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The VIsual editor
Tips and tricks
Scroll,
^D scroll down
^U scroll up
Edit several files,
vi *pattern*
write and switch to the next one,
:wn
Substitute,
:%s/lala/lili/
:%s/lala/lili/g
Note. just like with sed
Show all characters,
:set list
With VIM only, convert file to UNIX format,
:set ff=unix
Note. as for DOS format,
:set ff=dos
VIM configuration
Turn the freacking colors off, and disable the damn ~ backup files,
vi ~/.vimrc
like,
cd ~/
ls -l .vimrc
cat > ~/.vimrc <<EOF9
syn off
set nobackup
set nowritebackup
EOF9
VIM specific usage
Select a block of lines,
V
select a block of text,
v
Indent,
>
deindent,
<
Those ones may help too,
set ai tw=74 et sw=4 sts=4:
Disable UTF-8,
set encoding=iso-8859-15
and for good,
filetype on
autocmd FileType html set fileencoding=iso-8859-1
VI versions
Vim Home : http://www.vim.org/
The Traditional Vi : http://ex-vi.sourceforge.net/
Nvi Home : http://www.kotnet.org/~skimo/nvi/devel/
Levee Home : http://www.pell.portland.or.us/~orc/Code/levee/
The One True Editor : http://www.pell.portland.or.us/~orc/Code/vi/
Basics
To enter editing mode,
i insert before
a insert after
A insert end of line
To go back to command mode,
ESC
Cursor
h left
j down (remember: just like J goes down!)
k up
l right
Edit,
x delete
rX replace one caracter by X
ce (de a) replace until the end of the word
c$ replace until the end of the line
Write,
:w filename
:wq
:x
Exit without saving,
:q!
Undo/Redo,
u undo
U redo
References
http://www.csci.csusb.edu/dick/samples/vi.notes.html
(FR) http://www.epons.org/vi.php
http://www.rants.org/ed.html
http://www.ph.unimelb.edu.au/~ssk/vim/insert.html
http://gergap.wordpress.com/2009/05/29/minimal-vimrc-for-cc-developers/
http://lfs.traduc.org/view/blfs-5.1-fr/postlfs/vimrc.html
http://www.jonlee.ca/hacking-vim-the-ultimate-vimrc/