Learning VIM was one of the best moves I ever made - It's not an exaggeration to say that I use it for everything, to the point that one of my first questions when evaluating any editor/software is "does it have vim keybindings?" and if not, "can I give it vim keybindings..."

I still remember watching Phil show it to my intro to linux class for the first time. I had been a longtime nano user, because, who wanted to (hjkll) around? But the second that he showed us how it could work. I was sold. 

- Thomas Scott | mr.thomas.scott@gmail.com 


On Fri, Sep 10, 2021 at 12:08 PM Shaun Anderson via PLUG-discuss <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
People will probably beat this to death, but take some time and go through the tutorials, and really learn it.  The ramp is a bit steep, but it is such an efficient editor.  You don't need to learn every esoteric way of doing things, but a dozen or more keys will have you zipping around in no time.

On Fri, Sep 10, 2021 at 8:58 AM Michael via PLUG-discuss <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
hmmmm,  when I go back to look at the file there is nothing in it

On Fri, Sep 10, 2021 at 11:52 AM Michael <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
thanks guys.  I should have done a web search. Sorry.

On Fri, Sep 10, 2021 at 11:49 AM Matt Graham via PLUG-discuss <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
On 2021-09-10 08:36, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote:
> how does  one save and exit with vi?

(escape):wq or (escape)ZZ .  If you're going to try to use vim, you
should start by running vimtutor.  That will show you how to use all the
basic features of the editor.

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