It may not be true that most humans only use 10% of their brains, but it’s definitely true that most programmers who use vi or Vim only use about one tenth of the power of those editors. This tutorial explores some of the lesser-known but amazingly useful features of Vim.
Topics covered include:
- basic and advanced navigation
- smart search modes
- text and filename autocompletion
- extended regex syntax
- understanding and using the numerous input modes
- handy configuration options
- using registers and register persistence
- the text folding mechanism
- building your own editing commands
- active highlighting techniques
- maps, abbreviations, macros, and other short-cuts
- calling other tools from Vim
- safeguarding and recovering your work
1-day or 2-day seminar
Anyone who uses (or would like to use) the Vim text editor.