Linux Text editor vim

About VIM

Vim is a powerful full-screen text editor, which is the most common text editor on Linux/unix, which is used to create, edit, and display text files.

Vim has no menu, only commands

Three modes of VIM: Command mode, insert mode, edit mode

lowercase letters i/a/o from command mode to insert mode

Return from Insert mode to command mode with ESC key

From command mode to edit mode (Find/Set/exit/save, etc.) with ":"

Returning from edit mode to command mode with a carriage return, indicating that the command ends with a return run

Import command execution result: R! Command example: R/etc/issue Import the contents of the file to the current cursor position; r!data Import the current time to the cursor position

Define shortcut keys: Map Shortcut Trigger command example: Map ^p i#<esc> (^p button Ctrl + V ctrl+p) map ^b 0x

Continuous line Comment: n1,n2s/^/#/g n1,n2s/^#//g n1,n2s/^/\/\//g

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To retain VIM configuration for a long time: Edit the./vimrc file in the current user's host directory

Linux Text editor vim