Hi!
These stuff were pretty elementary & actually got to know these in early season at campus. But, it's important & I use to use these almost everyday in programming in linux environment & that's why I thought to note down something about this.
Alright, among many of the text editors that can be used in linux environment vim-editor is one of the most commonly used applications.
That's mainly due to it's simplicity. It's usable with Terminal itself & consists of very limited amount of commands (comparing to emacs), which makes it easier to use even to a newbie.
Then, let's get to know VIM-Editor.
1. Check whether you've got VIM-Editor installed.
You'll see your terminal showing something like follows.
if you won't, then, you've got to install VIM-Editor in order to proceed. If you're a complete newbie here's a tip to get vim.
Go to Ubuntu Software Center & Search : GVim. Download & install it.
You've got it for sure by now. Alright then, let's proceed.
2. Take out the terminal & go to Desktop. (Type: Cd Desktop) Then, type: vi [Your File Name].
3. Good, now you're in VIM Mode & you can't type anything write away. So, in order to go to typing mode : press 'i' in your keyboard. Then, you'll be seeing something like '-- INSERT--' at the bottom edge of your VIM editor which means that now you can type.
4. Type anything & after you finish type keep in mind to press Esc to exit Typing Mode & come to Command Mode.
5. Then, try following tips to fix/edit what you've already typed.
Enjoy VIM-Editor !
These stuff were pretty elementary & actually got to know these in early season at campus. But, it's important & I use to use these almost everyday in programming in linux environment & that's why I thought to note down something about this.
Alright, among many of the text editors that can be used in linux environment vim-editor is one of the most commonly used applications.
That's mainly due to it's simplicity. It's usable with Terminal itself & consists of very limited amount of commands (comparing to emacs), which makes it easier to use even to a newbie.
Then, let's get to know VIM-Editor.
1. Check whether you've got VIM-Editor installed.
You'll see your terminal showing something like follows.
if you won't, then, you've got to install VIM-Editor in order to proceed. If you're a complete newbie here's a tip to get vim.
Go to Ubuntu Software Center & Search : GVim. Download & install it.
2. Take out the terminal & go to Desktop. (Type: Cd Desktop) Then, type: vi [Your File Name].
3. Good, now you're in VIM Mode & you can't type anything write away. So, in order to go to typing mode : press 'i' in your keyboard. Then, you'll be seeing something like '-- INSERT--' at the bottom edge of your VIM editor which means that now you can type.
4. Type anything & after you finish type keep in mind to press Esc to exit Typing Mode & come to Command Mode.
5. Then, try following tips to fix/edit what you've already typed.
- 'o' - (Letter O) Get an empty line. Bring your cursor to the end of a line & type 'o'. A new line will be opened.
- 'dd'- (Letter d twice) Delete a line. Bring cursor to the beginning of a line & type 'dd'.
- 'p' - Right after delete. Bring cursor to a new location & type 'p'. deleted line will be appearing at the new location.
- 'cw' - Pick a word and a letter closer to the beginning of the word & bring cursor on it & type 'cw'. The rest of the word beginning from the letter you picked will be deleted. Now, you can replace it with something else.
- 'r' - Take your cursor on a letter and type 'r' and then type a letter that you need to replace the previous with.
Ex: 'Element' - pick lettter 'l' . It'll be 'E' after command 'cw'
Enjoy VIM-Editor !
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