Comprehensive Guide to Learning Vim

Learn vim from scratch

Recently, I organized some materials for learning Vim and summarized them briefly.

1. Vim Adventures

This is an edutainment way of learning Vim, using a game to teach Vim, which is quite unique.

Learn VIM while playing a game - VIM Adventures

2. Vim Cheatsheet

A clear explanation of commonly used commands in one image.

For example:

w Next word

W Next word (skips punctuation)

b Previous word

e End of current word

給程式設計師的Vim入門圖解說明

3. Plugins

3.1 Vim

Installation is done through the plugin manager Vundle,

https://github.com/VundleVim/Vundle.vim

Usage is quite simple:

Launch vim and run :PluginInstall

To install from the command line: vim +PluginInstall +qall

For auto-completion, YouCompleteMe plugin can be used:

GitHub - ycm-core/YouCompleteMe: A code-completion engine for Vim

Additionally, there are UltiSnips, Syntastic, Tabularize

3.2 VSCode

In VSCode, you can search for Vim plugins for installation, and after installation, the usage is similar to Vim on Linux.

4. Ace in the Hole: spf13

Novices might find configuring plugins cumbersome, especially as the number of plugins and themes increases, leading to bloating of the _vimrc file.

Is there a better way? The emergence of spf13 makes this management simple. SPF13-VIM comes pre-configured with various plugins for tasks such as code navigation, syntax highlighting, auto-completion, and version control integration. It is organized very neatly, easy to extend, cross-platform, and easy to install and maintain.

GitHub - spf13/spf13-vim: The ultimate vim distribution

Installation is quite simple, just:

curl http://j.mp/spf13-vim3 -L -o - | sh

Then, you’ll enter the Vim installation process.