Getting started with vim, the command line-based text editor | (Best Vim editor tutorial 2019)

This tutorial will walk you through the basics of getting started using vim, a popular and reliable text editor for Unix-based systems, such as Mac OS and Linux.

Vim is a command line text editor found pre-installed. Due to the ubiquity and the longevity of this text editor. It's an extremely useful skill for any developer to know since they will be available pretty much any linx based server. Vim differs from common editors and that it has a variety of operations mode, only one for which is for standard text. The main mode is referred to as normal mode. This mode does not allow input of text but instead contains tons of useful commands that could replace operations that normally have to perform with a mouse. When you first enter Vim, it will be in normal mode. To be able to input text, tap the i key. which will switch vim to input mode. Input mode functions essentially the same as any common editors. Whenever you are unsure about which mode you are in, hit the escape key. One of the first things to learn in vim is navigation. While you can certainly use the arrow key for navigation, there's a far more efficient way to move around. While in normal mode, the H, J, K, and L keys take the arrow keys. The benefit of these keys is that you do not have to move your hand.

Explore a jam packed tutorial to get you started with the Vim editor. This tutorial was made up to date to 2019, for anyone exploring Unix-based systems.

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[FlorianRKlein]

It would help to display what you are typing. There are lots of programs for that.

[FlorianRKlein]

How is "simply hitting the escape key" help me solve situations when I have to undo last changes? It only brings me to command enter mode.

[adriandeveraaa]

very concise. this helped me pick up the essentials to stop using sublime within minutes!