creating a file using vim
 

I'm taking an intro to Linux class and one of our lab exercises is to create a file "practice" using a vim editor.. but the text doesn't give examples and I've yet to find a tutorial. I'm lost. Can anyone tell me how to create a "practice" file using vim?

Try
for the tutorial ;)
See also www.vim.org

http://www.openvim.com/tutorial.html

using vim tutorial in a search engine :(

This will open vim editor

Press i to switch to insert mode before the current position.(This will allow you to type)
Type the stuff you want to and

Then press ESC and type
to save and exit

w means to write and q means to quit

for interactive tutorial: http://www.openvim.com/tutorial.html

to save and exit ;)

':wq' is the slow way :)

Or just ZZ. :)

Too late, :wq is already burnt in. I even had to set up an alias from :wq to exit in my shell to avoid errors.

On topic: There are also a couple of sites with good video tutorials for using, configuring and extending Vim, like for example http://vimcasts.org/
Can be very helpful to see what a feature actually does, sometimes just reading about it doesn't really help.

Thanks
 

Thanks everyone, all the information really helped. I got it down now!