crash course tutorial of vim vi text editor Part 1
commands:
vi or vim will open the text editor
vi fileName -- opens/creates vi with the current file
:q - quits vim
i - insert mode
esc - normal mode
:w filename - write to file system with specific file name
:w - write file out if vim already knows the file name
:wq - writes and quits vim
:q! - quits vim when a buffer has edits
shift A - goes into insert mode at end of line (didn't mention on video)
Navigation:
j - down
k - up
h - left
l - right
gg - top of file
G - bottom of tile
number gg - goes to specific line number
search/find/replace
/searchTerm - searches for current text
n - goes to the next location of the searched text
?searchTerm - searches backwards for current text
- searches for the current text the cursor is on
:%s/findText/replaceText - searches all text and replaces text no confirmation.
:%s/findText/repalceText/c - searches text and confirms each replace.
editing mutiple windows:
:split filename - splits the window horizontal
:vsplit filename - splits the window virtual
ctrl-w j - moves to the window down
ctrl-w k - moves to the window up
ctrl-w h - moves to the window to the left
ctrl-w l - moves to the window to the right
v - enter visual mode (select text with hjkl)
y - yanks text
:put - paste text after current line
p - paste at current position