Hdi2u S16

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"