General Dev>Code Editors

A Vim Guide for Advanced Users

CommunityNews

CommunityNews

A Vim Guide for Advanced Users

Welcome to the third part of this series aimed to help you unleash a power never seen on Earth using the Almighty Vim. If you don’t understand what’s happening in this article, I recommend you to read the previous ones of the series first:

  1. Vim for beginners
  2. Vim for intermediate users

We’ll see together in this article:

  • Some nice keystrokes beginning with g.
  • What ranges are and how to use them.
  • The quickfix list and the location lists.
  • The marvelous substitute command.
  • The crazy useful :global (or :g) command.
  • What marks are and what you can do with them.
  • How to increase and decrease numbers with a single keystroke.
  • How to sort text with a nice command.

This thread was posted by one of our members via one of our news source trackers.

2 comments
/vim#guide/onivim
7 1677 2

Most Liked

davearonson

davearonson

Holy carp, I’ve been using vi[m] for literally decades, decided to read these to see what advanced tips I could glean, and there’s stuff I didn’t know, even in the beginner one!

3
Post #3
luckylittle

luckylittle

This is a good cheat sheet worth printing out:
https://vim.rtorr.com/

2
Post #4

Where Next?

View thread on forum
vim
onivim
guide
Home General Dev>Code Editors
/vim#guide/onivim
7 1677 2
Last post

Popular General Dev topics Top

First poster: bot
General Dev>Code Editors

Tridactyl: A Vim-like interface for Firefox
github.com
/vim#firefox
0 1289 0
New
AstonJ
General Dev>Code Editors

Poll: Which code editor do you use?
You might be thinking we should just ask who’s not using VSCode :joy: however there are some new additions in the space that might give V...
#community#polls/vim/emacs#code-editors/vscode#notepad/sublime-text#atom/textmate#codespaces#brackets/onivim#geany
121 5796 61
New
AstonJ
General Dev>Code Editors

Onivim 2 Code Editor
Thanks to @foxtrottwist’s and @Tomas’s posts in this thread: Poll: Which code editor do you use? I bought Onivim! :nerd_face: https://on...
#code-editors/onivim/revery
88 6144 32
New
First poster: bot
General Dev>Code Editors

The values of Emacs, the Neovim revolution, and the VSCode gorilla
In 2018 Bryan Cantrill gave a brilliant talk where he shared his recent experiences with the Rust programming language. More profoundly, ...
murilopereira.com
/vim/emacs/vscode/neovim
2 1957 0
New
First poster: bot
General Dev>Code Editors

Amp: Vi-like terminal editor written in Rust
Feature Packed Everything you need to get started without any configuration. A completely usable editor, right out of the box. Text-base...
amp.rs
/rust#terminal
2 1337 0
New
First poster: iPaul
General Dev>Code Editors

Learn Vim Progressively
TL;DR: You want to teach yourself vim (the best text editor known to human kind) in the fastest way possible. This is my way of doing it....
yannesposito.com
/vim
2 1622 2
New
First poster: bot
General Dev>Code Editors

Emacs is Superman
Once, there was a civilization (the Lisp Machine world) a lot like ours, but more advanced, with greater powers (like symbolic computatio...
wiki.c2.com
/emacs
2 1463 0
New
CommunityNews
General Dev>Code Editors

Vim is actually worth it
This is neither an in-depth article about advanced vim features nor is it an ideology-inducing primer on why the oh-so-powerful god of ed...
alexfertel.hashnode.dev
/vim
6 1251 1
New
Maartz
General Dev>Code Editors

Is Onivim a good candidate for Elixir development?
Is Onivim a good candidate for Elixir development ? For the moment I use, based on my mood – I guess, a combination of VSCode and LunarV...
#elixr
10 1498 3
New
First poster: malloryerik
General Dev>Code Editors

Lapce – Lightning-fast and Powerful Code Editor
A modern open source code editor in Rust Native GUI and Rust powered performance, we as developers know what you need for an essential to...
lapce.dev
#code
31 3012 8
New

Other popular topics Top

AstonJ
Science/Tech>Tech Chat

What are you watching?
Or looking forward to? :nerd_face:
#community
498 13326 269
New
Exadra37
Linux>Questions

AMD or Intel for Programming with Linux as the OS?
I am thinking in building or buy a desktop computer for programing, both professionally and on my free time, and my choice of OS is Linux...
#mobile#android#web-development#linux#desktop-computer#mobile-development
36 6006 10
New
brentjanderson
General Dev>Hardware

Moonlander Keyboard (Mechanical) (Ergonomic) (Split) (Ortholinear)
Bought the Moonlander mechanical keyboard. Cherry Brown MX switches. Arms and wrists have been hurting enough that it’s time I did someth...
#hardware/keyboards#moonlander#mechanical-keyboards#ortholinear#ergonomic
212 17779 90
New
PragmaticBookshelf
Data Science

Genetic Algorithms in Elixir
From finance to artificial intelligence, genetic algorithms are a powerful tool with a wide array of applications. But you don't need an ...
#pragprog#ai/elixir#published-book/book-genetic-algorithms-in-elixir
25 5243 6
New
AstonJ
General Dev>Hardware

Custom keyboard keycaps
There’s a whole world of custom keycaps out there that I didn’t know existed! Check out all of our Keycaps threads here: https://forum....
#hardware/keyboards#keycaps#mechanical-keyboards
15 11086 19
New
AstonJ
General Dev>Code Editors

Onivim 2 Code Editor
Thanks to @foxtrottwist’s and @Tomas’s posts in this thread: Poll: Which code editor do you use? I bought Onivim! :nerd_face: https://on...
#code-editors/onivim/revery
88 6144 32
New
PragmaticBookshelf
Backend>Learning Resources

Agile Web Development with Rails 7
Rails 7 completely redefines what it means to produce fantastic user experiences and provides a way to achieve all the benefits of single...
pragprog.com
#pragprog#web-development/ruby/rails#published-book/book-agile-web-development-with-rails-7
32 6600 9
New
husaindevelop
Android>Questions

Clipboard readtext not working in android webview
Inside our android webview app, we are trying to paste the copied content from another app eg (notes) using navigator.clipboard.readtext ...
#android#clipboard
1 5651 0
New
DevotionGeo
General Dev>Questions

Do you prefer regular mechanical keyboards or low profile mechanical keyboards and why?
I have always used antique keyboards like Cherry MX 1800 or Cherry MX 8100 and almost always have modified the switches in some way, like...
/keyboards#mechanical-keyboards
27 3877 9
New
PragmaticBookshelf
Backend>Learning Resources

Ash Framework
Explore the power of Ash Framework by modeling and building the domain for a real-world web application. Rebecca Le @sevenseacat and ...
pragprog.com
#pragprog/elixir#published-book/ash/book-ash-framework
15 7555 9
New
Back to top

Sponsor Spotlight

Manning

Develop your skills with books, videos, and courses.

Latest in Vim

Vim Portal ❯

Latest in Onivim

Onivim Portal ❯

General Dev>Code Editors

General Dev Code Editors ❯

Latest on Devtalk

Devtalk ❯

We ❤️ helpful members!

We reward our most helpful members via our MOTM scheme - by giving away a whopping 25 books per year!

Member of the Month

Devtalk Sponsors

Pragmatic Bookshelf

Practical resources that improve the lives of professional developers.

Erlang Solutions

We build trusted fault-tolerant systems that scale to billions of users.

Honeybadger

Real-time error tracking, performance insights, and observability for devs.

EEF

Supporting innovation across the BEAM ecosystem.

coders51

We build reliable cloud platforms for business-critical systems.

Manning Publications

Develop your skills with books, videos, and courses.

AppSignal

Catch errors, track performance, monitor hosts and more.

WyeWorks

Enabling companies to succeed by building software people love.

Pragmatic Studio

Courses that move you from confusion to "Aha, now I get it!"

Linux New Media

Publishing Linux Magazine, ADMIN, and MakerSpace for 25+ years.

View all our sponsors ❯

Categories:

Sub Categories:

Popular Portals

Devtalk Sponsors

Pragmatic Bookshelf

Practical resources that improve the lives of professional developers.

Erlang Solutions

We build trusted fault-tolerant systems that scale to billions of users.

Honeybadger

Real-time error tracking, performance insights, and observability for devs.

EEF

Supporting innovation across the BEAM ecosystem.

coders51

We build reliable cloud platforms for business-critical systems.

Manning Publications

Develop your skills with books, videos, and courses.

AppSignal

Catch errors, track performance, monitor hosts and more.

WyeWorks

Enabling companies to succeed by building software people love.

Pragmatic Studio

Courses that move you from confusion to "Aha, now I get it!"

Linux New Media

Publishing Linux Magazine, ADMIN, and MakerSpace for 25+ years.

View all our sponsors ❯

We're in Beta

About us Mission Statement See our Roadmap