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category: tool
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tool: vim
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contributors:
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- ["RadhikaG", "https://github.com/RadhikaG"]
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filename: LearnVim.txt
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---
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[Vim](www.vim.org)
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(Vi IMproved) is a clone of the popular vi editor for Unix. It is a a text
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editor designed for speed and increased productivity, and is ubiquitous in most
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unix-based systems. It has numerous keybindings for speedy navigation to
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specific points in the file, and for fast editing.
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## Basics of navigating Vim
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```
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vim <filename> # Open <filename> in vim
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:q # Quit vim
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:w # Save current file
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:wq # Save file and quit vim
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:q! # Quit vim without saving file
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# ! *forces* :q to execute, hence quiting vim without saving
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:x # Save file and quit vim, shorter version of :wq
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u # Undo
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CTRL+R # Redo
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h # Move left one character
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j # Move down one line
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k # Move up one line
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l # Move right one character
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# Moving within the line
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0 # Move to beginning of line
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$ # Move to end of line
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^ # Move to first non-blank character in line
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# Searching in the text
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/word # Highlights all occurences of word after cursor
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?word # Highlights all occurences of word before cursor
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n # Moves cursor to next occurence of word after search
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N # Moves cursor to previous occerence of word
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:%s/foo/bar/g # Change 'foo' to 'bar' on every line in the file
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:s/foo/bar/g # Change 'foo' to 'bar' on the current line
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# Jumping to characters
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f<character> # Jump forward and land on <character>
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t<character> # Jump forward and land right before <character>
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# For example,
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f< # Jump forward and land on <
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t< # Jump forward and land right before <
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# Moving by word
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w # Move forward by one word
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b # Move back by one word
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e # Move to end of current word
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# Other characters for moving around
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gg # Go to the top of the file
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G # Go to the bottom of the file
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:NUM # Go to line number NUM (NUM is any number)
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H # Move to the top of the screen
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M # Move to the middle of the screen
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L # Move to the bottom of the screen
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```
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## Modes:
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Vim is based on the concept on **modes**.
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Command Mode - vim starts up in this mode, used to navigate and write commands
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Insert Mode - used to make changes in your file
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Visual Mode - used to highlight text and do operations to them
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Ex Mode - used to drop down to the bottom with the ':' prompt to enter commands
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```
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i # Puts vim into insert mode, before the cursor position
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a # Puts vim into insert mode, after the cursor position
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v # Puts vim into visual mode
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: # Puts vim into ex mode
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<esc> # 'Escapes' from whichever mode you're in, into Command mode
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# Copying and pasting text
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y # Yank whatever is selected
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yy # Yank the current line
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d # Delete whatever is selected
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dd # Delete the current line
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p # Paste the copied text after the current cursor position
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P # Paste the copied text before the current cursor position
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x # Deleting character under current cursor position
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```
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## The 'Grammar' of vim
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Vim can be thought of as a set of commands in a
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'Verb-Modifier-Noun' format, where:
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Verb - your action
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Modifier - how you're doing your action
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Noun - the object on which your action acts on
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A few important examples of 'Verbs, 'Modifiers', and 'Nouns':
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```
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# 'Verbs'
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d # Delete
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c # Change
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y # Yank (copy)
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v # Visually select
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# 'Modifiers'
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i # Inside
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a # Around
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NUM # Number (NUM is any number)
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f # Searches for something and lands on it
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t # Searches for something and stops before it
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/ # Finds a string from cursor onwards
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? # Finds a string before cursor
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# 'Nouns'
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w # Word
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s # Sentence
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p # Paragraph
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b # Block
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# Sample 'sentences' or commands
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d2w # Delete 2 words
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cis # Change inside sentence
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yip # Yank inside paragraph (copy the para you're in)
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ct< # Change to open bracket
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# Change the text from where you are to the next open bracket
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d$ # Delete till end of line
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```
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## Some shortcuts and tricks
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<!--TODO: Add more!-->
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```
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> # Indent selection by one block
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< # Dedent selection by one block
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:earlier 15m # Reverts the document back to how it was 15 minutes ago
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:later 15m # Reverse above command
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ddp # Swap position of consecutive lines, dd then p
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. # Repeat previous action
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```
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## Macros
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Macros are basically recordable actions.
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When you start recording a macro, it records **every** action and command
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you use, until you stop recording. On invoking a macro, it applies the exact
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same sequence of actions and commands again on the text selection.
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```
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qa # Start recording a macro named 'a'
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q # Stop recording
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@a # Play back the macro
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```
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### Configuring ~/.vimrc
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The .vimrc file can be used to configure Vim on startup.
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Here's a sample ~/.vimrc file:
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```
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" Example ~/.vimrc
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" 2015.10
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" Required for vim to be iMproved
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set nocompatible
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" Determines filetype from name to allow intelligent auto-indenting, etc.
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filetype indent plugin on
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" Enable syntax highlighting
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syntax on
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" Better command-line completion
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set wildmenu
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" Use case insensitive search except when using capital letters
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set ignorecase
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set smartcase
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" When opening a new line and no file-specific indenting is enabled,
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" keep same indent as the line you're currently on
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set autoindent
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" Display line numbers on the left
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set number
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" Indentation options, change according to personal preference
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" Number of visual spaces per TAB
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set tabstop=4
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" Number of spaces in TAB when editing
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set softtabstop=4
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" Number of spaces indented when reindent operations (>> and <<) are used
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set shiftwidth=4
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" Convert TABs to spaces
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set expandtab
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" Enable intelligent tabbing and spacing for indentation and alignment
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set smarttab
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```
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### References
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[Vim | Home](http://www.vim.org/index.php)
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`$ vimtutor`
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[A vim Tutorial and Primer](https://danielmiessler.com/study/vim/)
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[What are the dark corners of Vim your mom never told you about? (Stack Overflow thread)](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/726894/what-are-the-dark-corners-of-vim-your-mom-never-told-you-about)
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[Arch Linux Wiki](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Vim)
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