A Byte of Vim

by Swaroop C.H.

A Byte of Vim is a book which aims to help you to learn how to use the Vim editor (version 7), even if all you know is how to use the computer keyboard.

The first part of this book is meant for new users who want to understand what Vim is and learn how to use it.

The second part of this book is for people who already know how to use Vim and want to learn about features that make Vim so powerful, such as windows and tabs, personal information management, making it a programmer's editor, how to extend Vim with your own plugins, and more.

Genres: Programming, Technology, Reference, Computer Science

100 pages, ebook

First published November 24, 2008

Reviews

[Nuno · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good introduction to Vim. The author exposes the basics required to use the editor on a daily basis in a simple and clear way, providing real world examples.
Slightly more advanced topics such as Scripting and Plugins are also covered, although only on the surface, but always emphasising the use of the help command and Vim's user guide.

[Kartik Singhal · Rating 4 out of 5]

Finished that 30-minute crash course with vimtutor and don't yet know the power of vim?

This small book is your next best step to become an effective vimmer.

One star less only because the book is out of maintenance and one may find many broken links. Also, the formatting of the definitive source (PDF) could be a bit better.

[Sardar · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read this book if you need a little distraction between other more serious works. It will give you knowledge beyond vimtutor and it is overall nice introduction to vim. Once you get some vim experience, you might switch your IntelliJ or VSCode to vim keybindings as it might improve your performance, especially when you are navigating through the code or performing some macro-work.

You will enjoy it better if you don't expect much from the book.

[Masoom · Rating 3 out of 5]

A real bite of Vim!
Looking forward to read more books about Linux !

[Muaad Elsharif · Rating 3 out of 5]

Comprehensive and not too complicated, if I ever adopt VIM as an editor, this shall be my bible.

[Hasanboy Karimjonov · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great introduction to Vim, but there are few confusions and distractions along the way. Lack of deeper content.

[Nicklas · Rating 3 out of 5]

good introduction book for a beginner, but if you are experienced in vim you probably should look elsewhere.
learned some good tricks though

[Riccardo · Rating 4 out of 5]

A brief guide, aimed at people who do not know anything about vi or vim and want to learn how to increase productivity.