a Serious Text Editor

Juri Timošin

whoami

● Infrastructure engineer

● 8 years of text editing

● 3 year vim “guru”● Ruby fan

I've been using vi and vim also for some 20 years and I'm still learning new things.

Anonymous @Stackoverflow

Learn Vim?! What for?

● Learn once, use everywhere● Lightweight● Fast (even with huge files)● Edit zip files● Lifelong● Vim is everywhere

○ Gmail, G+ / Facebook○ Google Rss Readers○ Firefox / Chrome (vimperator / vimium)○ Touchscreens! (WAT!?)

Learn Vim?! What for?

● Learn once, use everywhere● Lightweight● Fast (even with huge files)● Lifelong● Home row friendly● Vim is everywhere

○ Gmail, G+ / Facebook○ Google Rss Readers○ Firefox / Chrome (vimperator / vimium)○ Touchscreens! (WAT!?)○ Even Your Kitchen and Bookshelf

Modes

Normal InsertVisual

Command Line

i

::

vEsc

Replace

R

insert

Basic Features

● h j k l● 0 ^ $ (home and end)● w e b W E B (word vs WORD)● f t F T (forward and back)● gg H M L G● d dd ( dd = act on line )● y yy ● p P● u● .

Sprechen Sie Vim?

● d$● y2E● d2t,

● 2i● “ay2f3 (s/a/+/ - to act on system clipboard)

Command Line

● :help [topic]● :!<shell command>● :%s/ddd/ttt/[gci]

Where To Start

● Vim: revisited● Learn Vim Progressively● Vim Adventures● Why do those nutheads use vi?!● Vim as your IDE● Vim for Rubyists● Vim for Happy Java Coding● Different cheat sheets● Books● vimtutor