Vim, the final text editor you need to learn

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1. Vim the final text editor you need to learn eddie@NISRA, fju
3. Current Status 80% iOS app, 20% Ruby/Rails
4. Scenario
5. I'm looking for a text editor..
6. 1. launch quickly 2. easy to navigate between files 3. and pretty syntax highlight
7. What's Vim?
8. it may look a little old-fashioned
9. but it can also be modern : )
10. So, Why Vim?
11. Keyboard-driven
12. Keyboard is King!
13. and, Why not Vim?
14. tonight, we have 2 Goals..
15. no Mouse
16. no Arrow keys
17. How to Vim?
18. Practice: Install Vim in your machine. http://www.vim.org/download.php
19. .vimrc
20. if you want to use my .vimrc 1. clone from my Github repo 2. cd to cloned repo and execute install script 3. make symbolic link for vim 4. done!
21. https://github.com/kaochenlong/eddie-vim
22. Modes normal, visual, and edit mode
23. Modes Switch: 1. in normal mode, i or a or o to enter insert mode(i = insert, a = append, o = newline) 2. in insert mode, ESC or Ctrl+[ to enter normal mode 3. in normal mode, hit v or V to enter visual mode 4. in visual mode, hit ESC or Ctrl+[ to normal mode
24. ESC or Ctrl + [
26. Practice: launch Vim and switch between normal, visual, and edit mode.
27. Basic
28. ✓:w write to file. ✓:q exit Vim. ✓:tabe create a new tab. ✓gt to switch to next tab, gT to previous tab. (I map gt and gT to F7 and F8 in my vimrc) ✓:new to create a horizontal split window, :vnew or :vs to create a vertical split window.
29. ✓vi -o a.rb b.rb to open those two files at the same time with horizontal split window. ✓vi -O a.rb b.rb same as above, but in vertical split window. ✓vi -p a.rb b.rb to open files with tabs. ✓vi http://www.eddie.com.tw will read the source content into vim directly.
30. Practice: 1. quit Vim, and launch Vim, quite Vim, and launch Vim .. x N 2. open a file with Vim, exit, then open it again, then exit .. x N
31. Vim Text Objects
32. d 3 w = delete 3 words
33. Word: 1. aw - a word 2. iw - inner word
34. Practice: 1. select a word, deselect, and select another word, and deselect.. x N 2. select a word, delete it, select another word, and delete.. X N
35. Sentence: 1. as - a sentence 2. is - inner sentence
36. Practice: 1. select a sentence, deselect, and select another sentence, and deselect.. x N 2. select a sentence, delete it, select another sentence, and delete.. X N
37. Paragraph: 1. ap - a paragraph 2. ip - inner paragraph
38. Practice: 1. select a paragraph, deselect, and select another paragraph, and deselect.. x N 2. select a paragraph, delete it, select another paragraph, and delete.. X N
39. Movement :h movement
40. move cursor with h, j, k and l disable arrow keys if possible
41. ✓w or W to move cursor forward by a word, and b or B is backward. ✓0 to back to the begin of the line, and $ is jump to the end. ✓fx will stop the cursor at the next "x" character in current line, and F is search backward.
42. ✓} will move cursor to next section, { move to last section. ✓vit will visually select content between the tag, while vat will even including the tag. ✓vi" will visually select content between current double quotes. ✓viw will select the current word.
43. ✓gg will move the cursor to the top of the current file, and G will jump to bottom. ✓zz, zb, zt ✓/ search, n can jump to next matched result, and N will jump to last one. ✓* search the word on cursor.
44. Practice: try to move cursor with hjkl keys, not arrow keys.
45. Buffers :ls, :bd, :b3, :b filename, :tab ba
46. Practice: try to open several files, and switch between them with buffer commands.
47. Folding :h folds
48. Basic: - zf to fold selected lines - zd to un-fold selected lines
49. Practice: fold several lines, and unfold them .. x N
50. Editing
51. ✓D to clear all content of current line after the cursor. ✓C like D, but enter insert mode. dG will clear all content after the cursor, dgg will clear all content before the cursor. ✓x remove a character. ✓. to repeat last action. ✓dd to delete whole line, 3dd to delete 3 lines.
52. ✓yy yank the whole line of the cursor. ✓3yy yank 3 lines. ✓p paste content from register, 3p paster content from register for 3 times. ✓= re-format, gg=G re-format whole file.
53. ✓dw, diw to delete the word in the cursor. ✓cw, ciw same as above, but enter insert mode. r to replace current character. ✓J to concatenate current line with next line, 3J will concatenate next 3 lines. ✓> to add indentation, < to remove indentation.
54. Plugins
55. Pathogen nice plugin manager https://github.com/tpope/vim-pathogen
56. NERDTree A tree explorer https://github.com/scrooloose/nerdtree
57. SnipMate code snippets plugin, inspired by TextMate https://github.com/msanders/snipmate.vim
58. ctrlp Fuzzy file, buffer, mru, tag, etc finder https://github.com/kien/ctrlp.vim
59. surround.vim quoting/parenthesizing made simple https://github.com/tpope/vim-surround
60. vim-multiple-cursors Sublime Text style multiple selections for Vim https://github.com/terryma/vim-multiple-cursors
61. powerline the ultimate vim statusline utility https://github.com/Lokaltog/vim-powerline
62. rails.vim Ruby on Rails power tools https://github.com/tpope/vim-rails
63. fugitive a git wrapper for vim https://github.com/tpope/vim-fugitive
64. vimwiki personal wiki for vim https://github.com/vim-scripts/vimwiki
65. ragtag https://github.com/tpope/vim-ragtag
66. Practicing!
67. References
68. http://blog.eddie.com.tw/screencasts/
69. and more practice.. : )
70. Tips
71. in terminal: 1. ctrl + z to stash vim, and type fg to bring it back. 2. ctrl + w to delete a word, ctrl + u to delete a whole line, both work in terminal and vim edit mode. 3. ctrl + r to find history commands fuzzily.