Modes

Question 1

Repeats the last change

Answer 1

.

Question 2

Increases indentation until end of line

Answer 2

> G

Question 3

Scans line for a specific character after the cursor

Answer 3

f + char

Question 4

Scans line a specific character before the cursor

Answer 4

F + char

Question 5

Repeat last find forward command

Answer 5

;

Question 6

Repeat last find backwards command

Answer 6

,

Question 7

In one letter,

(1) Delete the character under the cursor
(2) Enter Insert Mode

Answer 7

s

Question 8

Undo a change

Answer 8

u

Question 9

Delete from the cursor’s position to the beginning of a word

Answer 9

db

Question 10

(1) Generally, this is the best way to delete a word

(2) Why so?

Answer 10

(1) daw

(2) This is more repeatable via . than alternatives like dbx and bdw

Question 11

Copy a line

Answer 11

Y or yy

Question 12

(1) Add by one

(2) Add by five

Answer 12

(1)

(2) 5

Question 13

(1) Subtract by one

(2) Subtract by five

Answer 13

(1)

(2) 5

Question 14

Delete three words

Answer 14

3dw or d3w

Question 15

Two ways to delete a single character

Answer 15

x or dl

Question 16

(1) Swap case
(2) Make lowercase
(3) Make uppercase

Answer 16

(1) g~
(2) gu
(3) gU

Question 17

(1) Shift left
(2) Shift right
(3) Autoindent

Answer 17

(1)

(3) =

Question 18

Operator-Pending mode is a state that only accepts __________ commands.

Answer 18

motion

Question 19

List vim’s major modes

Answer 19

Normal
Insert
Visual
Command-Line

Question 20

List vim’s minor modes

Answer 20

Operator-Pending
Select
Insert-Normal

Question 21

Two ways to switch from Insert to Normal Mode

Question 22

Insert-Normal Mode: While in Insert Mode, fire off a single Normal Mode command

Question 23

From Insert Mode, delete

1) back one character (backspace
(2) back one word
(3) back to start of line

Answer 23

(1)
(2)
(3)

Question 24

From Insert Mode, paste text from register X

Answer 24

X

Hence, to paste from register zero, 0

Question 25

From Insert Mode,

(1) Access the expression register
(2) Multiple 8 by 4 with said register

Answer 25

(1) =

(2) =8*4

Question 26

Overwrite text

Answer 26

R

Question 27

Use Virtual Replace mode

Answer 27

gR

This should be preferred to Replace mode whenever possible.

Question 28

(1) Enable character-wise Visual Mode
(2) Enable line-wise Visual Mode
(3) Enable block-wise Visual Mode
(4) Reselect the last visual selection

Answer 28

(1) v
(2) V
(3)
(4) gv

Question 29

In Visual Mode,

go to the other end of the selected text

Answer 29

o

Question 30

In Visual Mode,

select backwards by two words

Answer 30

bb or 2blw

Question 31

In Visual Mode,

(1) Uppercase selected text
(2) lowercase selected text

Answer 31

(1) U

(2) u

Question 32

Use Visual Mode to create a column marked by |

Answer 32

(1) Enter visual block mode
(2) Use j or k to mark off a column
(3) r|

Question 33

Use Visual Mode to convert all the characters in a line to ————

Answer 33

Vr-

Question 34

Using Visual Mode, replace the word “foobar” into a block of text

Answer 34

Use j and k to select the block to be replaced
c
foobar

Question 35

Using Visual-Block mode, append a semi-colon to the following code. The cursor starts on 1.

var foo = 1
var bar = 'a'
var foobar = foo + bar

Answer 35

jj$

A;