OMG!!! First off, THANK YOU so much for the SuperThanks! That's incredibly generous. Second, I'm sorry it took so long for me to reply! I saw when this comment and SuperThanks came in -- but it was DURING last Sunday's livestream, and I thought it was someone IN the livestream. Then I couldn't find who it was to thank. So a week late, thank you so much!
I've run out of ways to cleverly gush my thanks, while not sounding like a broken record. And that is just about the most wonderful problem a person can have, I suspect. Thank you again, my friend. You've made my whole week, once again. And vague-so-as-not-to-compromise-your-privacy -- but that other thing you did was the VERY FIRST ACTUAL TIME SOMEONE DID THAT THING ON THE NEW THING AT THE URL! (Too vague? Hopefully you know what I'm talking about, lol, thanks for that too, I'll get it taken care of today!!!)
Couple other vim shortcuts in Command mode: x to delete, ZZ to write and quit, A to append at end of line, I to insert beginning of line. Any number and x will delete that many characters from cursor. For example 3x will dete the current highlighted character plus the next 2.
I do really love using vim, which I know is odd since I don't "recommend it" to people. The hard part for me is always how deep to dive! Thanks for the additional commands, because yes, it's so powerful.
@@shawnp0wers but not all. i have found some systems that do not alias pico --> nano and I have also sound systems where vi is not aliased to vim and typing vi will get you vi and you have to type vim to get vim. Bust not i am trying to figure out at what version nano changed the text in the "cheat sheet" at the bottom to say ^U is "paste" and not "uncut" I think the most recent version i used was like 2.7.
Hi Shawn, I just discovered your channel and I really like the way you explain things. I've got a little remark regarding the names of the modes in Vim. What you call command mode is actually normal mode. If you type ":" in normal mode, you enter command mode. At least that is how everyone else seems to refer to the modes. I don't know whether or not the names are official.
pico was the first editor (in *nx) that I ever learned because the first email client I ever used was pine (not elm... those who get it, get it). However I quickly learned vi because it's so small and was on just about every *nix system I ever touched, so it was easier to learn one editor versus two (or more). Back then the debate wasn't vim vs nano (or more accurately, vi vs pico since vim and nano weren't around yet), the debate was between vi and emacs. Hard core coders preferred emacs since you could do things like hook assembling, linking and compiling as well as use macros.
When you are in Vi or Vim and you save to that new file name, do you continue to work in the old file or at that point are you working in the new file?
I hope to eventually. I'm trying to build up a catalog from simple to complex. The Linux Essentials is complete, and now we're working on Linux+. I expect to take a few "side trips" into other topics during the lengthy Linux+ rollout. Hopefully something there will be useful. Someday I'll be able to do this full time, but right now I still have a full time day job. :/
I think you are correct. Unless vim isn't installed (like on Ubuntu Desktop, by default) -- then it launches plain old vi. Until you install vim, then "vi" is an alias to vim. Kinda crazy.
I really like VIM and it's very powerful, but I have too many other things to learn right now than to learn and master VIM. Nano it is for me.
For those of us that used to use Edlin, VI wasn't so bad. But nano is the way to go.
Fantastic work as usual Shawn P. You make boring topics interesting!
Thank you! That’s incredibly kind. :)
Thanks for the CompTia Linux+ material, Shawn! Planning on taking the Linux+ certification this year, and these videos have been very helpful. :)
OMG!!! First off, THANK YOU so much for the SuperThanks! That's incredibly generous.
Second, I'm sorry it took so long for me to reply! I saw when this comment and SuperThanks came in -- but it was DURING last Sunday's livestream, and I thought it was someone IN the livestream. Then I couldn't find who it was to thank. So a week late, thank you so much!
As always, thank you so much for the awesome content. 😀
I've run out of ways to cleverly gush my thanks, while not sounding like a broken record. And that is just about the most wonderful problem a person can have, I suspect. Thank you again, my friend. You've made my whole week, once again.
And vague-so-as-not-to-compromise-your-privacy -- but that other thing you did was the VERY FIRST ACTUAL TIME SOMEONE DID THAT THING ON THE NEW THING AT THE URL! (Too vague? Hopefully you know what I'm talking about, lol, thanks for that too, I'll get it taken care of today!!!)
@@shawnp0wers Oh wow! So cool! You made my day!
Couple other vim shortcuts in Command mode:
x to delete, ZZ to write and quit, A to append at end of line, I to insert beginning of line. Any number and x will delete that many characters from cursor. For example 3x will dete the current highlighted character plus the next 2.
I do really love using vim, which I know is odd since I don't "recommend it" to people. The hard part for me is always how deep to dive! Thanks for the additional commands, because yes, it's so powerful.
I am glad i am not the only one that remembers pico (& pine). I use nano almost always but will use vim if i need to open more than one file.
Interestingly, on most systems, typing “pico” will actually open nano, lol!
@@shawnp0wers but not all. i have found some systems that do not alias pico --> nano and I have also sound systems where vi is not aliased to vim and typing vi will get you vi and you have to type vim to get vim. Bust not i am trying to figure out at what version nano changed the text in the "cheat sheet" at the bottom to say ^U is "paste" and not "uncut" I think the most recent version i used was like 2.7.
Hi Shawn, I just discovered your channel and I really like the way you explain things.
I've got a little remark regarding the names of the modes in Vim. What you call command mode is actually normal mode. If you type ":" in normal mode, you enter command mode. At least that is how everyone else seems to refer to the modes. I don't know whether or not the names are official.
great video on vim and nano!
pico was the first editor (in *nx) that I ever learned because the first email client I ever used was pine (not elm... those who get it, get it). However I quickly learned vi because it's so small and was on just about every *nix system I ever touched, so it was easier to learn one editor versus two (or more). Back then the debate wasn't vim vs nano (or more accurately, vi vs pico since vim and nano weren't around yet), the debate was between vi and emacs. Hard core coders preferred emacs since you could do things like hook assembling, linking and compiling as well as use macros.
P.S. Like you said, the arrow keys weren't supported in vi. I still use h-j-k-l to navigate, to this day.
So does my friend Kyle (who recently appeared on my other TH-cam channel) -- I'm a lazy cuss these days and use arrow keys. :D
When you are in Vi or Vim and you save to that new file name, do you continue to work in the old file or at that point are you working in the new file?
You can perform "save and exit" action in vi by simply using :x instead of :wq :-)
Ha! I didn't know that. Cool!
Shawn you're looking 👍
I’m totally taking video on Thursday!
It used to be emacs vs. vi. Now, nano vs. vi?? To me, nano is no-no because I've been using vi for 24+ years.
SAME. My fingers just "think like vim", and the clearly simpler nano is always more difficult for me to navigate!
hey man.. can you plz make more advanced videos on linux or even other tools like ansible docker and stuff??tnx alot
I hope to eventually. I'm trying to build up a catalog from simple to complex. The Linux Essentials is complete, and now we're working on Linux+. I expect to take a few "side trips" into other topics during the lengthy Linux+ rollout. Hopefully something there will be useful.
Someday I'll be able to do this full time, but right now I still have a full time day job. :/
Nowadays even if we explicitly want to use vi it is aliased to vim, not sure though if it applies to all dystros
I think you are correct. Unless vim isn't installed (like on Ubuntu Desktop, by default) -- then it launches plain old vi. Until you install vim, then "vi" is an alias to vim. Kinda crazy.
ed is the standard editor 😁
There is another awesome text editor called micro. which is better than nano :)
Hey Shawn, what bet did you lose?
Is this about the hair? lol -- sad that I'm not sure what absurd aspect of myself you are referring to. Perhaps that says a lot about me. LOL
So much talking, so few valuable info