Unit #0-02

Learning Outcome

At the end of this lesson, you will be able to:

• use some basic Vim commands

Review

• make sure you have updated your Linux environment:

  • sudo apt update && sudo apt -y full-upgrade 

Lesson

• what is Vim:

  • "Vim (/vɪm/; a contraction of Vi IMproved) is a clone, with additions, of Bill Joy's vi text editor program for Unix.." (from Wikipedia)

  • what is Vim (and this)

• go over basic Vim commands:

  • a good way to open it, with directory structure

    • vim . → open Vim in the current directory

  • command mode is where you start in Vim; insert mode is where you insert text

    • esc → to get back to command mode

    • i → to get to insert mode from command mode

    • :wq → save the changes to the file & quit

      • Note: you must be in command mode to do this!

  • do, basic, demo of how to use Vim; 6 keys for movement

    • move: j, k, h, l

    • forward by word: w

    • backwards by word: b