Master the Vim editor and learn how to efficiently work with text files on Linux, Unix, Mac, and Windows
Key Features
- Learn how to use Vim keyboard shortcuts
- Edit plain text files, such as shell scripts and source code files with Vim
- Learn the best practices to use the Vim editor efficiently on various operating systems
Book Description
Do you know that most of the command-line experts use the powerful features of the Vim text editor? Learning Vim on your own can look like a daunting task, but do not worry, this course will help you. With this course, you will not only learn the Vim basics but also grasp the advanced features with ease.
The course starts with an introduction to the Vim editor, explaining its benefits in the real world. Next, you will discover essential navigation commands and the built-in help system to work smoothly with the Vim editor. Moving along, you will learn how to cut, copy, and paste data from one file to another, and move data back and forth between different files.
Next, you will practice search, find, and replace commands, and learn how to edit large blocks of text quickly and easily. Later, you will learn about the visual mode of Vim and grasp the techniques to customize Vim settings as per your preferences. Toward the end, you will view and edit multiple files at the same time using Vim's windowing system and get a chance to explore Vim's graphical user interfaces.
By the end of this course, you will be able to edit text files using the Vim editor and Vim commands.
All the resources for this course are available at: https://github.com/packtpublishing/vim-masterclass
What you will learn
- Enable syntax highlighting for source code and configuration files
- View multiple files at the same time using Vim's windowing system
- Create, save, and replay macros to normalize data
- Enable auto-indentation to quickly clean the source code
- Discover how to use the Graphical User Interface (GUI) version of Vim called gVim
- Create custom shortcuts and personalized key mappings
Who this book is for
Whether you are a system administrator, developer, database administrator, or anyone else who edits files in a command-line environment, this course is for you. When you start the course, you will be able to use the Vim editor almost immediately.
