VI of VIM

searching

For basic searching:

/pattern       - search forward for pattern
?pattern       - search backward
n              - repeat forward search
N              - repeat backward

Some variables you might want to set:

:set ignorecase - case insensitive
:set smartcase  - use case if any caps used 
:set incsearch  - show match as search proceeds
:set hlsearch   - search highlighting

More cool searching tricks:

*               - search for word currently under cursor
g*              - search for partial word under cursor 
                  (repeat with n)
ctrl-o, ctrl-i  - go through jump locations
[I              - show lines with matching word under cursor

Search and replace...

:%s/search_for_this/replace_with_this/    - search whole file and replace
:%s/search_for_this/replace_with_this/c   - confirm each replace

 

text selection

V       - selects entire lines 
v       - selects range of text
ctrl-v  - selects columns
gv      - reselect block

After selecting the text, try d to delete, or y to copy, or :s/match/replace/, or :center, or !sort, or...

Here's one way to move selected text over a few spaces:

 - select a chunk of code using capital V and the arrow keys (or j, k)
 - type colon
 - then type s/^/   /
 - hit return

What you've done is replace the beginning of each selected line (the ^ symbol means "the beginning of the line") with spaces.
PS Dit werkt echter niet in traditionele VI. Gebruik daar

mb : mark beginpunt

y'b : op het eindpunt, hiermee yank je text


handige link http://www.cs.swarthmore.edu/help/vim/home.html