Deepak adhikari wrote: > I am trying to use this editor, searched stackoverflow.com > <http://stackoverflow.com> (didn't ask though) went to vim.org > <http://vim.org> but very complex operations are explained and found > difficult to grasp. > > just trying to know some basic commands like how to start, exit, > save/writeout , delete some specific lines. Remove BOM form the utf-8 > file(going to the beginning and deleting this bit) > > I seem to not find the basic structure of the commands > > I could see > > "vim [commands] file .. > > > now in commands I am confused, what if I want to merge two commands > together. > > Lacking the information on how to load a file in buffer, as it talks a > lot about it. > How does it generally operates merging commands, writing out, deleting, > combining these commands , > searching some texts from a file. > > yesterday I wanted to use vim, and tried to learn it. > > basically what I exactly wanted is>> > > remove BOM from utf-8 encoded file, remove 2nd line of the text file > which was imported from windows machine. > > > thought it must be simple to use with such a famous/powerful editor but > I am lost in the complexity of its features .... talks about vim, Ex, > vi, command line, visual, so many things to see just to get something done. > > I would like to know if there are any start up guides, for users who > came from nano or some other editors ... > I am not used to editing texts from command line, but now is needed so > wanted to learn. > > hope some of you will not mind to reply me in more simplified manner .. > with some examples ... and in detail ... from starting it to saving it, > and exit (of course) > I hope it is not too much to ask.
I personally recommend Practical Vim: <http://pragprog.com/book/dnvim/practical-vim> Cheers, Phil... -- But masters, remember that I am an ass. Though it be not written down, yet forget not that I am an ass. Wm. Shakespeare - Much Ado About Nothing
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