Intro to Vim

Andrew Tomaka / @atomaka

Why I use Vim

  • Desired a more seamless environment
  • Might as well be Vim
    • "nerd cred"
    • server administration
    • options: terminal or gui
    • RSI prevention
  • BUT...It might not be for you

Everyone's first Vim session

^C^C^X^X^X^XquitqQ!qdammit[esc]qwerty uiopasdfghjkl;:xwhat
Bash.org

But how can we avoid this

You will probably still struggle

  • Copy and paste
  • Not using the mouse
  • Getting to the end of the line

Vim is a modal editor

WORK IN PROGRESS

You can move around

  • The bare minimum
    • h, j, k, l
  • Do not use the arrow keys
  • get around the screen faster
    • H, M, L, gg, G, :50

And do things

  • i - insert
  • d - delete
  • y - yank, p - paste
    • Copy and paste - sort of
  • c - change
    • like selecting text and typing over it

On objects

  • obvious
    • w - word, line
  • logical
    • p - paragraph, s - sentence
  • useful
    • blocks of all sorts (t - html, various symbols)

That can be modified

  • i - inside
  • a - around
  • t - (un)till
  • f - find

And finally combined into a language

  • Basic things
    • 3j - down three lines
    • d3j - delete the next three liens
    • d3k - delete hte previous three lines
  • And more advanced ones
    • c$ - change until the end of the line
    • das - delete around sentence
    • ci" - change inside quotes
    • dit - delete inside html blocks (test)

Example stuff TBD

  • sample github repo (basic config)
  • have clone; launch with -u
  • show some editing? (find video of someone much better

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