How to: VIM

Mt Dewm introduces Vim basics, covering modes, custom regions, folds, highlighting, and hotkeys.

If you have ever played ZORK, an old, classic text-based adventure game, then you know exactly what it is like to use VIM for the first time! This tutorial will teach you how to use the different VIM modes, and how to create your own customized regions, folds, highlighting, and hotkeys. Become a vi-king with these Vi/Vim tips and tricks. If you have been following along in the Hacking 101 course, knowing how to use Vim is going to be a critical skill for the next video in that series... taking and keeping organized notes. Before getting into the specifics with tools and command syntax, you need a clean process for creating pastable commands as you learn and are growing your skillset and your arsenal of tools. Vim is the key to that process... * TIMESTAMPS * - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 00:00 ZORK vs VIM 02:55 Intro 03:43 Walk-On Video 04:02 Why VIM? 04:39 Basic Modes 05:00 Normal Mode 05:31 Insert Mode 06:05 Command Mode 07:18 Common Shortcuts 09:11 Search and Replace 09:42 Pastable Commands 10:32 Creating Regions 13:45 Highlighting 15:33 Folding 17:57 Creating Hotkeys 22:21 Outro * LINKS * - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Vim Subreddit reddit.com/r/vim/ 256 Colors Cheatsheet jonasjacek.github.io/colors/ Mt Dewm Twitch Channel: twitch.tv/mtdewm​ * MUSIC * - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Track: if found - Dead of Night [NCS Release] Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds. Watch: youtu.be/wjCzYyzVdXA​​ Free Download / Stream: ncs.io/DeadofNight​ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Track: GALLIUM - All I Wanna [NCS Release] Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds. Watch: youtu.be/NUUsxM-1sQ0​ Free Download / Stream: ncs.io/AIW - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -