A Byte of Vim

“A Byte of Vim” is a guide to help you to learn to learn about Vim, the text editor of choice for many programmers. This guide is aimed at people who do not know anything about vi or vim and wish to learn how to become more productive in their writing. It’s available online and as a free pdf download.

Book Description

The first part of this book is meant for new users who want to understand what Vim is and learn how to use it. The second part of this book is for people who already know how to use Vim and want to learn about features that make Vim so powerful, such as windows and tabs, personal information management, making it a programmer’s editor, how to extend Vim with your own plugins, and more.

Table of Contents

• Installation
• First Steps
• Modes
• Typing Skills
• Moving Around
• Help
• Editing Basics
• More Editing
• Multiplicity
• Personal Information Management
• Scripting
• Plugins
• Programmers Editor

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