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Baz) words: Fora graphical vi/vim tutorial & more ti before a yank/paste/del command (Sipboard (3) duplicate operator to act on current tine ‘ Ga acheteine, > indent ine) to save & quit, ZQ to quit w/o saving Visual mode: ‘Move around and type operator to act on selected region (vim only), scroll cursor to top, bottom, zz: center top of file (vim only f open file under cursor (vim only) to_www.viemu.com home of ViEmu, vi/vim emulation for Mierosoft Visual Studiovi/vim lesson 1 - basic editing JG) EI are vi/vim cursor keys - use them as they are much closer than regular eursor keys Use I}to enter insert mode, cursor turns from a block into a vertical ine, and you can type in text. Use [Ese] to return to normal mode. Use ix]to delete the current character, or[] to delete the one to thelen Use [i] to go insert text at the end of the line (wherever you are in theline!) ote: insert mode is actually very similar to a regular editor, you ean use ‘eursor/navigation keys, backspace, delete.) wales | _|_ lashes! belivherh ot [BJto undo the last action traditional vihas a single level, while vim Supports unlimited undo (CTRL.-[Rlvo redo) [D]iumps directly to the beginning ofthe ine, [iJto the end, snd [ato the first non-blank tomove slong words’. A‘word’ isn sequence ofall Alphanumericor punctuation signs: GUESS] Bas]] BS] ‘Use [HIB] to move along WORDs. A "WORD is a sequence of any non blank characters EE] BET Uae (R] to enter insert mode with an overstrike cursor, which types over existing characters. [Elia|and press enter to save, E[qJand enter to qui. \__Forthe rest of the tutorial & a full cheat sheet, go to www.viemu.com - home of ViEmu, vi/vim emulation for Microsoft Visual Studio| 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 followed by another key, moves the cursor to the next instance of that character on the current line, [BI does the same backward: Wand [1] do the same, but they stop right before the character. [dldelete), followed, by any motion deletes the text between the cursor and that motion’s destination [iJ], Hichange) does the same, but leaves you in insert mode. ‘Some motions, such as[]] and [J] are linewise - deletion includes the full start/end lines. [repeats the last editing action: text input, delete or change, ete. Prepend a count to any command/motion to repeat it that number ‘oftimes: Hz [iilto delete up to the second word. HMlz]e] > |to delete up to but not including the second comma. “2[i | repeats the text after you press (Esc) to finish the input session. or MIM) to operate on the current line. Only in vim, ]enters visual mode. Move around with motions, the be highlighted. Press an operator to operate on that selection. enters visual-tines mode — like [¥], but selecting whole li Repeat operator ( CTRL-Z] selects rectangular blocks. For the rest of the tutorial & a full cheat sheet, go to www.viemmu.com - home of ViEmu, vi/vim emulation for Microsoft Visual Studiomal | [tpi _| Extras followed by any motion to ‘yank’ (copy), Jand an [B]-[z] character before any yank/delete/paste command an oe. einewi chooses a register. to paste alter (fcharwise tothe right, fnew, below). ar sen ‘An [A]- Z] register before yank/delete means “append-copy”. to paste before ss BZ IB copies the current ine [Jor[*[]select the system clipboard [also works in visual mode. ‘Text deleted with HI], ZL... is also copied! 'Glenters insert mode in a new empty line below the eurrent on ‘Dj dves the same above the current line. For the rest of the tutorial & a full cheat sheet, go to www.viemuu.com - home of ViEmu, vi/vim emulation for Mierosoft Visual StudioSpal os vi/vim lesson 4 - searching [ents] eget ne input Basics: Extras: [lis the basic search motion ~ type the text you are searching for | ‘The following very useful motions work only in vim: fter the slash, and then press return. Being a motion, you can use | [searches forward for the next instance of the identifier under this after an operator, or in visual mode. the cursor IB] does the same, backwards, [Baoes the same backwards. In] repeats the last search inthe same direction, I] repeat Hleneverse direction Be careful, because the search target is interpreted as a regular ‘expression: a°b means one or more ‘a's followed by ab’, “abe means ‘abe’ at the beginning of a line, [o-o] looks for the next digit, et For the rest of the tutorial & a full cheat sheet, go to www.viemuu.com - home of ViEmu, vi/vim emulation for Mierosoft Visual Studiopbs vi/vim lesson 5 - marks & macros act icoocaetee (Cos esis tropa zl i ‘Macros: mal Use [qlfollowed by an [a] -[z] character to start recording, ise [afterwards to stop recording, [@ltollowed by a character replays that macro. [Gla to repeat the last macro played. Marks: Use Hi followed by an i] -[Z]eharacter to set a mark. followed by a character to go to that mark Use lil and a character to go to the first non-blank in that line. [Bl refers to the position of the last modification. For the rest of the tutorial & a full cheat sheet, go to www.viemuu.com - home of ViEmu, vi/vim emulation for Mierosoft Visual Studioirae Cae ae pee =o ona Ana i [39] jumps between matching pairs of (4), ‘[, Tete. [lana DB] jump to the beginning/end of the current sentence. [HMI JL] jump directly to the top/middle/bottom of the screen. Eland Bl jump to the previous/next empty line. 1G) jumps to the end of the file, or to the line # typed before it. ED jumps to the previous {' in column o. E/E jump to the previous/next line. LIED jumps to the next’ in column 0. not technically a motion, jumps to the help for the word under ‘the cursor: vim help, man page under unix, ete. For the rest of the tutorial & a full cheat sheet, go to www.viemuu.com - home of ViEmu, vi/ emulation for Microsoft Visual Studiovi/vim lesson various commands fel | [joins the current line with the next one, or all the lines in the current visual selection, LE] followed by any character replaces the current character with that one. [Wiis shorthand for[Z][B], changes to end of line. [DJis shorthand for UI], deletes to end of line. [Wis shorthand for i] J, yanks the whole Tine, Bldeletes the character under the cursor and enters insert mode. [S| clears the current ine and enters insert mode. motion to indent one or more lines. Janda motion to unindent. land a motion to reformat a range of text. All of them work in visual mode, or can be repeated ( to operate on the currentline. Bete...) [El toggles the case of the character under the cursor. Now go grab the full cheat sheet and learn the rest Start with [I]/a| Eland [#]. Piece of cake! 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