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 ====== Vim ======
-''vim'' is a modal editor (improving on vi). It can run without graphics, is ubiquitous, powerful, and efficient but is an acquired skill.
-  * MIT's "missing semester" has an excellent lecture [[https://missing.csail.mit.edu/2020/editors/|video and notes]].
+''vim'' is a modal editor (improving on vi). It can run without graphics, is ubiquitous, powerful, and efficient but is an acquired skill.
+**MIT's "missing semester" has an excellent summary of vim functions [[https://missing.csail.mit.edu/2020/editors/|video and notes]].**
+Vim’s design is based on the idea that a lot of programmer time is spent reading, navigating, and making small edits, as opposed to writing long streams of text. For this reason, Vim has multiple operating modes.
+  - Normal: for moving around a file and making edits
+  - Insert: for inserting text
+  - Replace: for replacing text
+  - Visual (plain, line, or block): for selecting blocks of text
+  - Command-line: for running a command
   * ''vimtutor'' is a program included with vim that will guide you through usage -- run it from the command line.
   * [[https://github.com/vimwiki/vimwiki|vim-wiki]]
-**vim commands:**
-vim [file name] opens a file in vim. If that file doesn't exist or you opened it in the wrong filepath, you will see an empty blank vim that says [NEW] at the bottom
+===== Commands =====
-i puts you in insert mode so you can freely type and move your cursor around
-//esc// gets you out of insert mode
+  - ''vim $filename'' -> opens a file in vim. If that file doesn't exist or you opened it in the wrong filepath, you will see an empty blank vim that says ''[NEW]'' at the bottom
-:q quits vim
+  - ''i'' -> puts you in **i**nsert mode so you can freely type and move your cursor around. Says ''-- INSERT --'' in bottom left. {{:tools:pasted:20250915-220039.png}}
-:wq saves what you wrote and quits vim
+  - ''esc'' -> gets you out of insert mode
-:q! does not save what you wrote and quits vim
+  - '':set nu'' shows you line numbers
+move around
+  - ''0'' or ''Home'' puts your cursor to the beginning of the line (in command mode)
+  - ''$'' or ''End'' puts your cursor to the end of the line (in command mode)
+  - ''Shift + i'' puts your cursor to the beginning of the line and opens insert mode
+  - ''Shift + a'' puts your cursor to the end of the line and opens insert mode
+  - ''o'' opens insert mode on a new line below your cursor
+  - up and down arrows move you up and down each line but to move between lines click ''g'' then up or down arrow
+  - ''u'' undo last change (in command mode)
+Copy and paste
+  * Click ''v'' to put you in visual mode
+  * to cut- move your cursor to highlight the words you want to cut and press ''d''
+  * to copy- move your cursor to highlight the words you want to copy and press ''y''
+  * move your cursor to where you want to paste words and press ''p''
+close vim temporarily
+  * ''Ctrl + z'' puts the vim window to "sleep" and brings you back to the terminal
+  * ''fg'' brings you from the terminal back into the last script in vim you were working on
+exit
+    * '':q'' -> quits vim
+    * '':wq'' -> saves what you wrote and quits vim
+    * '':q!'' -> does not save what you wrote and quits vim