Introduction to vim

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Vim - TheHacker’s Editor Vysakh Sreenivasan vysakh.quora.com vysakh0 - twitter/facebook April 29, 2013

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Vim Table of Contents 1Vim History Vi Basics Advanced Plugins Resources and Links Vysakh Sreenivasan (vysakh.quora.com) Vim - The Hacker’s Editor April 29, 2013 2 / 35

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Vim Billion Dollar Editor VysakhSreenivasan (vysakh.quora.com) Vim - The Hacker’s Editor April 29, 2013 3 / 35

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Vim What is thebig deal? Vi, that got its start in 1976.- Grand Daddy! Moving: if IDEs walk, vim swings Default in most OSes Increases Productivity!! Most Hackers use! The last editor you would use! Vysakh Sreenivasan (vysakh.quora.com) Vim - The Hacker’s Editor April 29, 2013 4 / 35

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Vim How do Vimusers feel :) Vysakh Sreenivasan (vysakh.quora.com) Vim - The Hacker’s Editor April 29, 2013 5 / 35

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Vim History Line andScreen Editors History of Text editors in a nutshell Vysakh Sreenivasan (vysakh.quora.com) Vim - The Hacker’s Editor April 29, 2013 6 / 35

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Vim History Line andScreen Editors History of Text editors in a nutshell Basic Line editor - Ed editor - made by Ken Thompson Vysakh Sreenivasan (vysakh.quora.com) Vim - The Hacker’s Editor April 29, 2013 6 / 35

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Vim History Line andScreen Editors History of Text editors in a nutshell Basic Line editor - Ed editor - made by Ken Thompson Advanced line editor Ex editor Vysakh Sreenivasan (vysakh.quora.com) Vim - The Hacker’s Editor April 29, 2013 6 / 35

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Vim History Line andScreen Editors History of Text editors in a nutshell Basic Line editor - Ed editor - made by Ken Thompson Advanced line editor Ex editor Screen Editor - you could see stuﬀ while editing :) Vi Vysakh Sreenivasan (vysakh.quora.com) Vim - The Hacker’s Editor April 29, 2013 6 / 35

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Vim History Line andScreen Editors History of Text editors in a nutshell Basic Line editor - Ed editor - made by Ken Thompson Advanced line editor Ex editor Screen Editor - you could see stuﬀ while editing :) Vi An improved Vi - Vim Vysakh Sreenivasan (vysakh.quora.com) Vim - The Hacker’s Editor April 29, 2013 6 / 35

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Vim Vi Basics Fireup Vim vim filename Opens up vim with a filename. :w - to save :q - to quit :wq or :x - to save and quit :q! - to quit without saving. :e filename - to open another file :r filename - to read content from one file into current file Vysakh Sreenivasan (vysakh.quora.com) Vim - The Hacker’s Editor April 29, 2013 7 / 35

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Vim Vi Basics Modes Insert- Only for typing!!! i to insert in the cursor position I to insert in the beginning of line a to append after cursor position A to append at the end of the line o to insert a new line below O to insert a new line above Command - delete/copy/paste/movement/.. Ctrl + C or Ctrl+ [ or esc Vysakh Sreenivasan (vysakh.quora.com) Vim - The Hacker’s Editor April 29, 2013 8 / 35

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Vim Vi Basics Modescontd.. Ex mode - Similar to ex editor :wq - begins with a colon, followed by commands. :g/re/p - grep was inspired from ex editor. This prints the lines which has ”re” Visual - For Selection v Selects characters V Selects rows/lines Ctrl+v Selects block/column Vysakh Sreenivasan (vysakh.quora.com) Vim - The Hacker’s Editor April 29, 2013 9 / 35

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Vim Vi Basics Panes ctrl+w+sor :sp - split horizontally ctrl+w+v or :vsp - split vertically ctrl+w+w - move next pane Vysakh Sreenivasan (vysakh.quora.com) Vim - The Hacker’s Editor April 29, 2013 10 / 35

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Vim Vi Basics Tabs :tabeﬁlename To open a ﬁle in a new tab gt To move to next tab gT To move to prev tab Vysakh Sreenivasan (vysakh.quora.com) Vim - The Hacker’s Editor April 29, 2013 11 / 35

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Vim Vi Basics Movements j- points downwards! k - the straight k line points upwards Vysakh Sreenivasan (vysakh.quora.com) Vim - The Hacker’s Editor April 29, 2013 12 / 35

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Vim Vi Basics Moreon Movements.. gg - go to ﬁrst line G - go to last line 4G - go to 4th line { and } movements to the beginning or end of the paragraph respectively. ( and ) to beginning or end of the sentence. Vysakh Sreenivasan (vysakh.quora.com) Vim - The Hacker’s Editor April 29, 2013 13 / 35

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Vim Vi Basics Moreon Movements.. w - go to the beginning of next word e - go to the end of the next word b - go the beginning of the previous word 0 - go to the beginning of the line $ - go to the end of the line Vysakh Sreenivasan (vysakh.quora.com) Vim - The Hacker’s Editor April 29, 2013 14 / 35

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Vim Vi Basics Copy/Delete/Paste y- yank/copyies, yy - copies the line, yw - copies the word d - deletes, dd - deletes the line, dw - deletes the word c - change, cc deletes the line and go to insert mode p - paste the copied/deleted text x - delete character under the cursor X - delete character before the cursor Vysakh Sreenivasan (vysakh.quora.com) Vim - The Hacker’s Editor April 29, 2013 15 / 35

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Vim Vi Basics Combinationof keys Vysakh Sreenivasan (vysakh.quora.com) Vim - The Hacker’s Editor April 29, 2013 16 / 35

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Vim Vi Basics Combinationof keys 10p - paste ten times. d$ - delete till the end of the line 4yw - copy four words ggdG - deletes the entire ﬁle (goes to ﬁrst line (gg), starts deleting (d) till the last line G) Vysakh Sreenivasan (vysakh.quora.com) Vim - The Hacker’s Editor April 29, 2013 17 / 35

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Vim Vi Basics Moreon key combo diw - delete the word where the cursor is in. dw - deletes letters from cursor till next word. ciw - changes the word where cursor is in. di’ d“ di{ di( di[ replaces words inside ’ ” { ( [ Vysakh Sreenivasan (vysakh.quora.com) Vim - The Hacker’s Editor April 29, 2013 18 / 35

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Vim Vi Basics Search,Replace Search /searchword Search current word * Search and Replace :%s/search/replace/g % - every lines (without that, only current line) s - substitute g - replace all occurences (without that, only ﬁrst occurence) Vysakh Sreenivasan (vysakh.quora.com) Vim - The Hacker’s Editor April 29, 2013 19 / 35

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Vim Vi Basics Playaround with ex editor/ex mode ex ﬁlename (will open the ﬁle) i (to insert words) . (in the next line will end inserting) p (to print current line) %p (to print all lines) a (to append at the bottom) . (full stop in next will end appending) Vysakh Sreenivasan (vysakh.quora.com) Vim - The Hacker’s Editor April 29, 2013 20 / 35

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Vim Vi Basics t$(copy current line to the end of the file) 1,3m5 (move 1-3 lines after 5th line) c (to change the current line) w (to write/save changes) wq (to save and quit) q (to quit) e filename (to edit the file) Vysakh Sreenivasan (vysakh.quora.com) Vim - The Hacker’s Editor April 29, 2013 21 / 35

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Vim Vi Basics tip Ctrl+w ininsert mode will backspace the word you are typing. Also works in shell. J Capital j will join two lines. gf If the cursor is on a word sample, the command gf would open the ﬁle sample if it is present in current directory gi Go back to the place where you are editing. Handy command when you are in the middle of your typing and go to command mode to ﬁx issues. Vysakh Sreenivasan (vysakh.quora.com) Vim - The Hacker’s Editor April 29, 2013 22 / 35

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Vim Advanced Omni complete Ctrl+ n or Ctrl + p (in insert mode, handy when calling functions) Ctrl + x + k - dictionary completion Ctrl + x + f - ﬁle name autocompletion Vysakh Sreenivasan (vysakh.quora.com) Vim - The Hacker’s Editor April 29, 2013 23 / 35

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Vim Advanced Macros Records setof actions - qm or qa or qb (begin with q) To repeat the recorded macro - @m or @a or @b (begin with @ followed by the letter) Vysakh Sreenivasan (vysakh.quora.com) Vim - The Hacker’s Editor April 29, 2013 24 / 35

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Vim Advanced Marks Mark yourposition in the ﬁle - ml or mb or mq (begin with m) Go to the marked position - ’l or ’b or ’q (begin with ’ followed by corresponding letter) Vysakh Sreenivasan (vysakh.quora.com) Vim - The Hacker’s Editor April 29, 2013 25 / 35

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Vim Advanced Jumps Ctrl +o - to go the previous position in your ﬁles. ctrl + i - to go to the next position in your ﬁles. :jumps - to see all the jumps Vysakh Sreenivasan (vysakh.quora.com) Vim - The Hacker’s Editor April 29, 2013 26 / 35

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Vim Advanced Registers ”kyy -Copying the current line to k register ”kp - Pasting the line from k register ”Kyy - Appending to the k register ”kp - Paste the lines from k register Vysakh Sreenivasan (vysakh.quora.com) Vim - The Hacker’s Editor April 29, 2013 27 / 35

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Vim Advanced norm inex mode :1,3 norm I Wow This would add the add word Wow at the beginning of 1-3 lines :[range] norm [Commands] Vysakh Sreenivasan (vysakh.quora.com) Vim - The Hacker’s Editor April 29, 2013 28 / 35

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Vim Advanced What wehave learnt now? Vysakh Sreenivasan (vysakh.quora.com) Vim - The Hacker’s Editor April 29, 2013 29 / 35

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Vim Plugins .vimrc The ﬁle.vimrc You could customize your vim setup Vysakh Sreenivasan (vysakh.quora.com) Vim - The Hacker’s Editor April 29, 2013 30 / 35

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Vim Plugins Plugins -installation Plugin Managers Use Vundle.(latest one) or Pathogen. Vysakh Sreenivasan (vysakh.quora.com) Vim - The Hacker’s Editor April 29, 2013 31 / 35

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Vim Plugins Plugins Iuse NERDTree Nerdcommenter Ctrl+P dwm surround snipmate rails.vim supertab LaTeXBox Vysakh Sreenivasan (vysakh.quora.com) Vim - The Hacker’s Editor April 29, 2013 32 / 35

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Vim Plugins New Pluginswhich is worth a try gist vim Writing your gist ﬁles in Vim :D Etherpad vim Yup! Etherpad in Vim! :) Also check out remote pair programming using Vim In browser Vimium in Chrome! is way awesome. Pentadactly in Firefox. (not sure if it is active) Vysakh Sreenivasan (vysakh.quora.com) Vim - The Hacker’s Editor April 29, 2013 33 / 35

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Vim Resources andLinks Learn Vim vimtutor (in terminal after installing Vim) :help thingyouwantosearch (inside Vim) openvim.com vimcasts.com usevim.org plenty more Vysakh Sreenivasan (vysakh.quora.com) Vim - The Hacker’s Editor April 29, 2013 34 / 35

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Vim Resources andLinks Why waiting? Vysakh Sreenivasan (vysakh.quora.com) Vim - The Hacker’s Editor April 29, 2013 35 / 35

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