How to Vim!

Subjects I will be talking about

• vim
• write
• quit
• vimrc

Vim

The first command you will ever use is vim.

You will see a help page with all of the commands. One of the most important commands you will use is :q.

When you open vim, it will put you in an editor. The way to get back to the terminal is by using :q.

Doing vim [file] will let you edit a file. There are 3 main modes.

1. View - The default mode, you can also click Esc on any other mode to re-enable this.
2. Insert - The main editing mode, you can click I to enable this.
3. Visual - The main selecting mode, you can click V to enable this.

Write

When you are done editing, you may want to save all of your work (unless you made a big oopsie).

Use :write while in View mode to save your work.

Quit

After saving your work, you may either stay or leave the editor. To leave the editor, type in

the command :q. If you forget to save your work, it will give you a warning. But

if you still want to delete all of your progress, you can add ! in front of the

command to override the warning.

vimrc

Vimrc is a configuration file for making your vim look pretty neat. Here is an example file

syntax enable Cool syntax colors
filetype indent on Enables automatic indent
set background=dark Makes the background dark
colorscheme desert Makes your syntax color scheme desert-themed
set number Makes the - symbol on the left numbered
set relativenumber Makes all the numbers near your line rerelative to your current line (helps with line by line surfing)