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Welcome! Vim is fast because it has modes. You’ll learn it in 14 lessons of tiny challenges. Start with Intro to modes. It takes about 3 min.

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Lesson 1 of 14

Intro to modes

The one idea that makes Vim click · 5 challenges

iEsc
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01First steps

Modes, movement and getting text in.

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Intro to modes

The one idea that makes Vim click

iEsc
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Moving with h j k l

Home-row arrows

hjkl
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More ways to insert

a, A, I, o and O

aAIoO
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02Getting around

Words, lines, finds and search.

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Word motions

Hop, don’t crawl

wbeW B E
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Line jumps & counts

0, ^, $, gg, G and numbers

0^$ggG
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Find in line

f, t, F, T, ; and ,

f{c}t{c}F T; ,
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Search

/, n and N

/textnN
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03Making changes

Delete, undo, operators and the clipboard.

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Deleting

x, dd and D

xddD
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09

Undo, redo & repeat

u, Ctrl-r and the mighty dot

uCtrl-r.
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10

Operators + motions

The grammar of Vim

d{motion}c{motion}cc
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Yank & put

Copy and paste, Vim style

yyy{motion}pP
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Quick edits

r, ~ and J

r{c}~J
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04Power moves

Text objects and visual selections.

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Text objects

iw, aw, i", i(

iw awi" a"i( a(i{ a{
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Visual mode

Select first, act second

vVo
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Arcade

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Speed run

60 seconds. As many challenges as your fingers can handle.