_           _                 
 | |_ ___  __| |____  ___ _   _ 
 | __/ _ \/ _` |_  / / _ \ | | |
 | ||  __/ (_| |/ / |  __/ |_| |
  \__\___|\__,_/___(_)___|\__,_|

Notes for Vim presentation

• gU Change to upper case
• gu Change to lower case
• ~ Invert case of current character / selection

Topics:

1. modes
   • insert i Also: I,a,A,c
   • normal Also:
   • command :
   • visual v
   • visual line v
   • visual block v
   • replace R
2. grammar & vocabulary
   • nouns (motions) hjkl,0,$,b,w,W,
   • verbs (operators) y,d,c :h operator
   • text objects i+object, a+object
3. Running shell commands and filters
   • ls
   • wc
   • grep
   • awk
4. Problems
   • Cutting and pasting to other applications
   • screen lines vs file lines
5. Examples
   • Motions, sentences, paragraphs, etc.
     • w3m -dump https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_University_Dublin
     • v/Teic d
     • }}}
     • vGd
     • delete citations
     • Forward backward word, sentence, paragraph, first/last line
     • inside / around word, sentence, paragraph
     • wc for word count
     • figlet
   • FizzBuzz
     • figlet
   • Class email list
   • Markdown / pandoc

Things to use

• screenkey
• grep, awk, nl, seq, sort, shuf

References / Reading

YouTube video: Mastering the Vim Language thoughtbot / Chris Toomey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlR5gYd6um0

"Stop the Vim configuration madness" Alex Young You know what improves productivity? Mastering motions and operators.

Stack Overflow post: Your problem with Vim is that you don't grok vi.