VIM Advanced Masterclass

Master vim: launch vim or vi, open files, switch among normal, insert, visual, visual line, and visual block modes; use replace and substitute; save, undo, redo, and command line mode.

Master Vim navigation: use hjkl with counts, jump to specific lines, set line numbers (including relative), and position the screen with z commands while moving by words.

Master Vim marks by setting local and global marks, navigating with backtick and apostrophe, and using line numbers and rulers to track positions.

Explain how to jump between changes, empty lines, code blocks, sections, and matching delimiters in vim, using motions like n, N, *, #, %, and the jump list.

Learn how delete equals cut in vim, with clipboard behavior and the black hole register, and master character, word, line, and pattern deletions.

Learn to perform custom selection in vim using visual mode, visual line mode, and the mouse to yank, delete, and paste text across single lines to multi-line blocks.

Master vim yanking to copy lines, ranges, and words using yy, colon ranges, yw and yW, plus visual mode and motions like y$, y0.

Learn how to paste in vim, using p and P to place lines or words before or after the cursor, with counts to repeat pastes for efficient editing.

Master vim text objects for words, sentences, and paragraphs, and accelerate editing with navigation via w and numbers, and operations like dw, cw, dy, das, and y a p.

Explore code blocks defined by curly braces, using inner block and block commands to delete, change, or yank blocks, and master insert mode in the workflow.

Learn to manipulate text inside and around quotes and brackets in Vim, using delete and yank commands for single and double quotes, parentheses, square brackets, and braces.

Explore manipulating HTML and XML tags in vim, including deleting tags with the dat command, changing inner text, and yanking tag content for quick edits.

Master text transformation in Vim by mastering capitalization, lowercasing, and toggling casing with tilde and g u motions for lines, words, sentences, and code blocks.

Master bulk operations in vim using visual block mode to append semicolons to multiple lines, via ctrl-v, end of line, and capital A.

Master Vim arithmetic, including incrementing and decrementing numbers with control a and control x, and evaluating expressions via the expression register in insert mode.

Learn vim folds using the manual fold method, create folds with zf, navigate with zj and zk, and save and restore folds with mk view and load view.

Master vim registers as multiple clipboards to copy and paste across files, using unnamed, named a to z, uppercase, and numbered 1 to 9 registers with yank, delete, and paste.

Explore Vim's default and named registers, including the black hole, asterisk, period, colon, and hash registers, to yank, delete, and navigate text efficiently.

Learn vim find techniques: use F and f for characters, forward slash for words, and n/N to navigate; enable case sensitive or insensitive searches with hlsearch and \c.

Learn vim replace: use lowercase r to replace a single character and uppercase R to enter replace mode, and turn off actual search with set no actual search.

Master vim's substitute command to search and replace text with patterns, including global and case-insensitive options, use line ranges and delimiters, and confirm each change.

Explore how Vim automatically applies syntax highlighting to code files and how to manually set file types with set filetype or set ft to improve readability.

master vim indentations with single and multi-line commands using > and <, visual mode, and line ranges; auto indent with gh, =, and ranges for code blocks to improve readability.

Learn how vim buffers hold file content in memory and how windows display those buffers to edit multiple files, switch between them, and save changes.

Explore how Vim uses buffers and windows to view and edit multiple parts of a file with horizontal and vertical splits, resizing, and window navigation.

Learn to manage multiple files in vim using tabs, including tab edit, tab new, tab close, tab move, and navigation with tab next/previous, plus unsaved change indicators.

Explore splits inside Vim tabs, including vertical splits and multiple files within a single tab. Learn how tab names reflect the active window and switch between windows and tabs.

Learn how to create and replay vim macros to automate repetitive edits, using registers, recording sequences, and executing with at commands across multiple lines.

Edit an existing Vim macro by modifying register A instead of re-recording. Use colon let, control r, and escape characters to tailor the macro, add substitutions, and apply changes.

Learn to perform a macro between two vim windows by recording, deleting lines, inserting content, and pasting across split windows with precise cursor and mode control.

Record a vim macro in register k and run it on all lines that match a search to append the key to each server string.