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Gvim is a GUI version of the Vim text editor that provides command mode for editing text efficiently. It has several modes like command mode (accessed with ESC) for entering commands and insert mode (accessed with i) for inserting text. Some key features and commands include syntax highlighting, splitting windows horizontally and vertically, navigating and editing text with commands like j, k, h, l, and searching/replacing text. Gvim allows efficient editing of files on Windows and Linux operating systems using Vim commands.

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Gvim Keys

Gvim is a GUI version of the Vim text editor that provides command mode for editing text efficiently. It has several modes like command mode (accessed with ESC) for entering commands and insert mode (accessed with i) for inserting text. Some key features and commands include syntax highlighting, splitting windows horizontally and vertically, navigating and editing text with commands like j, k, h, l, and searching/replacing text. Gvim allows efficient editing of files on Windows and Linux operating systems using Vim commands.

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Why Gvim?

- Editor(writes)

- We find it less difficult

Different editors
- Notepad ++
- Visual studio code
- Atom
- Word , ect
- GVim -? Focus?
- Sublime

Windows : GVIM
LINUX : VIM

WHy GVIM?
- Because of commanding ability (Linux commands support)
- Work flow is easy(commands)
- Fast and effective(Commands)
- Time saving (commands)

Number of modes:
1. Escape mode (ESC) : Command
2. Insert mode (Shift+I or i) : Insert word/sentences

Set Line number


: se nu or :set nu
To remove line numbers
: set nu : se nonu

Don't set line number


: se nonu
: set nonu

Syntax highlight
: syntax on
// Few of the commands will applicable to only Linux OS and few will be applicable
to WIndows OS
Linux OS
: setf verilog
: setf vera

Syntax lowlight (Off)


: syntax off

Open file
: vspl (Vertical split)
: spl (Horizontal split)

Save
: w
Save all(Only when multiple files needs to be saved)
: wa

Quit
: q
Quit all
: qa

File is saved or not?


Check + sign on top or at the bottom of the file

Save & quit


: wq

Save & quit all


: wqa

Quit without save


:q!

Don't save but quit all


: wqa!

Quit without saving all files


: qa!

New tab
: tabnew file.extension

Click on O -> to go to next line

How to get suggestions while typing


- Ctrl+P => P

Switching between files


- Ctrl+W => W , Right arrow , Left arrow (vspl)
- Ctrl+W => W, Up/Down (spl)

: vspl .
-> . Current directory

-> List of files in the present directory


: vspl CTRL+D

Navigation
gg -> first line of the file
G -> Last line of the file

kajohl

g -> small case


G -> Upper case
k - up
j - down
h - left
l - right

To point to the specific line number


: line_number
Ex : 50

10 line up
10k
10 lines down
10j
10 words left
10h
10 word right
10l

All windows size should be equal


- Ctrl+W,=

Maximize /Minimize a screen in vertical split


- Ctrl+W,number,Shift+< or Shift+>
Ex : Ctrl+W100> , Ctrl+W100<

word movement
w - move one word forward
nw - move n words forwards
b - move one word backward
nb - move n words backward

Copy
yy - one line copy
nyy - n lines copy

Paste
p - Paste once
np - Paste n times

Delete
dd - delete one line
ndd - delete n lines

Undo operation
u

Redo operation
Ctrl + R

Select all lines in a file


ggVG

Select all lines in a file and copy


ggVGy

Select all lines in a file and delete


ggVGd

dG -> delete the lines from wherever you are till the end
dgg -> delete the lines from wherever you are till the top
:lower_range,upper_rangey
:lower_range,upper_ranged

yG -> copy from wherever you are till the end


ygg -> copy from wherever you are till the top

Replace
r - one char replace
nr - n char's replace
Change word
cw - one word change
ncw - n word's change

Dot - Record's the operation from one ESC to another ESC


.

Search and Replace


: r1,r2s/pattern_to_search/pattern_to_replace/ -
: r1,r2s/pattern_to_search/pattern_to_replace/g - Global

:%s/pattern-to_search/pattern_to_replace/
:%s/pattern-to_search/pattern_to_replace/g

Turn off hightlight


: noh

Lower case to upper case


Shift+V,Shift+U

Upper to Lower
Shift+V , u

Select one line


Shift+V (Visual line)

Select block of lines


Ctrl+V (Visual block)

Change line
Shift+V -> Select line
c - change the line

To comment all lines at a time


Ctrl+V , Shift+G , Insert Backslash , ESC
Ctrl+V , Line_number , Shift+G , Insert anything ,ESC

Search
/pattern_to_search
?pattern-to_search
type Shift+8
n - searches down
Shift+N - searches up

To open file which is included within the files


-> CTRL+W+F

:vspl Ctrl+D

0 : Goes to the first word in a line


^ : first non-white char in a line
$ ; End of the current line
% : Searches paranthesis
e : End of the current word
:se ic -> identical characters
: se noic - non-identical characters

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