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I purchased the course but was disappointed that it doesn't go much beyond the basics. For example, there is no tutorial on the dot (.) command, which is one of
by ahussain 6y ago
I purchased the course but was disappointed that it doesn't go much beyond the basics. For example, there is no tutorial on the dot (.) command, which is one of the main productivity hacks for vim users.
There's also no mention of the slash '/' command, moving to a particular line number with 'Shift-G', 'dw' for deleting words, or any number of things that are essential to know if you want to use vim effectively.
- cassepipe 6y agoThanks for the feedback
- arthurcolle 6y agoWhat does the dot command do?
- flaviuspopan 6y agoRepeats the same command previously run. So if you used 'ci"' for (change text in quotes) and entered a new string, you can jump to a new line and hit . to replay your last series of commands.
- arthurcolle 6y agoI only ever made it to running searches within vim with forward slash, but thanks this is useful to know. I love only using the keyboard but can never easily internalize all the useful macros that can be used.
- max_entropy 6y agoThank you for informing us. If the course doesn't even cover the dot and dw movements then I'll avoid it.