Basic gvim commands

How to open gvim?

•On command prompt type:
gvim file_name.file_extension
Insert mode – i
Command mode - Esc
•To save file first press Esc and then press ‘:w’ or ‘:w!’ to over write
•To exit file first press Esc and then press ‘:q’ or ‘:q!’ to quit forcefully
•We can combine w and q, e.g. ‘:wq’ to save and exit

•Exercise:
1.Create a new file with name ‘hello_world.sv’
2.Press ‘i’ to go into insert mode
3.Declare any module
4.Save and exit the file
Other important gvim commands
Command
Esc, *
Press n to select next highlighted char
Press shift + n to select prev highlighted char
Esc, Ctrl + v, up or down arrow to make
selection, shift + I, then give required
number of space, Esc
Esc, :%s/char/new_char/g
Esc, :%s/char/new_char/gc
y – yes, n - no
Esc, :sp(horizontal) or :vsp(vertical)
Esc, :Ex
Use
To highlight particular word
Indentation
Replace all similar char with new char
Replace all similar char with new char one
by one
To open one more file in same window
To open the current directory
Other important gvim commands
Command Use
u undo
Esc, <no of lines> yy (copy), p (paste), 5yy, Copy and paste selected no of lines
10p
Esc, <no of lines> dd Delete the selected no of lines
:tabnew New tab
gg Move to start of the file
Shft+g (G) Move to bottom of the file
Shft+d (D) Delete line from where the pointer is
/search_pattern Search any pattern in gvim
Recording
• >> qa //start recording
• Pressed keys will be remembered by gvim
• Example of deleting ‘;’ at the end of all lines
• >> press key ‘End’
• >> press key ‘delete’
• >> press key ‘down arrow’
• >> q //stop recording
• >> @a //repeat the recorded sequence
• >> 7@a // repeat the same 7 times
• While qa, key a was stored, @a gave result, likewise many key a,b,c… recording can be
done at the same time. >> qd >> @d
Gvim tutor
• On terminal
• >> which gvim
• >> /path/gvimtutor

Next in Gvim – make your own ~/.gvimrc