VIMEditorCommands

Vimisaneditortocreateoreditatextfile.
Therearetwomodesinvim.Oneisthecommandmodeandanotheristheinsertmode.
Inthecommandmode,usercanmovearoundthefile,deletetext,etc.
Intheinsertmode,usercaninserttext.
Changingmodefromonetoanother
Fromcommandmodetoinsertmodetypea/A/i/I/o/O(seedetailsbelow)
FrominsertmodetocommandmodetypeEsc(escapekey)
SomeusefulcommandsforVIM
TextEntryCommands(Usedtostarttextentry)
aAppendtextfollowingcurrentcursorposition
AAppendtexttotheendofcurrentline
iInserttextbeforethecurrentcursorposition
IInserttextatthebeginningofthecursorline
oOpenupanewlinefollowingthecurrentlineandaddtextthere
OOpenupanewlineinfrontofthecurrentlineandaddtextthere

Thefollowingcommandsareusedonlyinthecommandsmode.
CursorMovementCommands
hMovesthecursoronecharactertotheleft
lMovesthecursoronecharactertotheright
kMovesthecursoruponeline
jMovesthecursordownoneline
nGor:nCursorgoestothespecified(n)line
(ex.10Ggoestoline10)
^F(CTRlF)Forwardscreenful
^BBackwardscreenful
^fOnepageforward
^bOnepagebackward
^UUphalfscreenful

^DDownhalfscreenful
$Movecursortotheendofcurrentline
0(zero)Movecursortothebeginningofcurrentline
wForwardoneword
bBackwardoneword
ExitCommands
:wqWritefiletodiskandquittheeditor
:q!Quit(nowarning)
:qQuit(awarningisprintedifamodifiedfilehasnotbeensaved)
ZZSaveworkspaceandquittheeditor(sameas:wq)
:10,25wtemp
writelines10through25intofilenamedtemp.Ofcourse,otherline
numberscanbeused.(Use:ftofindoutthelinenumbersyouwant.

TextDeletionCommands
xDeletecharacter
dwDeletewordfromcursoron
dbDeletewordbackward
ddDeleteline
d$Deletetoendofline
d^(dcaret,notCTRLd)Deletetobeginningofline
Yank(hasmostoftheoptionsofdelete)VI'scopycommmand
yyyankcurrentline
y$yanktoendofcurrentlinefromcursor
ywyankfromcursortoendofcurrentword
5yyyank,forexample,5lines
Paste(usedafterdeleteoryanktorecoverlines.)
ppastebelowcursor
Ppasteabovecursor
"2ppastefrombuffer2(thereare9)
uUndolastchange
URestoreline

JJoinnextlinedowntotheendofthecurrentline
FileManipulationCommands
:wWriteworkspacetooriginalfile
:wfileWriteworkspacetonamedfile
:efileStarteditinganewfile
:rfileReadcontentsofafiletotheworkspace
Tocreateapagebreak,whileintheinsertmode,presstheCTRLkey
Andl.^Lwillappearinyourtextandwillcausetheprintertostart
Anewpage.

OtherUsefulCommands
Mostcommandscanberepeatedntimesbytypinganumber,n,before
thecommand.Forexample10ddmeansdelete10lines.
.Repeatlastcommand
cwChangecurrentwordtoanewword
rReplaceonecharacteratthecursorposition
RBeginoverstrikeorreplacemodeuseESCkeytoexit
:/patternSearchforwardforthepattern
:?patternSearchbackwardforthepattern
n(usedaftereitherofthe2searchcommandsaboveto
continuetofindnextoccurrenceofthepattern.
:g/pat1/s//pat2/greplaceeveryoccurrenceofpattern1(pat1)with
pat2
Example:g/tIO/s//Ada.Text_IO/g
ThiswillfindandreplacetIObyAda.text_IOeverywhereinthefile.
:g/a/s///greplacethelettera,byblank
:g/a/s///greplaceabynothing
note:Eventhiscommandbeundonebyu

Examples

OpeningaNewFile
Step1typevimfilename(createafilenamedfilename)
Step2typei(switchtoinsertmode)
Step3entertext(enteryourAdaprogram)
Step4hitEsckey(switchbacktocommandmode)
Step5type:wq(writefileandexitvim)

EditingtheExistingFile
Step1typevimfilename(edittheexistingfilenamedfilename)
Step2movearoundthefileusingh/j/k/lkeyoranyappropriatecommand
hMovesthecursoronecharactertotheleft
lMovesthecursoronecharactertotheright
kMovesthecursoruponeline
jMovesthecursordownoneline
nGor:nCursorgoestothespecified(n)line
(ex.10Ggoestoline10)

Step3editrequiredtext(replaceordeleteorinsert)
Step4hitEsckey(exitfrominsertmodeifyouinsertorreplacetext)
Step5type:wq