How to Save a File in Vi / Vim Editor in Linux
It is true that learning Vi/Vim editor – a well-known text editor in the Linux ecosystem, is not as easy as learning Nano or Emacs, as it requires a little effort which is worthwhile.
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How to Install Latest Vim 9.0 in Linux Systems
Vi has been around for a long, developed around 1976, it offered users traditional yet powerful features such as an effective editing interface, terminal control, and many more. However, it lacked certain captivating features
How to Enable Syntax Highlighting in Vi/Vim Editor
One of the easiest ways to boost the readability and context of the text in a configuration file or your source code for various programing languages, is by using a text editor that supports
How to Exit a File in Vi / Vim Editor in Linux
In this article, we will learn how to exit Vi/Vim (after referred to as Vim) text editor using simple commands. In a previous article, we explained a simple tip on how to save a
How to Password Protect a Vim File in Linux
Vim is a popular, feature-rich and highly-extensible text editor for Linux, and one of its special features is support for encrypting text files using various crypto methods with a password. In this article, we
10 Reasons Why You Should Use Vi/Vim Text Editor in Linux
While working with Linux systems, there are several areas where you’ll need to use a text editor including programming/scripting, editing configuration/text files, to mention but a few. There are several remarkable text editors you’ll
How to Make ‘Vim Editor’ as Bash-IDE Using ‘bash-support’ Plugin in Linux
An IDE (Integrated Development Environment) is simply software that offers much-needed programming facilities and components in a single program, to maximize programmer productivity. IDEs put forward a single program in which all development can
spf13-vim – The Ultimate Distribution for Vim Editor
spf13-vim is a cross platform and highly customizable assortment of vim plugins and various resources for Vim, GVim and MacVim. It works in Linux, Windows and MacOS X plus other Unix-like systems, it adheres
8 Interesting ‘Vi/Vim’ Editor Tips and Tricks for Every Linux Administrator – Part 2
In the previous article of this series we reviewed 7 tips and tricks to add to your vi/m skills set. Besides the reasons given previously, learning how to use effectively a text editor in
Learn Useful ‘Vi/Vim’ Editor Tips and Tricks to Enhance Your Skills – Part 1
The need to learn how to use text editors in Linux is indisputable. Every system administrator and engineer deal with configuration (plain text) files on a daily basis, and most times this is done