Vim

Learning vim(neovim) from the goat himself, ThePrimeagen.

Vim As Your Editor (1/6): The Basic Vim Movements

• j moving down
• k moving up
• h moving left
• l moving right
• w moving forward of a word
• b moving backward of a word
• “try not to rely on your arrow keys”
• yy yank the line(copy it), store in the register
• p paste the line
• dd delete the line
• u undo the line
• when you want to delete a function, dd + dd + dd isn’t practical
• shift + v visual line mode(highlights the line), in this mode you can use jk or other commands from above. Like y,j,k,h,l and d to delete
• v visual word mode(hightlights where you start), in this mode you can use other commands too
• i insert mode, you can type anything.
• to escape insert mode there is ctrl + c or esc or ctrl + [
• Usually, your bottom corner shows what mode you’re in
• you can combine vim commands together d + w or d + j or d + y
• :w to save file
• note: Practice until you’re comfortable with all of these commands

Vim As Your Editor (2/6): Foundation for Speed(Part 2 here we go)

• o start insert mode in the new line below
• shift + o start insert mode in the new line above
• shift + p paste one line above
• a insert mode at the end of the word
• shift + i insert mode at begining of the line
• shift + a insert mode at end of the the line
• / command mode
  • / + 'function' command mode searching for function
  • n hop next match or shift + n hop backward a match
• * jump to the word next to the cursor in hopping mode
• # another way to hop backward a match
• note: we are starting to get fasttttttttt, keep practicing