Enough Vim to Be Dangerous

Tips for the beginner Vim user

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What Is Vim?

Vim is the de facto text editor for Linux. It can be thought of as the equivalent of Notepad for Windows or TextEdit for Mac. While some developers use Vim regularly for development, most will use it as a utility to make small changes to text files on a remote server.

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