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To do absolutely basic text editing, you really don't need to learn much at all: i - enter insert mode. ESC - leave insert mode. ZZ - save and quit :q! - quit
by bcrescimanno 13y ago
To do absolutely basic text editing, you really don't need to learn much at all:
i - enter insert mode.
ESC - leave insert mode.
ZZ - save and quit
:q! - quit without saving.
Since, in insert mode, vim basically behaves like a simple notepad, that's really all you need.
FYI, if you want a "simple," notepad like editor for console on linux, check out nano.
http://www.nano-editor.org http://www.nano-editor.org
- lowboy 13y agoI think most people would consider copy/paste and undo/redo to be included in "basic" text editing.
- hackaflocka 13y agoIf the Linux community wants to attract more newbies, they need to come up with an easily "grokked" text editor.
- jlgreco 13y agoThere are plenty... nano/pico/joe if you want to work in the terminal (though who is trying to woo newbies with terminal based text editors?), and gedit/kate/kwrite in the GUI department. The idea that Linux is somehow floundering because only Vi and Emacs exist and those are difficult is absurd. Perhaps the real question is do we want to attract more newbies? Why do we want to attract newbies? If more non-technical users are the solution to our problems, then why is Android (with their legions of newbies) such an absolute shitfest compared to traditional Linux distros?