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Gvim Commands

Gvim is a graphical text editor used for editing Verilog, System Verilog, and UVM code, offering more flexibility than other text editors. It features screen splitting, customizable settings via a vimrc file, and two modes: escape and insert, each with specific commands for navigation and editing. Additionally, it supports command line arguments for file management and has a visual block mode for selecting and updating text.

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Gvim Commands

Gvim is a graphical text editor used for editing Verilog, System Verilog, and UVM code, offering more flexibility than other text editors. It features screen splitting, customizable settings via a vimrc file, and two modes: escape and insert, each with specific commands for navigation and editing. Additionally, it supports command line arguments for file management and has a visual block mode for selecting and updating text.

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--> Gvim <--

o gvim --> Graphical vi text editor.


o it is used for text editing
o in gvim only we are implementing the verilog, System Verilog & UVM Coding
part.
o already we have diff diff text editors notepad,notepad++,.. etc
o it is more flexibility than other text ediors.

--> Key features of Gvim.


-> we can split the screen into three types
o vertical split
cmd:- :vspl filename.extension
o horizontal split
cmd:- :spl filename.extension
o tabnew
cmd:- :tabnew filename.extension

--> Gvim Vimrc update:-


o vimrc means root configuration file
o cmd:- ~/.vimrc
set hlsearch
set incsearch
set number
set showmode
set autoindent
set tabstop=4
set syntax=ON
set nocompatible
set backspace=indent,eol,start
set guifont=Consolas:h17
syntax on
:
--> GVim Has two modes:-
i. escape mode
ii. insert mode

--> i. Esacpe Mode commads:-


--> cursor is in thick black.
o h :- move the cursor to the left <--
o j :- move the cursor to the down
o k :- move the cursor to up
o l :- move the cursor to right -->
o w :- move the cursor to nxt word starting.
o b :- move to the cursor to the prev word starting.
o 0 :- move the cursor to the starting/begining of the current line
o $ :- move the cursor to the ending of the current line
o gg :- it move the cursor to the stating/1st line of the text document
o G :- it move the cursor to the last_line of the text document
o r :- replace the single character
o R :- replace the multiple characters
o yy :- copy the single line
o p :- paste the line below the cursor
o P :- paste the line above the cursor
o 5yy :- copy the the 5 lines
o 5p :- print/paste for 5 times
o dd :- delete the single line
o D :- from the cursor it will delete end of the line
o u :- undo the latest changes
o ctrl+r :- redo the latest changes
o ctrl+f :-move the cursor forward
o ctrl+b :- move the cursor to backward
o ctrl+a :- increment the number
o ctrl+x :- decrement the number
o ggVG :- select the entire document

--> ii. Insert mode commads:-


--> cursor is in thin black.
o i :- insert the text before the cursor
o I :- insert the text starting of the current line
o a :- insert the text after the cursor
o A :- insert the text end of the current line
o o :- insert a new line bleow the current line
o O :- insert a new line above the current line
o s :- delete a single character under the cursor
o cc :- delete the entire line & moves to insert mode
o cw :- delete the single word
o c$ :- it will delete from the cursor to till end of the line

//--> Command line arguments


o :w :- save a single text doc/single file
o :wa :- save multiple file at a time/save all files
o :q :- quit the file
o :q! :- quit the file recurssively(quit without svae the file).
o :vspl filename.extension
o :spl filename.extension
o :tabnew filename.extension
o :20 :-move the cursor to the 20th line
o for substution
CMD:- 0,$s/old_name/new_name/g
0 :- from the starting or 0th line
$ :- upto last line of the text documnet
s :- search & substution
old_name :- which word u need to change
new_name :- which word u need to update
g :- globally
gc :- globally selected positions only
o /word or ? :- to search a word or chracters.

--> Visual block mode


o press ctrl+v it will enter into the visual block mode
o select where we need to do update by using page up,down,left & right
arrows.
o press "c" to change to the update
o now write wht we need to update.
o finally press "Esc" button to apply the changes

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