Try reading the help section on windowing: :help window
Here are some basics:Split to a new file (create a new window) :split [file]
:vsplit [file]
Switch windows C-w [movement-key]
C-w C-w
Resizing windows (w/o mouse) C-w [row-size] _
C-w [col-size] |
Here is a tutorial that has stuff on windows and tabs (if you want) (pdf):http://research.iiit.ac.in/~smr/data/advanced_vim_tutorial.p... This is for Vim, though. I'm not sure if it will work for Vi. > The simple stuff in this "cheatsheet" is stuff anyone other than a complete beginner will use absolutely all the time. Not exactly... Over time, as you memorize commands, you'll gradually become less and less dependent on the cheat sheet. Even so, I doubt that this will work. I started using Vim by learning one or two commands at a time, not a whole bunch at once, and it worked for me. I believe that a beginner would use this cheat sheet as a crutch because the beginner would use it "absolutely all the time." Dumb question, but how do we know exactly if it works or not? It didn't cite any test cases. Did anybody try this? |
With regards this last point though, I don't seem to have expressed myself clearly. My point is that the material covered in this "cheatsheet" page is very, very basic stuff, and if you use vi more than an hour a day then you'll no longer need the cheatsheet within 72 hours. There's little point in having a cheatsheet on the utter basics. Much better to have a cheatsheet on the next level, covering things you only use occasionally, and hence might not remember.
In short, I think we agree.