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Add the following to your .vimrc file: | Add the following to your .vimrc file: | ||
| − | set tabstop=4 | + | set tabstop=4 |
| − | set shiftwidth=4 | + | set shiftwidth=4 |
| − | set softtabstop=4 | + | set softtabstop=4 |
| − | set smarttab | + | set smarttab |
| − | set smartindent | + | set smartindent |
| − | set expandtab | + | set expandtab |
| − | set autoindent | + | set autoindent |
If you want Vim to do more while you are coding: | If you want Vim to do more while you are coding: | ||
| − | syntax on | + | syntax on |
| − | filetype on | + | filetype on |
| − | filetype plugin on | + | filetype plugin on |
| − | filetype indent on | + | filetype indent on |
[[Category: Editors]] | [[Category: Editors]] | ||
Revision as of 22:36, 26 February 2010
vim is a console-based cross-platform editor, mostly used by Lunix and other Unix users. It can be a very powerful, but also difficult to learn tool.
vim has two modes, an insertion mode that you can access by using the [Ins] key, and the command mode it starts with, which you can get back to with [Esc]
Useful commands
In command mode, the text can be searched by entering a slash and then typing the text one is looking for. If you want to see the next hit of the search, type "n".
Saving is done by entering ":w" and then hitting enter, quitting by ":q" and if you want to save and quit, the two are just concatenated to ":wq"
Setting up Vim for coding
Add the following to your .vimrc file:
set tabstop=4 set shiftwidth=4 set softtabstop=4 set smarttab set smartindent set expandtab set autoindent
If you want Vim to do more while you are coding:
syntax on filetype on filetype plugin on filetype indent on
