Vim for Mere Mortals

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This document is a presentation on learning Vim. It recommends learning Vim progressively by first mastering the basics like normal mode, movement commands, and help. It discusses Vim terminology like buffers, windows, and tabs. It also provides an overview of modes like insert mode and visual mode. The presentation provides tips on using plugins, customizing Vim configuration files, and resources for learning more about Vim.

Who am I?@claytron IRL and on the internets
Senior Software Engineer at TinderBox
Vimmer ca. 2003

You start by learning the
minimal to survive,
then you integrate all the
tricks slowly.
— Learn Vim Progressively

in Neovim
:Tutor
command line
$ alias vimtutor='nvim -c Tutor'

A buffer is the in-memory text of a ﬁle.
A window is a viewport on a buffer.
A tab page is a collection of windows.
:help window

Put a ﬁrst year CS student
in front of Vim and tell
them to save and exit.

For any topic :help syntastic
For an option :help 'syntastic_ignore_files'
For a command :help :SyntasticInfo

1. Help commands *online-help*
*help* *<Help>* *:h* *:help* *<F1>* *i_<F1>* *i_<Help>*
<Help> or
:h[elp] Open a window and display the help file in read-only
mode. If there is a help window open already, use
that one. Otherwise, if the current window uses the
full width of the screen or is at least 80 characters
wide, the help window will appear just above the
current window. Otherwise the new window is put at
the very top.

VimIndy Slack.
#vim on Freenode.
Vi and Vim StackExchange.

2d3w
│││└─ motion
││└─ count
│└─ operator
└─ count

Experienced users prefer
the hjkl keys because
they are always right
under their ﬁngers.

Beginners often prefer
the arrow keys,
because they do not know
what the hjkl keys do.

The mnemonic value of hjkl
is clear from looking at the
keyboard.
Think of j as an arrow
pointing downwards.
— :help motion.txt

VIM
WIZARD[1] a man who has magical powers, especially in
legends and fairy tales

Use vim-sensible to start out.
Or go all in with Vim Bootstrap, Janus or spf13.

Plugin Managers
Pathogen
Vundle
vim-plug
vim-addon-manager
dein.vim
Vizardry
Vimana

Install Plugins
call plug#begin()
Plug 'tpope/vim-sensible'
Plug 'scrooloose/syntastic'
call plug#end()

Links
→ @VimIndy
→ vim.org
→ Neovim
→ Help always in a tab
→ My .vimrc
→ VIM: Hard Mode
→ vim-galore: Everything you
need to know about Vim

Screencasts
→ Vimcasts
→ Derek Wyatt Tutorials

Articles / Books
→ Learn Vim Progressively
→ Learn Vim the Hard Way
→ Coming Home to Vim
→ Everyone Who Tried to Convince
Me to use Vim was Wrong
→ Learn to Speak Vim
→ Vim Text Objects: The Deﬁnitive
Guide
→ Practical Vim

Photo Credits
Title (B.B. Wijdieks)
Fundamentals (@nobida)
Terminology (@nicklockey)
Modal (@chrisobayda)
Help (@mountaineer4061)
Help (@carbonated)
Do you speak it? (@reallyboring)
Arrow Keys (@regocasasnovas)
hjkl (@donpdonp)
mouse (@kapy)
Sensible (@matt_gibson)
Plugins (@chicagobart)
Pillaging (Damian Gadal)
Links (@volvob12b)
⬅ This Picture (@rhodes)
Thanks to
and

Vim for Mere Mortals by claytron is licensed under a
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International License.

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Vim for Mere Mortals

1. Vim for Mere Mortals @VimIndy 06.2016

2. Who am I?@claytron IRL and on the internets Senior Software Engineer at TinderBox Vimmer ca. 2003

3. is hard retro.

4. Don't rage :quit! just yet...

5. Fundamentals

6. You start by learning the minimal to survive, then you integrate all the tricks slowly. — Learn Vim Progressively

7. $ vimtutor

8. in Neovim :Tutor command line $ alias vimtutor='nvim -c Tutor'

9. Terminology

10. A buffer is the in-memory text of a ﬁle. A window is a viewport on a buffer. A tab page is a collection of windows. :help window

13. Modal Editing

14. Normal Visual Select Insert Command Ex

15. How do you generate a random string?

16. Put a ﬁrst year CS student in front of Vim and tell them to save and exit.

17. #normalmodeproblems

18. Normal Mode

19. Insert Mode

20. Command Mode

21. Help!

22. :help

23. :help help

24. For any topic :help syntastic For an option :help 'syntastic_ignore_files' For a command :help :SyntasticInfo

25. :helpgrep syntastic.*checkerc

26. :tab help intro

27. 1. Help commands *online-help* *help* *<Help>* *:h* *:help* *<F1>* *i_<F1>* *i_<Help>* <Help> or :h[elp] Open a window and display the help file in read-only mode. If there is a help window open already, use that one. Otherwise, if the current window uses the full width of the screen or is at least 80 characters wide, the help window will appear just above the current window. Otherwise the new window is put at the very top.

28. VimIndy Slack. #vim on Freenode. Vi and Vim StackExchange.

29. Vim! Do you speak it?

30. :help motion.txt

31. 2d3w │││└─ motion ││└─ count │└─ operator └─ count

32. ggguG the jerry yang treatment.

33. xp Transpose characters.

34. dw Delete till end of word.

35. diw Delete the current word.

36. d2w Delete two words.

37. dd Delete a line.

38. d2d Delete two lines.

39. cw ciw c2w cg_ cG vw viw v2w vg_ vG

40. 68i-<Esc> Add an ascii bar

41. 2d3w │││└─ motion ││└─ count │└─ operator └─ count

42. Arrow Keys?

43. Experienced users prefer the hjkl keys because they are always right under their ﬁngers.

44. Beginners often prefer the arrow keys, because they do not know what the hjkl keys do.

45. The mnemonic value of hjkl is clear from looking at the keyboard. Think of j as an arrow pointing downwards. — :help motion.txt

46. VIM WIZARD[1] a man who has magical powers, especially in legends and fairy tales

47. You can use your MOUSE

48. Use vim-sensible to start out. Or go all in with Vim Bootstrap, Janus or spf13.

49. Plugins

50. Plugin Managers Pathogen Vundle vim-plug vim-addon-manager dein.vim Vizardry Vimana

51. Install Plugins call plug#begin() Plug 'tpope/vim-sensible' Plug 'scrooloose/syntastic' call plug#end()

52. Pillaging .vimrc

53. THE END

54. Links → @VimIndy → vim.org → Neovim → Help always in a tab → My .vimrc → VIM: Hard Mode → vim-galore: Everything you need to know about Vim

55. Screencasts → Vimcasts → Derek Wyatt Tutorials

56. Articles / Books → Learn Vim Progressively → Learn Vim the Hard Way → Coming Home to Vim → Everyone Who Tried to Convince Me to use Vim was Wrong → Learn to Speak Vim → Vim Text Objects: The Deﬁnitive Guide → Practical Vim

57. Photo Credits Title (B.B. Wijdieks) Fundamentals (@nobida) Terminology (@nicklockey) Modal (@chrisobayda) Help (@mountaineer4061) Help (@carbonated) Do you speak it? (@reallyboring) Arrow Keys (@regocasasnovas) hjkl (@donpdonp) mouse (@kapy) Sensible (@matt_gibson) Plugins (@chicagobart) Pillaging (Damian Gadal) Links (@volvob12b) ⬅ This Picture (@rhodes) Thanks to and

58. Vim for Mere Mortals by claytron is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

59. *bar* | To screen column [count] in the current line. |exclusive| motion. Ceci n'est pas une pipe.

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