Essential vim

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1) Don’t touch the arrow keys! (You have to drop the habit of using them hard, since your muscles are trained to reach for them.)

2) Most vi commands can take a number in front. xCmd will do Cmd x times.

3) Instead of arrow keys:
h: left-arrow
j: down-arrow
k: up-arrow
l: right-arrow

First of all, your fingers are still in ‘home position.’

But also, to go up 10 lines:
10k

Back 8 characters:
8h

4) But even better:

xG: jump to line x.
w: move forward a word at a time.
12w: go forward 12 words.
b: move backward a word at a time.
/xxx: find and go to pattern xxx in file.

5) And editing:
cw: change the word the cursor is on.
10cw: change the next ten words
dw: delete current word.
10dw: delete next 10 words.
dd: delete current line
10dd: delete next 10 lines.

Learn this set right away. Force yourself off of the arrow keys. More to come.

Comments

  1. Ken B2:29 PM

    When I used vi a lot, including vim, I pried the caps lock key off the keyboard. Safer that way.

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