VIM

http://www.vim.org/

WHY DO WE NEED TO KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT VIM?

• Most UNIX systems have it by default
• Way more powerful than nano
• Easy to install and setup

WHAT IS DIFFERENT WITH VIM WHEN COMPARED TO THE EDITORS I AM USED TO?

• Decision trees VS Key Combinations
• No mouse required at all

BASIC MOVEMENT COMMANDS

• w: Move to the start of next word
• e: Move to the end of the next word
• $: Move to the end of the line
• ^: Move to the beginning of the line
• gg: Go to the start of the file
• G: Go to the end of the file
• #gg or #G: Go to line number "#"

BASIC DELETION COMMANDS

• dd: Delete current line
• D: Delete text from cursor to the end of the line
• #dd: Delete "#" lines starting with the current one
• x: Delete current character

BASIC INSERT COMMANDS

• i: Enter insert mode before current character
• a: Enter insert mode after current character
• I: Enter insert mode at the start of the ext on the current line
• A: Enter insert mode at the end of the line
• o: Enter insert mode after the current line
• O: Enter insert mode before the current line

POWER OF VIM LIES IN COMBINING COMMANDS

• dw: Delete until the end of the word
• d$: Delete until the end of the line (same as D)

MARKS

• mk: Creates a mark named k. k can be replaced by any lowercase letter.
• 'k: Go to k.
• d'k: Delete from current position to k.