ViM - IMproved "visual editor" |
| Monday, 09 May 2005 19:10 |
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There are many kinds of text editors out there. Few are as good as vi. I know, I know, it isn't like your normal editor. There is this concept of command mode vs. insert mode....a lot more work than most other editors to master, and many times not so user friendly. However, learn to love it, and you'll be rewarded. :) One reason I love VIM is because it is available on most every OS. You can also gaurantee that it is going to be on every UNIX/Linux/Mac/Cygwin/etc system you touch. Here are some cool things I love about VIM. Column mode:Still researching on how to accomplish this.Type ":help" in Vim to get started. Type ":help subject" to get help on a specific subject. Some useful vim commands follow: :set paste - Turn on pasting mode. :set nopaste - Turn off pasting mode. :set ai - Turn on autoindenting. :set noai - Turn off autoindenting. :set textwidth=0 - Disable maximum text width. :set textwidth=78 - Set max width that text can be insterted to 78. :set list - Show tabs as '^I' and end of line characters as '$'. :set nolist - Turn off list mode. :syntax on - Turn on syntax highlighting. :set ruler - should show a column ruler in vim..if you have a new enough version. :set number - shows line numbers, set nonumber to turn line numbers off. :syntax off - Turn off syntax highlighting. Web ResourcesThe VIM (Vi IMproved) Home PageThe Vi Lovers Home Page Extending Vim with Python - Program - Python - Builder AU Vi Cheat Sheet How I boosted my Vim ยป nvie.com macvim - Project Hosting on Google Code - MacVim is a port of the text editor Vim to Mac OS X. VimGolf - real Vim ninjas count every keystroke! su write vimThere are times when you vi a file that you don't have perms to write to.... instead of saving it to an alternate file and moving it over top of the orginal, you can simply do the following...:w !sudo tee % > /dev/null
search and replace in viIf you want to search an entire file, you can use % to indicate whole document as the range::%s/search/replace/g The range is optional; if you just run :s/search/replace/, it will search only the current line and match only the first occurrence of a term. Linux.com :: Vim tips: The basics of search and replace Insert command output into document within vimIn the normal mode!! date (!! will replace the current line with the output of the command). VIM CASTS Episodes Vim: revisited Vim: Seven habits of effective text editing Lokaltog/vim-powerline - GitHub - Powerline is a utility plugin which allows you to create better-looking, more functional vim statuslines. |
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