Notes on playing with VIM

"Mouse can never survive under the mighty VIM."

Three steps to learn how to use VIM:

i.   do never touch your mouse

ii.  memorize the key mapping in your mind

        iii. forget about the key mapping

Part I:  Basic Cursor Movement

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k     up

hl    =>  left    right

j  down

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w=>move the cursor to the first letter of the next word

e=>move the cursor to the last  letter of the next word

b=>move the cursor to the first letter of the previous word

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^=>move the cursor to the first non-blank of the current line

0=>move the cursor to the first position of the current line

$=>move the cursor to the last  position of the current line

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gg=>move the cursor to the beginning of the file

G=>move the cursor to the end of the file

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f(x)=>find the first character of (x) after    the cursor

F(x)=>find the first character of (x) before the cursor

Notice: the score () is only a gesture used for explaining down below. No need to type in VIM.

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Ctrl + e => roll down for one line

Ctrl + y => roll up      for one line

Ctrl + d => roll down for half a screen

Ctrl + u => roll up      for half a screen

Ctrl + f => roll down for a whole screen

Ctrl + b => roll up      for a whole screen

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Part II:  File Editting

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y(x)=>copy from the cursor to the position (x)