vi.md

Vim Information

Installing vim

You can download vim from vim.org

On the Debian/Ubuntu Linux installations (including the classroom VMs), you can install vim with the command

sudo apt install vim

On the Fedora/CentOS Linux installations, you can install vim with the command

yum install vim

Tutorials

• Cheet sheets
  • vimsheet.com
  • lagmonster.org
  • fprintf.net
• Tutorial
• VIM AdventuresLearn vim by playing a game
• OpenVim is an interactive Vim tutorial.
• A Vim Guide for Advanced Users

Plugins & settings

• The vimrc file stores your settings. Here is a good introduction
• Another introduction to settings and plugins for vim

Vim & VSCode

• Boost your Coding Fu with VSCode and Vim

Links

• If you have difficulty exiting vi, you aren’t the only one - see How to exit vi on Stack Overflow

ed

Most Unix or Linux installations include vi. But if not, you might be able to use ed.

• Here is a tutorial.
• A discussion of how people used ed