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- 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.
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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.
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- 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
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- 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.
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- Ctag
- 1. install ctags
- 2. ctags -R . (recursively initialize ctags for project folder)
- 3. check git status (ctags folder should be presence)
- 4. echo tags >> .git/info/exclude (add this folder to git ignore file)
- 5. check git status (tracking should be gone)
- Ctrl+] - go to definition
- Ctrl+T - Jump back from the definition.
- Ctrl+W Ctrl+] - Open the definition in a horizontal split
- Add these lines in vimrc
- map <C-\> :tab split<CR>:exec("tag ".expand("<cword>"))<CR>
- map <A-]> :vsp <CR>:exec("tag ".expand("<cword>"))<CR>
- Ctrl+\ - Open the definition in a new tab
- Alt+] - Open the definition in a vertical split
- After the tags are generated. You can use the following keys to tag into and tag out of functions:
- Ctrl+Left MouseClick - Go to definition
- Ctrl+Right MouseClick - Jump back from definition
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- Easy combination for delete word inside and around double or single quotes
- 1. daw (delete around double quotes - all together)
- 2. caw
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- Jumps between lines and files
- 1. G (go to beginning of the line)
- 2. ga (come back on position before action - recording jumps)
- 3. ^o (jump back)
- 4. ^i (jump forward)
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