Productive text editing with Vim

Productive Text Editing
with Vim
Bryan Bibat
pangkaraniwang developer

Really old text-editors
vi – 35 years old

vim – 20 years old

Not just a weird editor with an
“Insert mode”

i – insert mode

<esc> – normal mode

:e – open file

:w – write

:q – quit

Tip 1:

Use insert mode only as needed.

Tip 3:

Normal mode is faster for
navigation.

Tip 2:

“i” is not the only way to go to
insert mode.

i – insert mode at current
a – (append) insert at next
I – insert at beginning
A – append at end of line

o – new line at next
O – new line before

Tip 3.1:

Feel free to use the arrow keys
over h-j-k-l (though you
shouldn't use them much).

0 – beginning of line
$ – end of line

w – next word
e – end of next word
b – prev word

f[char] – find char on same line
t[char] – 'til char

* – next same word
# – prev same word

/[pattern] – search for pattern
?[pattern] – search backward
n – next
N – previous

Tip 4:

Learn the many text
manipulation commands.

. – repeat last action
u – undo
<ctrl>r – redo

Tip 4.1:

Using certain commands twice
will apply the command to the
current line.

d – delete
c – change (go to insert)

Tip 5:

You must learn combining
commands with motion
commands.

ct[space] - replace everything
until space

Tip 6:

Visual mode allows you to select
text.

v – enter visual mode

V – enter visual line mode

Tip 7:

Split screen and tabs can make
programming more convenient.

:split – horizontal split
:vsplit – vertical split
ctrl-w[direction] – switch

:tabnew – new tab
gt – change tab

Tip 9:

Learn a new thing every
day/week.

Thank you for listening!

github.com/bryanbibat
@bry_bibat
pd.bryanbibat.net

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