windows10 install vim editor

When we are doing git operations, many text editing tasks will open Vimthe editor by default for operations.
Vimis a highly configurable text editor designed to make creating and changing any type of text very efficient. Most UNIX systems and Apple OS X include it as an editor vi, and you are used to the editor in Linux . If you need to edit files in the cmd terminal of Windows , you need to install the Windows version separately .VimVim

1. Installation

1. Open PowerShell

There are many ways to open PowerShell, the following are the ways:

• You can open PowerShell here by pressing shift+ on the desktop or in a blank space of the folder .鼠标右键
  
• You can switch to edit mode in the address bar at the head of the folder, then enter powershelland press Enter
  
• You can press the key combination Win+ Renter powershelland press Enter to open Powershell.
  

2. Download+Install

Enter the following command in PowerShell , and the installer will automatically start after the download is complete

wget -o gvim90.exe https://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/vim/pc/gvim90.exe ; ./gvim90.exe

The installation process will be completed by default in the next step.

3. use

Just enter the command in powershell: vim, it will automatically switch to the vim editor.

Two, common commands

1. Basic commands

Here are some basic Vim commands:

• i: Insert text at the current cursor position.
• x: Delete the character at the current cursor position.
• :w:save document.
• :q: Exit the Vim editor.
• :q!: Force quit the Vim editor without saving the file.
• :wq: Save the file and exit the Vim editor.

2. Cursor movement command

Moving the cursor is a common operation when editing text. The following are some commonly used cursor movement commands:

• h: Move the cursor one character to the left.
• j: Move the cursor down one line.
• k: Move the cursor up one line.
• l: Move the cursor one character to the right.
• w: Move the cursor to the beginning of the next word.
• e: Move the cursor to the end of the current word.
• b: Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous word.
• 0: Move the cursor to the beginning of the current line.
• $: Move the cursor to the end of the current line.
• G: Move the cursor to the end of the file.
• gg: Move the cursor to the beginning of the file.
• /<pattern>: Search downward <pattern>.

3. Text editing commands

Vim has a wealth of text editing commands, the following are some commonly used commands:

• dd: Delete the current line.
• yy: Copy the current line.
• p: Paste the copied or deleted text.
• u: Undo the last operation.
• Ctrl-r: Redo the last operation.
• r: Replace the character at the current cursor position.
• c: Delete the text from the current cursor position to the specified position and enter the insert mode.
• v: Enter visual mode and select text.
• :s/<old>/<new>/g<old>: Replace the current line with <new>.
• :%s/<old>/<new>/g: Replace throughout the file <old>with <new>.

4. Insert mode command

In insert mode, you can enter text. The following are some commonly used commands in insert mode:

• Esc: Exit Insert mode.
• Ctrl-h: Delete the character to the left of the cursor.
• Ctrl-w: Delete the word to the left of the cursor.
• Ctrl-u: Delete all text in the current line.
• Ctrl-a: Insert text to the beginning of the line.
• Ctrl-e: Insert text to the end of the line.
• Ctrl-t: Insert a tab character.

5. Macro commands

A macro is a method of recording and executing multiple sequences of operations repeatedly. Here are some macro commands:

• qa: start recording the macro and store it in register a.
• q: Stop recording the macro.
• @a: Execute the macro stored in register a.
• @@: Repeat the last executed macro.

6. Split screen command

Vim can display files in split screens in windows. Here are some split screen commands:

• :sp: Horizontally split the current window.
• :vsp: Split the current window vertically.
• Ctrl-w h: Move the cursor to the left window.
• Ctrl-w j: Move the cursor to the lower window.
• Ctrl-w k: Move the cursor to the upper window.
• Ctrl-w l: Move the cursor to the right window.
• Ctrl-w +: Increase the height of the current window.
• Ctrl-w -: Decrease the height of the current window.

7. Multi-file editing command

In Vim, you can edit multiple files. Here are some multi-file editing commands:

• :e <filename>: Open the specified file.
• :tabnew <filename>: Open the specified file in a new tab.
• :tabnext: Switch to the next tab.
• :tabprev: Switch to the previous tab.
• :tabclose: Close the current tab.

8. Other commands

Here are some other commonly used Vim commands:

• :set number: Display the line number.
• :set nonumber: Hide line numbers.
• :set expandtab: Use spaces instead of tabs.
• :set tabstop=4: Set the tab width to 4 characters.
• :set hlsearch: Highlight the search result.
• :set nohlsearch: Cancels highlighting of search results.
• :set background=dark: Sets the background to a dark color.
• :set background=light: Set the background to a bright color.