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Lesson 1

h j  k  l
cursor move either the arrow or 
hjkl
keys
 
vim FILENAME <ENTER>
To start Vim from shell
 
<ESC> :q! <ENTER>
<ESC> :wq <ENTER>
to trash all changes.
to save the changes.
 
x
To delete the character at the cursor
 
i
INSERT MODE before the cursor
 
A
INSERT MODE after the line

Lesson 2

dw
del from the cursor to the next word
 
d$
del from the cursor to the end of line
 
dd
del whole line
 
2w
repeat the motion with a number
 
operator [number] motion 
operator 
[number] 
motion
where:
- is what to do 
d

- [optional] repeat motion 
2

- move to the text to operate 
2w
 
0
move to the start of the line
 
u
U
Ctrl -R
To undo previus action
To undo all the actions on a line
To undo the undo's

Lesson 3

p
put the deleted text AFTER the cursor
 
r [char]
replace the character under the cursor
 
c
change from the cursor where the motion take you. Eg. 
c$ ce cw
 
c [number] motion
it is the format for changing
 

Lesson 4

CTRL-G
G
number G
gg
show your location and the file status
move to the end of the file
move to that line number
go to the first line
 
/foo <ENTER>
?foo <ENTER>
n
N
CTRL-O
CTRL-I
search 
foo
FORWARD of the 
phrase

search 
foo
BACKWARD of the 
phrase

find the next occurrence
find the previous occurrence
Takes you to the PREVIOUS position
Takes you to the NEWER position
 
%
type it on 
(
, 
)
, 
[
, 
]
, 
{
or 
}
and goes to its match
 
:s/old/new
:s/old/new/g
:#,#s/old/new/g
:%s/old/new/g
:%s/old/new/gc
substitude first 
old
for 
new

substitude all 
old
for 
ǹew
in the line
substitude all matchs between the lines 
#

substitude all matchs in the file
to check each time add 
c

Lesson 5

:!command
execute an external 
command

Eg. win: 
!dir
or in Unix: 
!ls
 
:w FILENAME
write the current VIM file to the disk with the name 
FILENAME
 
v motion :w FILENAME
saves visually selected lines in the file 
FILENAME
.
 
:r FILENAME
retrives disk file FILENAME and puts belong cursor position
 
:r !command
reads the output 
command
and puts belong the cursor Eg. win: 
!dir
or in Unix: 
!ls
 

Lesson 6

o


O
insert a line BELOW the cursor and start 
INSERT MODE
.
Open a line ABOVE the cursor
 
a

A
insert text after the cursor
insert text after the end of the line
 
e
move to the end of a word
 
y
copy the text and 
p
paste it
 
R
Enter in 
REPLACE MODE
until 
<ES­C>
is pressed
 
:set foo

ic
or 
ignorecase 
is
or 
insearch 
 hls
or 
hlsearch
sets the option 
foo

Eg. 
:set ic

ignore upper/­lower case when seaching
show partial matches for a search phrase
highlight all matching phrases.
 
:set nofoo
preset 
no
to switch an option off
Eg. 
:set noic

Lesson 7

<HELP KEY> 
<F1> 
:help <ENTER>
Vim has a compre­hensive on-line help system. To get started, try one of these three
 
:help cmd
to find help on 
cmd
 
CTRL-W CTRL-W
to jump to another window
 
:q
to close help window
 
~/.vmrc
a startup script to keep your preferred settings.
 
:cmd CTRL-d 
:cmd <TAB>
to see possible comple­tions,
to autoco­mplete
       
 

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