Vi - Vim Tutorial. Howto video for the amazing vim editor.

[ennore82]

This is the best introductory video about vi editor i ever watched. thanks a lot for sharing it

[indigomx9]

@ennore82 I totally agree. I learned so much from this video alone. You create a great foundation, thanks a lot for sharing the knowledge! XD

[alreadytakenthe3rd]

I have a problem. When I'm in insert mode, pressing ctrl-[ does nothing.

[caseywise27]

Thanks for posting.

[PubicTheHare]

Awesome tutorial! Vim intimidated me for the longest time, but I knew it was powerful; all the good devs I know swear by it. Now, I can roll with them (kind of). Appreciate it!

[Rocksite1]

I'm truly amazed. Just like a regular text editor, except there are all these extra modes and non-intuitive commands to remember.

[eshm]

Great tutorial.

[BDGregory]

Amazing?!?

Vi and Vim are only amazing in that it's amazing that anyone could thing something this confusing and unintuitive is worth learning when so many better alternatives have been produced in the 20+ years since they were invented.

[ballersack]

@BDGregory

I bet you code in Microsoft Word,

using Comic Sans font

[BDGregory]

@ballersack Mostly I'm using various IDEs which include their own editors or I use 'Programmers File Editor' which used to be available from the Lancaster university website.

[UnoriginalUsername06]

@ballersack Who doesn't code using Comic Sans?

[caseywise27]

@BDGregory As a Java/PHP developer, I remote in to tons of different Windows and unix/linux servers. In the 15 years I've been doing this, I've not seen anything faster/easier to edit code right on a unix/linux server (No FTP/SSH required).  While I agree that it is confusing and unintuitive, I certainly believe that the time/frustration/cursing I've invested in to understanding vi/vim had paid back a hundred, if not, a thousand-fold already.

[bikutorusan]

A better mnemonic for which one of 'o' and 'O' is the one that starts typing _above_ the line, remember that to type capital 'O', you most likely use the Shift key, which often has an upward-pointing arrow as its key icon.

[ncmathsadist]

This is a nice tutorial for beginners. I will link it for my students.

[elastomerasgtri]

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[novicatalasic]

After you tut, I love Vim. :) Thanks!

[madmax10101]

RLY BIG THX for this tutorial :D

[1010kray1010]

Thanks for this, just starting with VIM and found your tutorial to be very instructional, pitched just perfectly and extremely pleasant to watch and listen to. Thanks muchly!

[Foaman]

Edit mode for text-to-speech in Linux, please.

[op4l4]

LOL Hermetika

[geoffreyp100]

you did a great job with this tutorial it was extremely helpful and I have learned a lot from it

[Loeschzwerg87]

Thanks for the tutorial. :) You speak clearly understandable.

And I lerned something I need to know.

[Bitziucci]

hi there!! I have a bit of a problem here... everytime i am on the insert mode and i want to move lets say upwards when i press the up arrow it shows me the word A instead of moving up...so it happens when i press the down arrow the only difference is that when pushing the down arrow it show the word B...why is that and how can i move inside the text while being on the insert mode??

[dggoldst]

@Bitziucci make sure you are using vim and not vi. If it is vim try :set nocompatible (which changes you from vi-compatible mode to vim mode). If that is the problem, you will want to put that in your vimrc file so that it always runs in that mode.

[e5eb14rde]

Very helpful tutorial, many thanks for creating!

[megaxqinjie]

给我一个脚踏板，踩上去就是Esc. Give me a foot board, I would step it with a "ESC" keydown.

[Love4Boobies]

You know a good editor when the developers assign random keys to functions. [/sarcasm]

[BacklTrack]

@Love4Boobies Vi was made to run under certain conditions I think around ~30 yrs ago. I recall a quote by the original developer who said the key combinations just barely worked, so he kept it. I personally prefer emacs though, but vi/m is still a good thing to know.

[EdwR1]

Holy crap, vim seems like such a pain in the ass.

[wconstantine0]

@EdwR1 Well, when you get to know how to work with it, it's very powerful.

[fimeuanltutoriales]

@EdwR1 for me the real pain in the ass is to reach the Ctrl keys with my pinkies and to wait for NetBeans/Eclipse/VisualStudio/­Dreamweaver to load unnecessary tools

[Hermetiqa]

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Thankfully, this virus is easy to remove. For more information, please visit GNUdotORG

[mounerus]

great dude

thanks very much

[AnarchyBefallUs]

Thanks so much! Great video!

My buddy's really into this, and this will help me kick C++ ass! Yeah! :D

[Six2Web]

Great tuto, thanks!

[tashimyu]

This is a great video. Thanks!

[stratmanuk]

Excellent, easy to follow tutorial and just to try it out I'm typing this response using Vim, I've had it on my Ubuntu install for ages and spent moretime trying to decide between Vim and Emacs than actually learning either one. Guess you just swung it! Now, how do I copy this????

[hornerf]

very nice!...simple and direct...exactly what I was looking for in an introduction.

[danielsaan1976]

Because in UNIX vi/vim is often the available/installed editor. if you don't have access to those other editors, what do you do? learn it mate. You'll be doing yourself a favour.

[Nitros8891]

what a noob.....

[gasto5]

Oh yeah, I am a noob, because I don't use a tool that is unintuitive as it can get.

[Nitros8891]

ok thats good....but if you are programmer, you will need many tool

[Autotrope]

Good tutorial. I like to learn it by actually seeing it done rather than trying to memorize a bunch of commands.

[piqantique]

@Autotrope an even better way is to learn by doing, rather than seeing it being done.

You need to make vim "yours": everytime you wonder how to do something, google it, find it, bookmark it, and it's become yours. Then, slowly over time you'll learn an impressive set of commands!

[noob3132]

@Autotrope Then do it yourself. ;-)

[corypollard]

Thanks for a great tutorial and handy tips. I've wanted to learn vi for ages, but was overwhelmed by all the option. This vid takes the edge off.

[Mydrac]

thanks excellent

[faircolor]

Excellent tuturial.

[triplec110h]

badass, i've been using vim on linux for a couple years but now that someone actually showed me how to use it my whole world just changed. you just blew my friggin mind!

[jackatube]

thanks man!