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This article is only a small tease of what Vim actually has on offer. This game is a great way to learn a new skill while also enjoying some old-school gaming eye candy.

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If you're someone who enjoys having fun with technology, check out the free Vim-based adventure game Vim-Adventures. I highly recommend this tool for first-timers. This tutor will give you lessons on specific topics, starting from beginner to advanced. Vim has a built-in tutor that can be accessed by entering vimtutor in the terminal. I learn best with a bit of direction, so it's no surprise that a tutor is just what I needed. I encourage you to give these tricks a try. There is no better way to learn than creating a text file and then making random edits.Īctually, that may not be true, which brings me to the absolute best way that I have found to learn Vim. Type r followed by the character that you wish to use.įor example, "Goodbee" can be edited to "Goodbye" by highlighting the first "e" and then entering ry.Move the cursor onto the character you wish to correct.Using r is a bit more complicated than the others: r replaces a character and is great for a quick correction.

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p pastes (puts) anything from the Vim clipboard to the current cursor, and pairs nicely with the full line delete shortcut above.

dd removes all text from the current line (deleting the full line) and saves the removed text to the clipboard.

Seriously, there are too many to list in this article, but I will list some of my favorites here: Now, imagine Vim being that shady guy on the corner in a trenchcoat selling faux Rolex watches from inside his lapel, only instead of knockoff watches, VIM has tricks and shortcuts on offer.

It offers a graphical, point-and-click interface to be utilized with a mouse and keyboard. GUI mode is only available in some environments. To exit this mode and return to Normal mode, press the Esc key once. However, for those who don't, if you press the I key (lowercase i) once you will see the "INSERT" prompt at the bottom of the screen, indicating that you can now edit or add text. If you have made it this far, you probably know what the Insert mode does. For example, if I was working in a new file and wanted to name it 'file.txt', I would use the following: Press the Esc key to start the Normal mode and enter :(desired command) to perform your intended task.

:q! to quit without saving the changes to the file.

Functions such as the following can be found here: Normal mode allows you to give commands to the editor. The Vim editor has three modes that determine how the editor functions: Normal (or Command), Insert, and GUI. Also included is support for compression functions such as tar and zip, as well as network transfer protocols such as SSH, FTP, and HTTP. This editor's real change and utility is supporting plugins and multiple scripting languages such as Perl and Python. Vim allows you to merge files using vimdiff-which is not the same as diff, the comparison utility-as well as an autocomplete feature and a comparison mode that is similar to the diff utility. This editor is an enhanced version of the Vi text editor that we all know and love, and is normally seen in a CLI form however, it does have a GUI version available for standard desktop use. The name Vim is an acronym for Vi Improved.

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