Hdi2u S16
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Getting by in only normal mode
- movement keys, "w" jump via start of words; "e" jump via ends; "fc" jump to next c
- "0" for start of line, "A" for end of line and into insert mode
- "x" delete current character, "xp" switch positions of current and next character
- "yyp" copy current line and paste it underneath
- "dd" delete line, "2d" delete this and following two lines. "dgg" delete to start, "dG" delete to end
- "dw" delete current word
- Command: Activated by ":", sub-box at the bottom open, rich command language
- Visual: Activated by "v" or "V" (visual block), sub-box at the bottom open, rich command language
Advanced but really useful commands
- ":colorscheme desert" chang to the desert colour scheme, "morning" "delek" many others
-
:%s/\(sn\)oo\(ze\)/\1ee\2/gc
change all instance of snooze to sneeze
-
:%s/snooze/sneeze/gc
also works
-
:g/sneeze/d delete all lines without sneeze"
-
:v/sneeze/d delete all lines with sneeze"
- ":42y[RET]p" paste line 42
- "d214G" delete to line 214
- "y214G" delete to line 214
Exercises
- Use vim to open multiseqs_1.blastx
vim multiseqs_1.blastx
- Type
:set list
, what extra are you seeing?
- Type
:set nu
what extra are you seeing?
- Create a file-listing by:
ls * > my.list
- use
v/multiple/d
to delete verything that doesn't say "multiple"