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Saving is done by entering ":w" and then hitting enter, quitting by ":q" and if you want to save and quit, the two are just concatenated to ":wq" | Saving is done by entering ":w" and then hitting enter, quitting by ":q" and if you want to save and quit, the two are just concatenated to ":wq" | ||
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| + | ==Setting up Vim for coding== | ||
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| + | Add the following to your .vimrc file: | ||
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| + | set tabstop=4 | ||
| + | set shiftwidth=4 | ||
| + | set softtabstop=4 | ||
| + | set smarttab | ||
| + | set smartindent | ||
| + | set expandtab | ||
| + | set autoindent | ||
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| + | If you want Vim to do more while you are coding: | ||
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| + | syntax on | ||
| + | filetype on | ||
| + | filetype plugin on | ||
| + | filetype indent on | ||
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Revision as of 22:35, 26 February 2010
vim is a console-based cross-platform editor, mostly used by Lunix and other Unix users. It can be a very powerful, but also difficult to learn tool.
vim has two modes, an insertion mode that you can access by using the [Ins] key, and the command mode it starts with, which you can get back to with [Esc]
Useful commands
In command mode, the text can be searched by entering a slash and then typing the text one is looking for. If you want to see the next hit of the search, type "n".
Saving is done by entering ":w" and then hitting enter, quitting by ":q" and if you want to save and quit, the two are just concatenated to ":wq"
Setting up Vim for coding
Add the following to your .vimrc file:
set tabstop=4 set shiftwidth=4 set softtabstop=4 set smarttab set smartindent set expandtab set autoindent
If you want Vim to do more while you are coding:
syntax on filetype on filetype plugin on filetype indent on
