Comments on: Vim the MacGyver of text editors : Ubuntu (6.06.1 / 6.10) http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2006/12/23/vim-the-macgyver-of-text-editors-ubuntu-6061-610/ Enhancing your Ubuntu experience! Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:29:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ssln http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2006/12/23/vim-the-macgyver-of-text-editors-ubuntu-6061-610/#comment-5067 ssln Sat, 28 Jun 2008 22:59:41 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=222#comment-5067 Thanks!! Thanks!!

]]> By: JOHNNY LAKIU http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2006/12/23/vim-the-macgyver-of-text-editors-ubuntu-6061-610/#comment-444 JOHNNY LAKIU Wed, 15 Aug 2007 07:46:57 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=222#comment-444 how to save vi and configure dns etc. how to save vi and configure dns etc.

]]> By: Vim Tip of the Week : SHIFT-K : Ubuntu Tutorials : Breezy - Dapper - Edgy - Feisty http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2006/12/23/vim-the-macgyver-of-text-editors-ubuntu-6061-610/#comment-445 Vim Tip of the Week : SHIFT-K : Ubuntu Tutorials : Breezy - Dapper - Edgy - Feisty Sat, 21 Jul 2007 02:04:12 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=222#comment-445 [...] to insert mode (i,I,a,A,o,O, [...] [...] to insert mode (i,I,a,A,o,O, [...]

]]> By: anon http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2006/12/23/vim-the-macgyver-of-text-editors-ubuntu-6061-610/#comment-446 anon Thu, 19 Jul 2007 20:43:03 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=222#comment-446 Another quit + save command is :x Also you can jump to a line number by pressing, say, 41G in order to get to ln 41. Not as visual as :41 but does the same thing! Other good nav tools include H,M,L which will bring your cursor to the Top, Middle, and Bottom of the screen, respectively. And then there's z to bring the current line as the top line of the terminal ... etc. etc :) Gotta love vim. Another quit + save command is :x
Also you can jump to a line number by pressing, say, 41G in order to get to ln 41. Not as visual as :41 but does the same thing!

Other good nav tools include H,M,L which will bring your cursor to the Top, Middle, and Bottom of the screen, respectively.

And then there’s z to bring the current line as the top line of the terminal … etc. etc :)

Gotta love vim.

]]> By: Ubuntu | Christer Edwards: How To pwn Your Text Files With Vim http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2006/12/23/vim-the-macgyver-of-text-editors-ubuntu-6061-610/#comment-443 Ubuntu | Christer Edwards: How To pwn Your Text Files With Vim Tue, 01 May 2007 23:01:44 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=222#comment-443 [...] haven’t published on this blog.  Some of you might remember some of my earlier posts on vim [here], [here].  Today I have a few more shortcut keys to tell you about that I sure hope you’ll [...] [...] haven’t published on this blog.  Some of you might remember some of my earlier posts on vim [here], [here].  Today I have a few more shortcut keys to tell you about that I sure hope you’ll [...]

]]> By: How To pwn Your Text Files With Vim : Ubuntu Tutorials : Breezy - Dapper - Edgy - Feisty http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2006/12/23/vim-the-macgyver-of-text-editors-ubuntu-6061-610/#comment-442 How To pwn Your Text Files With Vim : Ubuntu Tutorials : Breezy - Dapper - Edgy - Feisty Tue, 01 May 2007 16:58:32 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=222#comment-442 [...] haven’t published on this blog.  Some of you might remember some of my earlier posts on vim [here], [here].  Today I have a few more shortcut keys to tell you about that I sure hope you’ll [...] [...] haven’t published on this blog.  Some of you might remember some of my earlier posts on vim [here], [here].  Today I have a few more shortcut keys to tell you about that I sure hope you’ll [...]

]]> By: Sebastian http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2006/12/23/vim-the-macgyver-of-text-editors-ubuntu-6061-610/#comment-441 Sebastian Sat, 30 Dec 2006 10:55:33 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=222#comment-441 Thanks for the short tutorial; I have been using Linux for years now (thx warty), but never liked vi(m) or emacs... nano is not powerful enough though. With this short posting I got around trying some stuff though... maybe I'll use vim more often now. :D Thanks for the short tutorial; I have been using Linux for years now (thx warty), but never liked vi(m) or emacs… nano is not powerful enough though. With this short posting I got around trying some stuff though… maybe I’ll use vim more often now. :D

]]> By: Ubuntu Tutorials http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2006/12/23/vim-the-macgyver-of-text-editors-ubuntu-6061-610/#comment-440 Ubuntu Tutorials Sat, 23 Dec 2006 18:23:51 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=222#comment-440 Marius - tomorrow's post mentions vimtutor a bit (I was getting there) :) thanks for the tips about keyword completion, I didn't know those actually. Vim is super powerful and even in two posts I'm sure I'm only getting to the surface of things. Marius – tomorrow’s post mentions vimtutor a bit (I was getting there) :)

thanks for the tips about keyword completion, I didn’t know those actually. Vim is super powerful and even in two posts I’m sure I’m only getting to the surface of things.

]]> By: Marius Gedminas http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2006/12/23/vim-the-macgyver-of-text-editors-ubuntu-6061-610/#comment-439 Marius Gedminas Sat, 23 Dec 2006 18:02:24 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=222#comment-439 You can run 'vimtutor' for an interactive tutorial of basic vim's commands. And then there's the extreme power that vim has as a text editor. I probably like keyword completion best. Press Ctrl+N or Ctrl+P in insert mode and vim will try to complete the word you've started entering, by looking into all the files you have in vim, the tags file if you've built one, or include files if you happen to edit C source code. There are other kinds of completion as well, e.g. file name completion that you get by pressing Ctrl+X followed by Ctrl+F. :help is your friend. You can run ‘vimtutor’ for an interactive tutorial of basic vim’s commands.

And then there’s the extreme power that vim has as a text editor. I probably like keyword completion best. Press Ctrl+N or Ctrl+P in insert mode and vim will try to complete the word you’ve started entering, by looking into all the files you have in vim, the tags file if you’ve built one, or include files if you happen to edit C source code. There are other kinds of completion as well, e.g. file name completion that you get by pressing Ctrl+X followed by Ctrl+F.

:help is your friend.

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