In other words, you actually write text to a file in the insert mode of Vim editor. Visual mode Vim is a text editor designed around a terminal interface (computer mice did not exist back in the days), so you cannot use your mouse to select/highlight text. That is why we have a V...
Using a vim “color scheme” Specifying a colorscheme in your vimrc file What vim color schemes are installed? More: Manual vi/vim color control In an earlier vim color configuration tutorial I described how to have fine-grained control of your vim color settings. In this article I’ll tak...
Sure. When using vimsyntax highlighting, a common complaint is that the default color scheme is a little too bold. In this article I'll try to demonstrate how you can change the colors in vim to be a little more pleasing, or at least be more in your control. Note:This tutorial is ab...
The following text explains how to undo changes in Vim. Undo Last Change To undo changes made in the last Vim entry, useu,:u, or:undo. For instance, the following text has five lines, each created in a separate entry. To undo changes, switch to normal mode by pressingEsc. Next, rem...
11. Open Vim. 12. Access the command mode by pressing theEscapekey and typing: 13. Run the following and press Enter: colorscheme gruvboxCopy Vim changes color according to the new scheme. Note that the change lasts only during the current session. ...
1. Change the Current Character to Uppercase To switch the case of the current character to uppercase use tilde (~) only if the character is in lowercase. The ~ key is used to toggle the case in Vim. The term current character refers to the character that is currently under the cursor...
Once that is done, type the :PlugInstall command to install the plugin. You might need to re-open Vim for the change to take effect. Now, you can simply press the <Tab> key to get Vim's auto-complete suggestions. Following is a demonstration: IDE-like auto-completion Before you dive...
Vim cheat sheet Welcome to the world of open source! You can find tons of great Vim themes on GitHub, and you can access many of them throughVimcolors.com. Some of these themes change not only the color of your code or syntax but also the background color. ...
Need to change the case of characters to all caps or all lowercase? This is easily done using Vim. This guide will show you how to change the case of characters in Vim. tl;dr Toggle “Hello” to “hELLO” withg~. Uppercase “Hello” to “HELLO” withgU. Lowercase “Hello” to “...
There are two ways to change the system locale by through modifying the “/etc/locale.conf” configuration file or using a new command “localect” which is newly added in centos 7 or RHEL 7 operating system. Edit “/etc/locale.conf” file using “vim” command and search “LANG” line...