- 1. Move the cursor to the first line below marked --->.
- 2. Move the cursor so that it is on top of the first error.
- 3. Type r and then the character which should be there.
- 4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 until the first line is equal to the second one.
- ---> Whan this lime was tuoed in, someone presswd some wrojg keys!
- ---> When this line was typed in, someone pressed some wrong keys!
- 5. Now move on to Lesson 3.3.
- NOTE: Remember that you should be learning by doing, not memorization.
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Lesson 3.3: THE CHANGE OPERATOR
- ** To change until the end of a word, type ce . **
- 1. Move the cursor to the first line below marked --->.
- 2. Place the cursor on the u in lubw.
- 3. Type ce and the correct word (in this case, type ine ).
- 4. Press <ESC> and move to the next character that needs to be changed.
- 5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 until the first sentence is the same as the second.
- ---> This lubw has a few wptfd that mrrf changing usf the change operator.
- ---> This line has a few words that need changing using the change operator.
- Notice that ce deletes the word and places you in Insert mode.
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Lesson 3.4: MORE CHANGES USING c
- ** The change operator is used with the same motions as delete. **
- 1. The change operator works in the same way as delete. The format is:
- c [number] motion
- 2. The motions are the same, such as w (word) and $ (end of line).
- 3. Move to the first line below marked --->.
- 4. Move the cursor to the first error.
- 5. Type c$ and type the rest of the line like the second and press <ESC>.
- ---> The end of this line needs some help to make it like the second.
- ---> The end of this line needs to be corrected using the c$ command.
- NOTE: You can use the Backspace key to correct mistakes while typing.
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Lesson 3 SUMMARY
- 1. To put back text that has just been deleted, type p . This puts the
- deleted text AFTER the cursor (if a line was deleted it will go on the
- line below the cursor).
- 2. To replace the character under the cursor, type r and then the
- character you want to have there.
- 3. The change operator allows you to change from the cursor to where the
- motion takes you. eg. Type ce to change from the cursor to the end of
- the word, c$ to change to the end of a line.
- 4. The format for change is:
- c [number] motion
- Now go on to the next lesson.
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Lesson 4.1: CURSOR LOCATION AND FILE STATUS
- ** Type CTRL-G to show your location in the file and the file status.
- Type G to move to a line in the file. **
- NOTE: Read this entire lesson before executing any of the steps!!
- 1. Hold down the Ctrl key and press g . We call this CTRL-G.
- A message will appear at the bottom of the page with the filename and the
- position in the file. Remember the line number for Step 3.
- NOTE: You may see the cursor position in the lower right corner of the screen
- This happens when the 'ruler' option is set (see :help 'ruler' )
- 2. Press G to move you to the bottom of the file.
- Type gg to move you to the start of the file.
- 3. Type the number of the line you were on and then G . This will
- return you to the line you were on when you first pressed CTRL-G.
- 4. If you feel confident to do this, execute steps 1 through 3.
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Lesson 4.2: THE SEARCH COMMAND
- ** Type / followed by a phrase to search for the phrase. **
- 1. In Normal mode type the / character. Notice that it and the cursor
- appear at the bottom of the screen as with the : command.
- 2. Now type 'errroor' <ENTER>. This is the word you want to search for.
- 3. To search for the same phrase again, simply type n .
- To search for the same phrase in the opposite direction, type N .
- 4. To search for a phrase in the backward direction, use ? instead of / .
- 5. To go back to where you came from press CTRL-O (Keep Ctrl down while
- pressing the letter o). Repeat to go back further. CTRL-I goes forward.
- ---> "errroor" is not the way to spell error; errroor is an error.
- NOTE: When the search reaches the end of the file it will continue at the
- start, unless the 'wrapscan' option has been reset.
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Lesson 4.3: MATCHING PARENTHESES SEARCH
- ** Type % to find a matching ),], or } . **
- 1. Place the cursor on any (, [, or { in the line below marked --->.
- 2. Now type the % character.
- 3. The cursor will move to the matching parenthesis or bracket.
- 4. Type % to move the cursor to the other matching bracket.
- 5. Move the cursor to another (,),[,],{ or } and see what % does.
- ---> This ( is a test line with ('s, ['s ] and {'s } in it. ))
- NOTE: This is very useful in debugging a program with unmatched parentheses!
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Lesson 4.4: THE SUBSTITUTE COMMAND
- ** Type :s/old/new/g to substitute 'new' for 'old'. **
- 1. Move the cursor to the line below marked --->.
- 2. Type :s/thee/the <ENTER> . Note that this command only changes the
- first occurrence of "thee" in the line.
- 3. Now type :s/thee/the/g . Adding the g flag means to substitute
- globally in the line, change all occurrences of "thee" in the line.
- ---> thee best time to see thee flowers is in thee spring.
- 4. To change every occurrence of a character string between two lines,
- type :#,#s/old/new/g where #,# are the line numbers of the range
- of lines where the substitution is to be done.
- Type :%s/old/new/g to change every occurrence in the whole file.
- Type :%s/old/new/gc to find every occurrence in the whole file,
- with a prompt whether to substitute or not.
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Lesson 4 SUMMARY
- 1. CTRL-G displays your location in the file and the file status.
- G moves to the end of the file.
- number G moves to that line number.
- gg moves to the first line.
- 2. Typing / followed by a phrase searches FORWARD for the phrase.
- Typing ? followed by a phrase searches BACKWARD for the phrase.
- After a search type n to find the next occurrence in the same direction
- or N to search in the opposite direction.
- CTRL-O takes you back to older positions, CTRL-I to newer positions.
- 3. Typing % while the cursor is on a (,),[,],{, or } goes to its match.
- 4. To substitute new for the first old in a line type :s/old/new
- To substitute new for all 'old's on a line type :s/old/new/g
- To substitute phrases between two line #'s type :#,#s/old/new/g
- To substitute all occurrences in the file type :%s/old/new/g
- To ask for confirmation each time add 'c' :%s/old/new/gc
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Lesson 5.1: HOW TO EXECUTE AN EXTERNAL COMMAND
- ** Type :! followed by an external command to execute that command. **
- 1. Type the familiar command : to set the cursor at the bottom of the
- screen. This allows you to enter a command-line command.
- 2. Now type the ! (exclamation point) character. This allows you to
- execute any external shell command.
- 3. As an example type ls following the ! and then hit <ENTER>. This
- will show you a listing of your directory, just as if you were at the
- shell prompt. Or use :!dir if ls doesn't work.
- NOTE: It is possible to execute any external command this way, also with
- arguments.
- NOTE: All : commands must be finished by hitting <ENTER>
- From here on we will not always mention it.
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Lesson 5.2: MORE ON WRITING FILES
- ** To save the changes made to the text, type :w FILENAME. **
- 1. Type :!dir or :!ls to get a listing of your directory.
- You already know you must hit <ENTER> after this.
- 2. Choose a filename that does not exist yet, such as TEST.
- 3. Now type: :w TEST (where TEST is the filename you chose.)
- 4. This saves the whole file (the Vim Tutor) under the name TEST.
- To verify this, type :!dir or :!ls again to see your directory.
- NOTE: If you were to exit Vim and start it again with vim TEST , the file
- would be an exact copy of the tutor when you saved it.
- 5. Now remove the file by typing (MS-DOS): :!del TEST
- or (Unix): :!rm TEST
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Lesson 5.3: SELECTING TEXT TO WRITE
- ** To save part of the file, type v motion :w FILENAME **
- 1. Move the cursor to this line.
- 2. Press v and move the cursor to the fifth item below. Notice that the
- text is highlighted.
- 3. Press the : character. At the bottom of the screen :'<,'> will appear.
- 4. Type w TEST , where TEST is a filename that does not exist yet. Verify
- that you see :'<,'>w TEST before you press Enter.
- 5. Vim will write the selected lines to the file TEST. Use :!dir or !ls
- to see it. Do not remove it yet! We will use it in the next lesson.
- NOTE: Pressing v starts Visual selection. You can move the cursor around
- to make the selection bigger or smaller. Then you can use an operator
- to do something with the text. For example, d deletes the text.
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Lesson 5.4: RETRIEVING AND MERGING FILES
- ** To insert the contents of a file, type :r FILENAME **
- 1. Place the cursor just above this line.
- NOTE: After executing Step 2 you will see text from Lesson 5.3. Then move
- DOWN to see this lesson again.
- 2. Now retrieve your TEST file using the command :r TEST where TEST is
- the name of the file you used.
- The file you retrieve is placed below the cursor line.
- 3. To verify that a file was retrieved, cursor back and notice that there
- are now two copies of Lesson 5.3, the original and the file version.
- NOTE: You can also read the output of an external command. For example,
- :r !ls reads the output of the ls command and puts it below the
- cursor.
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Lesson 5 SUMMARY
- 1. :!command executes an external command.
- Some useful examples are:
- (MS-DOS) (Unix)
- :!dir :!ls - shows a directory listing.
- :!del FILENAME :!rm FILENAME - removes file FILENAME.
- 2. :w FILENAME writes the current Vim file to disk with name FILENAME.
- 3. v motion :w FILENAME saves the Visually selected lines in file
- FILENAME.
- 4. :r FILENAME retrieves disk file FILENAME and puts it below the
- cursor position.
- 5. :r !dir reads the output of the dir command and puts it below the
- cursor position.
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Lesson 6.1: THE OPEN COMMAND
- ** Type o to open a line below the cursor and place you in Insert mode. **
- 1. Move the cursor to the line below marked --->.
- 2. Type the lowercase letter o to open up a line BELOW the cursor and place
- you in Insert mode.
- 3. Now type some text and press <ESC> to exit Insert mode.
- ---> After typing o the cursor is placed on the open line in Insert mode.
- 4. To open up a line ABOVE the cursor, simply type a capital O , rather
- than a lowercase o. Try this on the line below.
- ---> Open up a line above this by typing O while the cursor is on this line.
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Lesson 6.2: THE APPEND COMMAND
- ** Type a to insert text AFTER the cursor. **
- 1. Move the cursor to the start of the line below marked --->.
- 2. Press e until the cursor is on the end of li .
- 3. Type an a (lowercase) to append text AFTER the cursor.
- 4. Complete the word like the line below it. Press <ESC> to exit Insert
- mode.
- 5. Use e to move to the next incomplete word and repeat steps 3 and 4.
- ---> This li will allow you to pract appendi text to a line.
- ---> This line will allow you to practice appending text to a line.
- NOTE: a, i and A all go to the same Insert mode, the only difference is where
- the characters are inserted.
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Lesson 6.3: ANOTHER WAY TO REPLACE
- ** Type a capital R to replace more than one character. **
- 1. Move the cursor to the first line below marked --->. Move the cursor to
- the beginning of the first xxx .
- 2. Now press R and type the number below it in the second line, so that it
- replaces the xxx .
- 3. Press <ESC> to leave Replace mode. Notice that the rest of the line
- remains unmodified.
- 4. Repeat the steps to replace the remaining xxx.
- ---> Adding 123 to xxx gives you xxx.
- ---> Adding 123 to 456 gives you 579.
- NOTE: Replace mode is like Insert mode, but every typed character deletes an
- existing character.
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Lesson 6.4: COPY AND PASTE TEXT
- ** Use the y operator to copy text and p to paste it **
- 1. Go to the line marked with ---> below and place the cursor after "a)".
- 2. Start Visual mode with v and move the cursor to just before "first".
- 3. Type y to yank (copy) the highlighted text.
- 4. Move the cursor to the end of the next line: j$
- 5. Type p to put (paste) the text. Then type: a second <ESC> .
- 6. Use Visual mode to select " item.", yank it with y , move to the end of
- the next line with j$ and put the text there with p .
- ---> a) this is the first item.
- b)
- NOTE: you can also use y as an operator; yw yanks one word.
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Lesson 6.5: SET OPTION
- ** Set an option so a search or substitute ignores case **
- 1. Search for 'ignore' by entering: /ignore <ENTER>
- Repeat several times by pressing n .
- 2. Set the 'ic' (Ignore case) option by entering: :set ic
- 3. Now search for 'ignore' again by pressing n
- Notice that Ignore and IGNORE are now also found.
- 4. Set the 'hlsearch' and 'incsearch' options: :set hls is
- 5. Now type the search command again and see what happens: /ignore <ENTER>
- 6. To disable ignoring case enter: :set noic
- NOTE: To remove the highlighting of matches enter: :nohlsearch
- NOTE: If you want to ignore case for just one search command, use \c
- in the phrase: /ignore\c <ENTER>
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Lesson 6 SUMMARY
- 1. Type o to open a line BELOW the cursor and start Insert mode.
- Type O to open a line ABOVE the cursor.
- 2. Type a to insert text AFTER the cursor.
- Type A to insert text after the end of the line.
- 3. The e command moves to the end of a word.
- 4. The y operator yanks (copies) text, p puts (pastes) it.
- 5. Typing a capital R enters Replace mode until <ESC> is pressed.
- 6. Typing ":set xxx" sets the option "xxx". Some options are:
- 'ic' 'ignorecase' ignore upper/lower case when searching
- 'is' 'incsearch' show partial matches for a search phrase
- 'hls' 'hlsearch' highlight all matching phrases
- You can either use the long or the short option name.
- 7. Prepend "no" to switch an option off: :set noic
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Lesson 7.1: GETTING HELP
- ** Use the on-line help system **
- Vim has a comprehensive on-line help system. To get started, try one of
- these three:
- - press the <HELP> key (if you have one)
- - press the <F1> key (if you have one)
- - type :help <ENTER>
- Read the text in the help window to find out how the help works.
- Type CTRL-W CTRL-W to jump from one window to another.
- Type :q <ENTER> to close the help window.
- You can find help on just about any subject, by giving an argument to the
- ":help" command. Try these (don't forget pressing <ENTER>):
- :help w
- :help c_CTRL-D
- :help insert-index
- :help user-manual
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Lesson 7.2: CREATE A STARTUP SCRIPT
- ** Enable Vim features **
- Vim has many more features than Vi, but most of them are disabled by
- default. To start using more features you have to create a "vimrc" file.
- 1. Start editing the "vimrc" file. This depends on your system:
- :e ~/.vimrc for Unix
- :e $VIM/_vimrc for MS-Windows
- 2. Now read the example "vimrc" file contents:
- :r $VIMRUNTIME/vimrc_example.vim
- 3. Write the file with:
- :w
- The next time you start Vim it will use syntax highlighting.
- You can add all your preferred settings to this "vimrc" file.
- For more information type :help vimrc-intro
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Lesson 7.3: COMPLETION
- ** Command line completion with CTRL-D and <TAB> **
- 1. Make sure Vim is not in compatible mode: :set nocp
- 2. Look what files exist in the directory: :!ls or :!dir
- 3. Type the start of a command: :e
- 4. Press CTRL-D and Vim will show a list of commands that start with "e".
- 5. Press <TAB> and Vim will complete the command name to ":edit".
- 6. Now add a space and the start of an existing file name: :edit FIL
- 7. Press <TAB>. Vim will complete the name (if it is unique).
- NOTE: Completion works for many commands. Just try pressing CTRL-D and
- <TAB>. It is especially useful for :help .
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Lesson 7 SUMMARY
- 1. Type :help or press <F1> or <Help> to open a help window.
- 2. Type :help cmd to find help on cmd .
- 3. Type CTRL-W CTRL-W to jump to another window
- 4. Type :q to close the help window
- 5. Create a vimrc startup script to keep your preferred settings.
- 6. When typing a : command, press CTRL-D to see possible completions.
- Press <TAB> to use one completion.
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- This concludes the Vim Tutor. It was intended to give a brief overview of
- the Vim editor, just enough to allow you to use the editor fairly easily.
- It is far from complete as Vim has many many more commands. Read the user
- manual next: ":help user-manual".
- For further reading and studying, this book is recommended:
- Vim - Vi Improved - by Steve Oualline
- Publisher: New Riders
- The first book completely dedicated to Vim. Especially useful for beginners.
- There are many examples and pictures.
- See http://iccf-holland.org/click5.html
- This book is older and more about Vi than Vim, but also recommended:
- Learning the Vi Editor - by Linda Lamb
- Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Inc.
- It is a good book to get to know almost anything you want to do with Vi.
- The sixth edition also includes information on Vim.
- This tutorial was written by Michael C. Pierce and Robert K. Ware,
- Colorado School of Mines using ideas supplied by Charles Smith,
- Colorado State University. E-mail: bware@mines.colorado.edu.
- Modified for Vim by Bram Moolenaar.
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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