Vim for Muggles™

A two hours workshop on Vim.

Start the editor using the provided script to disable all user plugins and arrow keys.

$ ./startvim.sh

Exercises

Do the exercises in the following order:

• files/moving_the_cursor.txt
• files/dracula.txt (Practice all the movements of the cheatsheet)
• exercises/normal/operator_with_motion/*
• exercises/normal/actions/*
• exercises/normal/operator_with_text_objects/*
• exercises/insert/*
• exercises/visual/*
• exercises/command/*

The Cheatsheet

• Front: Selection of operation commands (open files, move through windows...)
• Back: Actions, operations and motions available, sorted by mode (see bellow)

Modes

Understanding Vim modes is critical for the effective use of the editor.

Normal Mode

• Is the default mode.
• Allows fast movement through the text
• Fast text modification
• Switching to other modes

Insert Mode

• Modify the file inserting new text

Visual Mode

• Select part of the text to operate over it

Command Mode

• Editor basic operation (open, close, write...)
• Bulk editing through ex-commands

License

The cheatsheet is a derivative work of Martin “BruXy” Bruchanov's Vi IMproved cheatsheet with permission of the author.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.