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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\ +  * **MIT's "missing semester" has an excellent summary of vim functions [[https://missing.csail.mit.edu/2020/editors/|video and notes]].**  
-Visual (plain, line, or block): for selecting blocks of text\ +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. 
-Command-line: for running a command\+  - 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
  
-**  * MIT's "missing semester" has an excellent lecture [[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.   * ''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]]
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   - ''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.
   - ''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