Vim basics and more

Hi,

If you wish to learn more about vim then I suggest that you read this;
Vim basics and more

Thread starter Rob Start date Wednesday at 6:14 PM I've been using vim for about 22 years and even today find little tips and tidbits that I didn't know about! This article will go through some of the things I use often in vim - and I hope we'll get some great replies with what some of your favorite tips are! Let's get going. Let's start out with some basics first, then down lower in the article we'll get to some of the more interesting/fun tips and tricks.

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Hope this helps.
Have fun & enjoy!

vimtutor in the terminal is also a good introduction.

Learning vim was one of the best decisions I've made in my programming career. Once you learn the keys, you'll never want to use anything again.

Hi,

Agree!

Loads of hidden tricks for vim!
Have fun & enjoy!

I recommend just buying this:

https://pragprog.com/book/dnvim2/pra...second-edition

@onebuck, the web link in your post#1 is broken (missing colon)!

Originally Posted by dugan I recommend just buying this: https://pragprog.com/book/dnvim2/pra...second-edition

No need to spend $40 on a book for a tool that can be learned for free with web resources and videos.

Originally Posted by Contrapak No need to spend $40 on a book for a tool that can be learned for free with web resources and videos.

I'm lucky, from my Unix time I still got a copy of
The Ultimate Guide to the VI and EX text editors, published by HP as part of their HP-UX documentation set (that book never was for sale),
and on the web there should be still copies around of
Learning the vi and Vim editors, written by Arnold Robbins, Elbert Hannah, and Linda Lamb and originally published by O'Reilly Media
which I got a PDF copy of.
And, of course, on vimdoc.sourceforge.net you can find the full VIM User Manual, although that one is a bit out of date.

Hi,

Originally Posted by MadeInGermany @onebuck, the web link in your post#1 is broken (missing colon)!

Thanks! Repaired URL.

you can find useful resources here, https://devhints.io/vim , however not limited only to vim; cd ../

I've been debating learning Emacs keys. Does anyone have experience moving from Vim to Emacs?

Originally Posted by Contrapak I've been debating learning Emacs keys. Does anyone have experience moving from Vim to Emacs?

I actually just switched to Emacs a couple of weeks ago and I'm really enjoying it. I thought the keys were going to be hard to get used to after spending years with Vim but the transition has been pretty smooth, although I'm currently a lot faster in Vim.

I was surprised to learn that I prefer chords over modes.