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 ====== Vim ====== ====== Vim ======
-''vim'' is a modal editor (improving on vi). It can run without graphics, is ubiquitous, powerful, and efficient but is an acquired skill.  
-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 +''vim'' is a modal editor (improving on vi). It can run without graphics, is ubiquitous, powerful, and efficient but is an acquired skill.
-Insert: for inserting text +
-Replace: for replacing text +
-Visual (plain, line, or block): for selecting blocks of text +
-Command-line: for running a command+
  
-**  * MIT's "missing semester" has an excellent lecture [[https://missing.csail.mit.edu/2020/editors/|video and notes]].  +**MIT's "missing semester" has an excellent summary of vim functions [[https://missing.csail.mit.edu/2020/editors/|video and notes]].**  
-**  * ''vimtutor'' is a program included with vim that will guide you through usage -- run it from the command line.+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]]   * [[https://github.com/vimwiki/vimwiki|vim-wiki]]
  
  
 ===== Commands ===== ===== Commands =====
- 
-Victoria's review: a minimal vim session experience: 
  
   - ''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   - ''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
-  - ''i'' -> puts you in **i**nsert mode so you can freely type and move your cursor around. Says ''-- INSERT --'' in bottom left.+  - ''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}}
   - ''esc'' -> gets you out of insert mode   - ''esc'' -> gets you out of insert mode
 +  - '':set nu'' shows you line numbers
  
 move around move around
-  - ''0'' puts your cursor to the beginning of the line (in command mode) +  - ''0'' or ''Home'' puts your cursor to the beginning of the line (in command mode) 
-  - ''$'' puts your cursor to the end of the line (in command mode)+  - ''$'' 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 + 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   - ''Shift + a'' puts your cursor to the end of the line and opens insert mode
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   - up and down arrows move you up and down each line but to move between lines click ''g'' then up or down arrow   - 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)   - ''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 close vim temporarily
   * ''Ctrl + z'' puts the vim window to "sleep" and brings you back to the terminal   * ''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   * ''fg'' brings you from the terminal back into the last script in vim you were working on
 +
 exit exit
     * '':q'' -> quits vim     * '':q'' -> quits vim
     * '':wq'' -> saves what you wrote and quits vim      * '':wq'' -> saves what you wrote and quits vim 
     * '':q!'' -> does not save what you wrote and quits vim     * '':q!'' -> does not save what you wrote and quits vim