1 00:00:00,050 --> 00:00:02,060 - [Instructor] I hope by now you are convinced 2 00:00:02,060 --> 00:00:06,010 that Vim is one of the most powerful editors out there. 3 00:00:06,010 --> 00:00:07,090 And I also hope you understand 4 00:00:07,090 --> 00:00:09,080 the internal logic behind Vim's 5 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:12,070 dual editing mode and its commands. 6 00:00:12,070 --> 00:00:15,040 And I'm sure that if you'll give it a bit of practice, 7 00:00:15,040 --> 00:00:18,060 you'll find yourself very productive using Vim. 8 00:00:18,060 --> 00:00:20,070 Vim has much more to offer. 9 00:00:20,070 --> 00:00:22,070 It has a great built-in help system 10 00:00:22,070 --> 00:00:27,030 you can access, :help user. 11 00:00:27,030 --> 00:00:30,020 And you will see all the things that you can ask Vim 12 00:00:30,020 --> 00:00:31,050 about how to move around, 13 00:00:31,050 --> 00:00:33,070 making small changes, setting settings, 14 00:00:33,070 --> 00:00:35,000 et cetera, et cetera. 15 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:38,060 If you go to an topic and hit Control, Right square bracket, 16 00:00:38,060 --> 00:00:40,060 you will jump to that topic. 17 00:00:40,060 --> 00:00:44,070 Once you read enough, you can go back with Control and O. 18 00:00:44,070 --> 00:00:46,060 I think you'll find the tutorial helpful. 19 00:00:46,060 --> 00:00:51,050 From the command line, run vimtutor and hit Enter. 20 00:00:51,050 --> 00:00:53,060 And you will get into the Vim tutorial 21 00:00:53,060 --> 00:00:56,080 that will teach you a lot about how to use Vim. 22 00:00:56,080 --> 00:00:58,090 The community is great and helpful. 23 00:00:58,090 --> 00:01:02,050 And there are even games such as VIM Adventures 24 00:01:02,050 --> 00:01:05,090 that you can play and practice your Vim skills. 25 00:01:05,090 --> 00:01:08,050 There are books, such as A Byte of Vim, 26 00:01:08,050 --> 00:01:10,050 which are freely available. 27 00:01:10,050 --> 00:01:14,040 I personally learn a lot from VimGolf. 28 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:18,040 VimGolf has problems with the Start file and an End file. 29 00:01:18,040 --> 00:01:20,020 And you need to change the Start file 30 00:01:20,020 --> 00:01:21,060 to look like the End file 31 00:01:21,060 --> 00:01:24,040 with the minimal amount of keystrokes. 32 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:26,040 Vim also has a great plugin system 33 00:01:26,040 --> 00:01:28,090 that can extend it in many ways. 34 00:01:28,090 --> 00:01:31,010 From integration with your favorite language 35 00:01:31,010 --> 00:01:34,030 to fancy status bars and other capabilities. 36 00:01:34,030 --> 00:01:37,050 Here's how my Vim looks like when I'm working. 37 00:01:37,050 --> 00:01:39,040 Here I'm editing a Python file. 38 00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:41,050 I already have a warning about the blank line 39 00:01:41,050 --> 00:01:42,090 at the end of the file. 40 00:01:42,090 --> 00:01:45,080 I can do import os. 41 00:01:45,080 --> 00:01:48,060 And I have a warning that I'm not using OS model. 42 00:01:48,060 --> 00:01:52,080 Then I can do files = os.list, 43 00:01:52,080 --> 00:01:55,010 and I'll get an auto-completion 44 00:01:55,010 --> 00:01:57,040 with built-in help on the top. 45 00:01:57,040 --> 00:01:59,020 And once I'm done with that, 46 00:01:59,020 --> 00:02:01,010 I can get rid of the help. 47 00:02:01,010 --> 00:02:03,080 At the bottom, I have a fancy status line 48 00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:05,060 which shows me the current Git branch, 49 00:02:05,060 --> 00:02:07,010 that the file is currently modified 50 00:02:07,010 --> 00:02:09,090 and not saved to disk, and more features. 51 00:02:09,090 --> 00:02:13,020 I also can use the File Explorer 52 00:02:13,020 --> 00:02:16,070 to look for files and close it. 53 00:02:16,070 --> 00:02:21,040 And I can also search for files by name and open them 54 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:22,080 and much, much more. 55 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:26,010 You can find my vimrc in the Exercise Files. 56 00:02:26,010 --> 00:02:30,010 Feel free to reach to me at 353 Solutions, 57 00:02:30,010 --> 00:02:33,000 and I'll gladly help you become a Vim wizard.