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Vim - the ubiquitous text editor

Write code navigating with keyboard.

Based on the original Unix text editor Vi, which came about in 1976 by Bill Joy.

Vim (Vi improved) followed it in 1991 by Bram Moolenaar.

Vim Modes

Enter Normal mode ESC
Enter Command mode with :

Insert Mode
i before caret
shift + i beginning of line
a after caret
shift + a end of the line
o insert in next line
shift + o insert in line above
Visual Mode
v visual
ctrl + v visual block
shift + v visual line

YANK

  • all inside (, [, or a {: y + i + ( [ {
  • all inside incuding braces: y + i + ( [ {

. repeats any operation done in Normal MOde

CHANGE

  • word: c w + "new word"

DELETE

  • word: d i w
  • sentence: d i s
  • paragraph: d i p

VERTICAL NAVIGATION

  • sentence: ( & )
  • paragraph: { & } (next block of blank line)
  • half-page: ctrl + d/u
  • full-age: ctrl + f/b
  • go to beginning of the page: gg
  • go to end of the page:G

undo - U
redo - ctrl + R

MARK (normal mode)

  • mark-current-position with a: m a
  • jump-to mark-a: ~a
  • toggle last cursor position: ~~
  • go-to last edit position: ~.

SEARCH

  • /pattern (iterate by typing n/N)
  • search for the next word like the current word * (#, backwards)

change in a word

c i w

Then, if I go to any word and click ".", the last operation will run again

Sheetcode

command description
hjkl navigation
I start insert mode at the beginning of line
a insert mode after the word
A insert mode at the end of the line
R replace the selected cursor
:q quit an unmodified file
:q! quit and discard changes
:wq write the changes and quit
x delete character
dd delete line
u undo it
:set number add line numbers
:2 goto line 2
+p paste
:w write/save
:!node hello.js runs a shell command directly from Vim

Setup Vim in VSCode

  • Add extension "vscodevim.vim"

  • Setup key-repeat
    On Google, search for "vscode vim github". Open repository "VSCodeVim/Vim"
    Scroll down to installation section, find your OS, perform the steps.
    Restart VSCode for changes to take effect: >reload
    Caret should be wider.

  • Remap "jh" to "ESC"

" Add a recursive mapping "jh" only to Insert Mode
:inoremap jh <Esc>
" Remove the recursive mapping "jh"
:iunmap jh