Vim for Mere Mortals
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This document is a presentation on learning Vim. It recommends learning Vim progressively by first mastering the basics like normal mode, movement commands, and help. It discusses Vim terminology like buffers, windows, and tabs. It also provides an overview of modes like insert mode and visual mode. The presentation provides tips on using plugins, customizing Vim configuration files, and resources for learning more about Vim.
![1. Help commands *online-help*
*help* *<Help>* *:h* *:help* *<F1>* *i_<F1>* *i_<Help>*
<Help> or
:h[elp] Open a window and display the help file in read-only
mode. If there is a help window open already, use
that one. Otherwise, if the current window uses the
full width of the screen or is at least 80 characters
wide, the help window will appear just above the
current window. Otherwise the new window is put at
the very top.](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/vimformeremortals-160608044832/85/Vim-for-Mere-Mortals-27-320.jpg)
![VIM
WIZARD[1] a man who has magical powers, especially in
legends and fairy tales](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/vimformeremortals-160608044832/85/Vim-for-Mere-Mortals-46-320.jpg)
![*bar*
| To screen column [count] in the current line.
|exclusive| motion. Ceci n'est pas une pipe.](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/vimformeremortals-160608044832/85/Vim-for-Mere-Mortals-59-320.jpg)
Vim for Mere Mortals
- 1. Vim for Mere Mortals @VimIndy 06.2016
- 2. Who am I?@claytron IRL and on the internets Senior Software Engineer at TinderBox Vimmer ca. 2003
- 4. Don't rage :quit! just yet...
- 5. Fundamentals
- 6. You start by learning the minimal to survive, then you integrate all the tricks slowly. — Learn Vim Progressively
- 7. $ vimtutor
- 8. in Neovim :Tutor command line $ alias vimtutor='nvim -c Tutor'
- 9. Terminology
- 10. A buffer is the in-memory text of a file. A window is a viewport on a buffer. A tab page is a collection of windows. :help window
- 13. Modal Editing
- 15. How do you generate a random string?
- 16. Put a first year CS student in front of Vim and tell them to save and exit.
- 18. Normal Mode
- 19. Insert Mode
- 20. Command Mode
- 21. Help!
- 22. :help
- 23. :help help
- 24. For any topic :help syntastic For an option :help 'syntastic_ignore_files' For a command :help :SyntasticInfo
- 26. :tab help intro
- 27. 1. Help commands *online-help* *help* *<Help>* *:h* *:help* *<F1>* *i_<F1>* *i_<Help>* <Help> or :h[elp] Open a window and display the help file in read-only mode. If there is a help window open already, use that one. Otherwise, if the current window uses the full width of the screen or is at least 80 characters wide, the help window will appear just above the current window. Otherwise the new window is put at the very top.
- 28. VimIndy Slack. #vim on Freenode. Vi and Vim StackExchange.
- 29. Vim! Do you speak it?
- 30. :help motion.txt
- 31. 2d3w │││└─ motion ││└─ count │└─ operator └─ count
- 32. ggguG the jerry yang treatment.
- 34. dw Delete till end of word.
- 35. diw Delete the current word.
- 39. cw ciw c2w cg_ cG vw viw v2w vg_ vG
- 40. 68i-<Esc> Add an ascii bar
- 41. 2d3w │││└─ motion ││└─ count │└─ operator └─ count
- 42. Arrow Keys?
- 43. Experienced users prefer the hjkl keys because they are always right under their fingers.
- 44. Beginners often prefer the arrow keys, because they do not know what the hjkl keys do.
- 45. The mnemonic value of hjkl is clear from looking at the keyboard. Think of j as an arrow pointing downwards. — :help motion.txt
- 46. VIM WIZARD[1] a man who has magical powers, especially in legends and fairy tales
- 47. You can use your MOUSE
- 48. Use vim-sensible to start out. Or go all in with Vim Bootstrap, Janus or spf13.
- 49. Plugins
- 51. Install Plugins call plug#begin() Plug 'tpope/vim-sensible' Plug 'scrooloose/syntastic' call plug#end()
- 52. Pillaging .vimrc
- 53. THE END
- 54. Links → @VimIndy → vim.org → Neovim → Help always in a tab → My .vimrc → VIM: Hard Mode → vim-galore: Everything you need to know about Vim
- 55. Screencasts → Vimcasts → Derek Wyatt Tutorials
- 56. Articles / Books → Learn Vim Progressively → Learn Vim the Hard Way → Coming Home to Vim → Everyone Who Tried to Convince Me to use Vim was Wrong → Learn to Speak Vim → Vim Text Objects: The Definitive Guide → Practical Vim
- 57. Photo Credits Title (B.B. Wijdieks) Fundamentals (@nobida) Terminology (@nicklockey) Modal (@chrisobayda) Help (@mountaineer4061) Help (@carbonated) Do you speak it? (@reallyboring) Arrow Keys (@regocasasnovas) hjkl (@donpdonp) mouse (@kapy) Sensible (@matt_gibson) Plugins (@chicagobart) Pillaging (Damian Gadal) Links (@volvob12b) ⬅ This Picture (@rhodes) Thanks to and
- 58. Vim for Mere Mortals by claytron is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
- 59. *bar* | To screen column [count] in the current line. |exclusive| motion. Ceci n'est pas une pipe.