Vim/ta

விம் (வி மேம்படுத்தப்பட்டது) என்பது Article description:: என்னும் உரை திருத்தியை மூலமாக கொண்டு உருவாக்கப்பட்ட உரை திருத்தியாகும். இதை கட்டளை-வரி மூலமாகவோ அல்லது வரைகலைப் பணிச்சூழலுடன் கூடிய செயலி மூலமாகவோ பயன்படுத்தலாம்.

Emerge
X Window System உடைய துணை தேவையில்லை என்றால், ஐ நிறுவவும்:

Gvim
To install Vim with both the ncurses-based interface as well as the graphical interface (for the X Window System - ), install the  package:

Vim-qt
There is also an experimental Qt interface called which can also be installed.

Plugins
The category provides a lot of additional syntax definitions, plugins and other Vim related stuff.

Use or  to get an overview of available packages in the  category:

Files
Vim can be configured on a per-user basis or through a system-wide configuration file:


 * - The system wide (global) settings file.
 * - The user-specific (local) configuration file. The tilde (~) means it is in the user's home directory.

Getting started
Vim has a built-in tutorial which should require around 30 minutes to go through. Start it using the command:

Color schemes
About a dozen color schemes are shipped with the base Vim package. They can be listed in last line mode by typing colorscheme, then pressing either + or pressing the key twice:

They can be changed in Vim by using the (alternatively use ) command while in last line mode:

Color schemes can be permanently applied in the file:

The first line sets the default color scheme while the last line activates the color scheme.

Using Vim like ex or ed from the command line
It is possible to use Vim for one-liners — commands that can be used in scripts or on the command-line to make changes in an unattended manner.

For instance, the following command adds  to the beginning of each line in the  file:

What happens is that Vim interprets the passed on commands (through the  option). The first command is Vim's substitution command (which is very similar to 's), the second one is Vim's instruction to save and exit the editor.

Change file encoding
To change the file encoding of a file to UTF-8, use the following command (in last line mode):

As shown in the previous trick, it is possible to do this from the command line as well:

External resources

 * Vim Documentation Includes Manuals (aka ":help" and Free VIM OPL Book), FAQS, HOWTO's, Tutorials, in HTML PDF, and PS formats.
 * A vim Tutorial and Primer - An excellent vim tutorial/primer. Read this first.
 * VIM Scripts/Plugins
 * Vim for Humans (free ebook) - Clone and into the sources directory,, change   to   for SPHINXBUILD in . Run . Read PDF in.
 * Learning the vi and Vim Editors, 7th Edition O'Reilly  Print ISBN: 978-0-596-52983-3, Ebook ISBN: 978-0-596-15935-1
 * Vim anti-patterns - A blog entry on maintaining flow with Vim.