Bash / Shell

vim editor

vim is a general purpose tool that can be used as an Integrated Development Environment (IDE).

The fundamental keys/commands are:

• i for insertion mode followed by <ESC> when finished, :w or :w <name> to save file into disk, and :q to exit vim.
• :e <name> to open a file, :bp and :bn to swap to previous or next buffer, :ls to see buffers' list, and :b2 to swap to buffer 2.
• CTRL-W + v to split window vertically, CTRL-W + s for horizontally, and :ter to open a terminal.

Some other usefull commands:

• To edit a terminal CTRL-W + SHIFT-N followed by i when finished.
• v to enter visual mode, and y to copy highlighted text.
• dd to delete a line, u for undo and p to paste.
• set nu to display lines number, and :2 to go to line 2.
• :Explore to open file explorer.
• :mksession followed by :qa!, then vim -S to restore session.