@kaustavsarkar8732
That joke about putting a noob in vim editor is seriously underrated. I remember my first time trying to exit it xD
@Yasharvl
I've learned a lot just by reading the comments! That's power of the community! :D
@kbgagt
Surprised you didn't mention yy to copy a line p to paste I work with vim every single day, and I use these 1000 times a day.
@NigelAtkinson256
As a full-time vim user of many years - I think this is a great intro. Enough to be useful, and possibly intrigue people to learn more. :-)
@VinayKumar-vu3en
Shortest 8 mins of my life, you just hooked me man!! You're great teacher.
@StruC
What you call "command mode" is "normal mode". Command mode is entered by pressing colon in normal mode
@BitterMonday
This is actually the only video i've watched about vim that actually make me interested in learning vim. Thank you.
@gabrielp8660
its my first time diving into arch. i feel like i am manipulating individual atoms. thanks
@MarkBTomlinson
I first used vi in the early 90's it is one of those tools you either use all the time or you forget all the shortcuts, so thanks for the refresher. One thing you missed is: set nonumber. Always handy to know how to unset something you showed how to set. All the best!
@Liam-bp2rm
That was the perfect amount of knowledge for a novice like me to get started. You sir, know what you're doing. Thank you.
@allanpimble7198
Great! Vim was recommended to me yesterday by the lead developer where I work. (I am not currently employed as a developer, I just befriended this gentleman.) I currently alternate between two of the most popular text editors in my studies, and I will be beginning my studies in a coding boot camp 2 days from now. I am convinced that this will be a valuable tool in my developer's tool box, and your simple <= 9 minute video has helped immensely!
@alfarocaleb1997
you goota be one of the most professional youtube teachers I-ve ever seen. even the videos timeline has the codes to assist. this is gold man, definately spreading the word!
@gohny
My friend told me he'll pay me if I manage to learn Vim. I've never earned so much for watching a 9-minute video. Thanks :D
@dasten123
Small correction: The g-flag on your search-and-replace command stands for "global" "greedy" means something different in regex terms
@ivanko021
you've done a great tutorial! Clear, concise explanation but you've also struck the balance between being useful and getting overwhelming. Keep up the good work!
@timoteostation
Another basics that I recommend: :! <command> - send command to terminal (useful for git stuff and some basic commands, not recommended for interactive commands) :e <directory> - open the netrw file navigator inside vim (you can simply type ":e ." to use it on the current directory) :tabnew - create a new tab :tabedit <filename> - opens a new tab editing a specific file (or you can type ":tabedit ." to use netrw for interective file selection) g, t - switch to the right tab g, T - switch to the left tab Some tricks with split: CTRL + w, arrow (up/down/left/right) - split navigation (when you use :term, NERDTree and another split stuff inside vim, similar to tmux) :term - opens a shell inside vim (neovim and most recent versions of vim, work as a split) CTRL + w, s - create a vertical split (or you can type ":vsp" on normal mode) CTRL + w, v - create a horizontal split (or you can type ":sp" on normal mode) And some of my favorite extensions: :Files - opens a fzf navigation through the current directory (useful for large projects) :VirtualEnvActivate <env-name> - forces vim to use Python from a specific virtualenv (I've tested it with virtualenvwrapper, maybe works with venv too) :VirtualEnvList - list all virtualenvs :VirtualEnvDeactivate - switch back to the default Python from OS For the :Files you need fzf and fzf.vim (both from junegunn on GitHub), and for the VirtualEnv commands you need vim-virtualenv (from jmcantrell on GitHub).
@CoinedBeatz
cut from current line to specified: d <line-number> G replace word from current position cw replace entire word: ciw Replace line from current position: C my most appreciated commands
@kendarr
I've seen this video a couple of months ago and ended up falling back to nano, but I'm once again trying to use this as my main terminal editor, and I gotta say I really enjoy it, thank you for making such a consive video, that's what makes the linux community go forward.
@1rk1n
Insanely useful. I'm in over my head, but now I have an ear above water
@tutoriaLinux