__         ___                   __       ___                          
:::::::::/\ \::::::/'___\:::::::::::::::::/\ \:::::/\_ \:::::::::::::::::::::::::
     ____\ \ \/'\ /\ \__/                 \ \ \____\//\ \     ___      __        
::::/',__\\ \ , ( \ \ ,__\:::::::_______:::\ \ '__`\ \ \ \:::/ __`\::/'_ `\::::::
   /\__, `\\ \ \\`\\ \ \_/      /\______\   \ \ \L\ \ \_\ \_/\ \L\ \/\ \L\ \     
:::\/\____/:\ \_\ \_\ \_\:::::::\/______/::::\ \_,__/ /\____\ \____/\ \____ \::::
    \/___/   \/_/\/_/\/_/                     \/___/  \/____/\/___/  \/___L\ \   
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::/\____/:::

a bit of vim

Inspired after my recent comment on pgadey's really good posting 'it is okay to not grok vim' I started to think about a couple of (non vimtutor) vim commands I use. I apologize in advance if the commands I write about here is all to common for you.

In normal mode:

H, M, L
Move the cursor to the top of the screen (H), middle of the screen (M) or bottom of the screen (L). I mostly use the M command to get to the middle of the screen.


n>>
Indent/shift current line and the following n-1 lines to the right. n is the number of lines you whish to indent.
I prefer the >> command instead of doing indentation in visual mode.
The size of an indent is measured in columns (characters) and is set with
:set shiftwidth=n
where n is the number of columns or
set shiftwidth=n in your .vimrc.
To unindent (is that a real word?) one shiftwidth for n number of lines use the
n<<
command.


The built-in help is your friend

:h topic or :help topic


Links:

pgadey's original posting, it is okay to not grok vi
my response, re: it is okay to not grok vim