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- [Instructor] Say you'd like to start a new book.

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I wrote my book Forging Python using Vim.

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Open the terminal and write, vim moby.txt.

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You will start in normal mode.

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Hit i to enter insert mode.

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I, and then you can start writing your great next novel.

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Call me Ishmael.

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You can use the arrow keys to move around,

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hit Enter to move to a new line.

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So the arrow keys, Enter

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and the usual keyboard, including backspace.

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However, insert mode is for inserting text.

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Edits to the text are done in normal mode

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as you'll see in other chapters.

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The idea is that in the creative phase

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you write, you don't care about grammar,

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spelling, choice of words and many other things.

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Just get it out there.

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Then, when you're done with the creative phase,

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you go back and edit.

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Insert mode is for the creative phase.

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Just write text and let it flow.

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Editing is done in normal mode.

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To quit, hit Escape or Control + C

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to get back to normal mode

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and then colon q exclamation mark and Enter.