Even though I regularly use vim for editing files, so many shortcuts and commands are still unknown. How would one approach this issue without reading the man page? Asking for a friend…
vimtutor is the starting point for learning vim, but it’s fairly surface-level. To actually learn vim, you should read through the user manual by typing :help usr_01 and hitting enter in vim. It’s also accessible online here: https://vimhelp.org/usr_01.txt.html#usr_01.txt.
It’s a fairly quick read, about 40ish pages that are reasonably short and is intended to be read straight through like a book. It provides a good overview of all of vim’s features.
Note: this is distinct from the reference manual, which is much, much larger and isn’t intended to be read straight through.
Even though I regularly use vim for editing files, so many shortcuts and commands are still unknown. How would one approach this issue without reading the man page? Asking for a friend…
$ vimtutor
At first I thought you were joking. But that is actually a command. I’m surprised. Thanks!
No worries. I’ve been using vim for years and still don’t use anything fancier than marks and regex editing. 😄
vimtutoris the starting point for learning vim, but it’s fairly surface-level. To actually learn vim, you should read through the user manual by typing:help usr_01and hitting enter in vim. It’s also accessible online here: https://vimhelp.org/usr_01.txt.html#usr_01.txt.It’s a fairly quick read, about 40ish pages that are reasonably short and is intended to be read straight through like a book. It provides a good overview of all of vim’s features.
Note: this is distinct from the reference manual, which is much, much larger and isn’t intended to be read straight through.
This was very helpful. Thank you for taking some time to share!
It depends on your distro. It could be
sudo apt install emacsorsudo dnf install emacsorsudo pacman -S emacs, etc.Do I look like a toddler to you? I use le
emerge💅