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You definitely picked two examples that fit your theory. I am not sure that fully proves your point though because counter examples: b - move cursor back w -
by somebehemoth 10y ago
You definitely picked two examples that fit your theory. I am not sure that fully proves your point though because counter examples:
b - move cursor back
w - move cursor forward one word
p - paste from buffer
u - undo
etc.
I would not argue vim is intuitive as a whole. However, there are certain parts of vim that are extremely intuitive.
- kartD 10y agoAlso, d: delete c: change y: yank (copy) v: visually select (V for line vs. character) It's also why I added the -ish to my comment (editors can be very polarising), but I feel many of vim's basic editing features are very intuitive Edit: https://danielmiessler.com/study/vim/ https://danielmiessler.com/study/vim/ It's where I learned the command meanings and started to understand vim in a more intuitive manner
- J_Darnley 10y agoDon't forget ctrl-v for column selection.
- akerro 10y agoYou can also do: :10d - to delete line 10 d99d - to delete next 99 lines :10,99d - to delete lines between 10 and 99 :-4,.d - delete from 4 lines above to current line this also works with other commands Anyone fancy playing vimgolf? http://www.vimgolf.com/ http://www.vimgolf.com/
- elcapitan 10y agoi - insert being the obvious one..