How to use vim in the terminal?

Question

How does one setup and start using vim in the terminal on OS X?

I want to start writing my C code using vim in the terminal rather than a separate text editor. How d

Answer 1

if you want to open all your .cpp files with one command, and have the window split in as many tiles as opened files, you can use:

vim -o $(find name ".cpp")

if you want to include a template in the place you are, you can use:

:r ~/myHeaderTemplate 

will import the file "myHeaderTemplate in the place the cursor was before starting the command.

you can conversely select visually some code and save it to a file

1. select visually,
2. add w ~/myPartialfile.txt

when you select visualy, after type ":" in order to enter a command, you'll see "'<,'>" appear after the ":"

'<,'>w ~/myfile $

^ if you add "~/myfile" to the command, the selected part of the file will be saved to myfile.

if you're editing a file an want to copy it :

:saveas newFileWithNewName