Before you do

• Navigate to an empty directory (create your own). We will be doing a bit of editing.

• Ensure you have no vim rc active.

  • If you are using vim, rename ~/.vimrc -> ~/.vimrc2
  • If you are using nvim, rename ~/.config/nvim/init.vim -> ~/.config/nvim/init.vim2

Exercises

We will be using curl to grab a few exercises throughout this class. Here is an example.

Note

Notice that i name the downloaded file then && vim name

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ThePrimeagen/vim-fundamentals/master/course-website/lessons/exercise-0-hjkl-x.md > exercise.md && vim exercise.md

One more thing before we start

We are going to start from when Adam met Eve. So if you have some experience you can probably skip the next couple sections. There is always valuable information that may not know, but it may not be worth the time.

When I started, vim motions were chief most important, not vim itself. This course will reverse that. Vim will be the spot light, motions will actually take a backseat. I will show you what is available though.

Lets open vim!

So you are in an empty directory, lets do this! Simply type vim and press enter. (Ensure you have no vim rc)

> vim

• What are you thoughts?
• What are things you expected to see?