1. Basic gvim commands

2. How to open gvim? On command prompt type:
gvim file_name.file_extension
Insert mode – i
Command mode - Esc
To save file first press Esc and then press ‘:w’ or ‘:w!’ to over write
To exit file first press Esc and then press ‘:q’ or ‘:q!’ to quit forcefully
We can combine w and q, e.g. ‘:wq’ to save and exit
Exercise:
Create a new file with name ‘hello_world.sv’
Press ‘i’ to go into insert mode
Declare any module
Save and exit the file

3. Other important gvim commands
Use
Esc, *
Press n to select next highlighted char
Press shift + n to select prev highlighted char
To highlight particular word
Esc, Ctrl + v, up or down arrow to make selection, shift + I, then give required number of space, Esc
Indentation
Esc, :%s/char/new_char/g
Replace all similar char with new char
Esc, :%s/char/new_char/gc
y – yes, n - no
Replace all similar char with new char one by one
Esc, :sp(horizontal) or :vsp(vertical)
Esc, :Ex
To open one more file in same window
To open the current directory

4. Other important gvim commands
Use u
undo
Esc, <no of lines> yy (copy), p (paste), 5yy, 10p
Copy and paste selected no of lines
Esc, <no of lines> dd
Delete the selected no of lines
:tabnew
New tab gg
Move to start of the file
Shft+g (G)
Move to bottom of the file
Shft+d (D)
Delete line from where the pointer is
/search_pattern
Search any pattern in gvim

5. Recording >> qa //start recording
Pressed keys will be remembered by gvim
Example of deleting ‘;’ at the end of all lines
>> press key ‘End’
>> press key ‘delete’
>> press key ‘down arrow’
>> q //stop recording
//repeat the recorded sequence
>> // repeat the same 7 times
While qa, key a was gave result, likewise many key a,b,c… recording can be done at the same time. >> qd

6. Next in Gvim – make your own ~/.gvimrc
Gvim tutor
On terminal
>> which gvim
>> /path/gvimtutor
Next in Gvim – make your own ~/.gvimrc