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Lesson 1h 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 2dw
| 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 3p
| 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 4CTRL-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 6o
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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