I’ve noticed that people older than me have always known just a few more vi commands than I do.
I’m in my 40s, so clearly I know about 4:
Writes and quits (I consider these variants of the same thing):
:w
:q
:q!
:wq
ZZ
See the line numbers:
:set number
Delete everything from top to bottom (must be at top, easily remembered by mumbling duck, duck, duck, GOOSE):
:dddG
Search for a string:
/
And that’s probably it. I think I used to know how to cut a line and paste a line, but I’d have to look it up to be 100% correct on the syntax.
Anyone in their 50s or 60s care to add to this dazzlingly long list of inadequacy? Not looking for a cheat sheet or the man page :-p
My friend is giving away some free copies of his book for learning vim, it’s been super helpful for me. First come first serve
https://leanpub.com/deliberatevim/c/p1cPq3Bb9