A lecture about Vim anf how to edit in Vim.

1. You press the keys with no effect,
Your mode is not correct.
The screen blurs, your fingers shake;
You forgot to press escape.
Can't insert, can't delete,
Cursor keys won't repeat.
You try to quit, but can't leave,
An extra "bang" is all you need.
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Addicted To vi (http://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/vi.song.html)
Tim Gremalm
Developer at Conmel Data AB
Programming, Web, Databases, Windows/Linux, Servers,
Network, TCP/IP, Robotics, Electronics
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Texteditor Demo - VI/VIM (Tim Gremalm)

2. vi - an old editor (37 years)
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First written by Bill Joy (1976) at Berkeley University
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Is defined in POSIX (Portable Operating System Interface)
and i Single Unix Specification
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A visual mode for the editor ex
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Terminal-based
Texteditor Demo - VI/VIM (Tim Gremalm)

3. vim - Vi IMproved
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Written by Bram Moolenaar (1991) at Atari - Amiga
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A extended version of vi, with more features
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Still terminal-based
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gVim (GUI)
Texteditor Demo - VI/VIM (Tim Gremalm)

4. Texteditor Demo - VI/VIM (Tim Gremalm)

5. Why you should know Vim
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A whole world of UNIX-culture
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more/less
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Regular expressions
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Cross platform - it even exists in Computercraft (Minecraft)
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Quick and Responsive - To start, and to work with
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Efficient
Texteditor Demo - VI/VIM (Tim Gremalm)

6. How to work with Vim
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You start out in normal mode, all keys is mapped to different commands
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Navigation h/j/k/l or ←/↓/↑/→
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Jump between Characters, Words, Sentence, Paragraphs and Lines
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Go to line X
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To start edit, you will have to switch mode
Texteditor Demo - VI/VIM (Tim Gremalm)

7. How to work with Vim
modes and escape
Texteditor Demo - VI/VIM (Tim Gremalm)

8. How to work with Vim
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You build sentences of how you want to edit
<number><command><text object or motion>
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y - “yank” copy
d - delete
p - “put” paste
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y3j - yank 3 down
d3w - delete 3 words
yap - yank a paragraph
cw - change word, followed by insert
cia - change inner argument
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. - Repat last change
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Edit beyond individual characters. Instead, edit by word, sentence, line,
and paragraph
Texteditor Demo - VI/VIM (Tim Gremalm)

9. Commands in Vim
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:%s/foo/bar/g - Substitute “foo” for “bar” globally
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:set paste - Enable paste-mode
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:w newfilename - Save as new filename
:r filetoimport - Imports file after cursor
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:set enc=utf-8 - Character-encoding
:set ff=dos - Newline mode
:setf c - Syntax language
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:set tabstop=4 - Length of a tab
:set shiftwidth=4 - Indentation tab width
:set expandtab - Convert tabs into spaces
:retab - Convert all tabs to set indentation-parameters
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@: - Repeat last command
Texteditor Demo - VI/VIM (Tim Gremalm)

10. Vim features
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Tabs
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Split pane
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Python-support
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Plugins (.vim)
Texteditor Demo - VI/VIM (Tim Gremalm)

11. Plugins for Vim
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Vundle
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Powerline
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Autocomplete
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Ctrl+P
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NERDTree
Texteditor Demo - VI/VIM (Tim Gremalm)

12. Links
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http://vim-adventures.com/ - A small Vim-game (get started)
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http://www.vim.org/ - Vim’s mainsite
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http://blog.carbonfive.com/2011/10/17/vim-text-objects-the-definitive-guide/ - Edit efficently
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http://vimbits.com/ - Vim tips
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https://news.ycombinator.com/ - News about programming, alot of vim-stuff appears here
Texteditor Demo - VI/VIM (Tim Gremalm)