Getting more out of Vim - some tips

Posted by scrubs on Feb 19, 2011 1:08 AM EDT
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I’m donning my flame-proof suit for this post. Vim is arguably one of the two most popular text-editors used in the free software world: built on vi (its name stands for VIiMproved) it will be found as a default package in many GNU/Linux distributions. The other popular editor is EMACS (although I am sure there are those who will argue that EMACS is much more than a mere text-editor). I use Vim a lot in my work and have found it to be a little like chess: a moment to learn a lifetime to master. With that in mind here are some of the tips and handy commands I have picked up over the years.

Read the tutorial at Free Software Magazine.

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Great article. Recommended. tqk 8 1,367 Feb 24, 2011 1:13 PM

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