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Buggy: /* Absolute Basics */

2021-01-02T16:00:04Z

Absolute Basics

Buggy at 14:41, 29 December 2020

2020-12-29T14:41:20Z

ScoopGracie at 19:35, 23 March 2020

2020-03-23T19:35:41Z

TommiPirinen: /* Editing Xerox formats in vim */

2018-06-18T22:40:06Z

Editing Xerox formats in vim

Firespeaker: /* Editing Xerox formats in vim */

2016-11-07T19:12:16Z

Editing Xerox formats in vim

Rcrowther at 16:55, 26 September 2016

2016-09-26T16:55:05Z

Firespeaker: /* Editing Xerox formats in vim */

2014-11-22T06:08:21Z

Editing Xerox formats in vim

Unhammer: /* Editing Xerox formats in vim */

2014-09-29T08:51:41Z

Editing Xerox formats in vim

Unhammer at 12:23, 4 March 2014

2014-03-04T12:23:09Z

TommiPirinen: s/HFST/Xerox/g for lexc/twol always

2013-12-22T09:30:53Z

s/HFST/Xerox/g for lexc/twol always

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 https://danielmiessler.com/study/vim/ is a good article for those interesting in learning the more advanced and powerful features of vim.
+You may want to do <code>:syntax enable</code> as well to enable syntax highlighting.
 ==Editing XML (dix, transfer rules) in vim==

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-Vim is a text editor.
+Vim is a powerful modal text editor. It is a very capable tool, but may be overwhelming.
+A tutorial built in to the editor can be opened by running <code>vimtutor</code> from a terminal.
+<code>vimtutor</code> is a great introduction to it, and is enough to get you started.
+==Absolute Basics==
-It edits text.
+Vim starts in 'normal mode', and in order to type any text, you must first switch to 'insert mode'.
+This can be done by pressing <code>i</code>. In 'insert mode', vim behaves like most other text editors and will allow you to type text into the buffer.
-It is a "modal" editor, meaning that you can switch "modes."
+You can leave 'insert mode' and go to 'normal mode' by pressing the <code>Esc</code> key. Here, pressing keys executes commands on the text instead of typing them, for example <code>w</code> to move the cursor forward by a word.
-Vim starts in Command mode. More on this below.
-By pressing 'i', you can switch to Insert mode. In Insert mode, you just move around with the arrow keys or mouse like in a normal editor. To type, well, just type. To get back to Command mode, press Esc.
-==Command mode==
-Vim has literally hundreds of different commands. However, you don't need to be overwhelmed. Just know the following, and you'll be fine for starting out.
+Some essential commands:
 * <code>ZZ</code> - save and exit
 * <code>:open <file></code> - open <file>
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 * <code>:%s/<find>/<replace>/g</code> - find <find> and replace it with <replace>
 * <code>i</code> - switch to Insert mode
+*<code>:h <topic></code> - opens the built-in documentation for a given <topic>
+https://danielmiessler.com/study/vim/ is a good article for those interesting in learning the more advanced and powerful features of vim.
 ==Editing XML (dix, transfer rules) in vim==

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 It edits text.
+It is a "modal" editor, meaning that you can switch "modes."
+Vim starts in Command mode. More on this below.
+By pressing 'i', you can switch to Insert mode. In Insert mode, you just move around with the arrow keys or mouse like in a normal editor. To type, well, just type. To get back to Command mode, press Esc.
+==Command mode==
+Vim has literally hundreds of different commands. However, you don't need to be overwhelmed. Just know the following, and you'll be fine for starting out.
+* <code>ZZ</code> - save and exit
+* <code>:open <file></code> - open <file>
+* <code>:qa!</code> - discard all changes and exit
+* <code>:w</code> - save changes but do not exit
+* <code>:w <file></code> - save as <file> (note that this must be followed by <code>:open <file></code> if future <code>:w</code>s should use <file>)
+* <code>:%s/<find>/<replace>/g</code> - find <find> and replace it with <replace>
+* <code>i</code> - switch to Insert mode
 ==Editing XML (dix, transfer rules) in vim==
-http://www.pinkjuice.com/howto/vimxml/ is a nice guide to editing XML in vim
+http://www.pinkjuice.com/howto/vimxml/ is a nice guide to editing XML in vim.
 ==Editing Xerox formats in vim==

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 Various people have created lexc/twol syntax files for vim:
 * https://github.com/arnsholt/proiel-morphology/tree/master/vim
-* https://github.com/flammie/dotfiles/tree/master/vim/syntax
+* https://github.com/flammie/vim-finitestatemorphology (works with vundle as flammie/vim-finitestatemorphology)
 * https://github.com/jonorthwash/dotfiles/tree/master/vim

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 * https://github.com/jonorthwash/dotfiles/tree/master/vim
+See also [[Apertium-specific conventions for lexc#Syntax highlighting and folding in vim]]
-See also http://wiki.apertium.org/wiki/Apertium-specific_conventions_for_lexc#Syntax_highlighting_in_vim
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