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--- tools:vim [2025/07/30 10:43] – [Vim] vid79
+++ tools:vim [2025/07/30 10:50] (current) – [Commands] vid79
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   * **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.
+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
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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.
   - ''esc'' -> gets you out of insert mode
+  - '':set nu'' shows you line numbers
 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 + a'' puts your cursor to the end of the line and opens insert mode