# Vim: An Essential Tool for Editing Files

Vim (Vi Improved) is a powerful and flexible text editor used in Unix-like systems. It builds on the original Vi editor with additional features and improvements, including multi-level undo, syntax highlighting, and an extensive set of commands for text manipulation.

Vim operates primarily in three modes:

- Normal (for navigation and manipulation).
- Insert (for editing text).
- Command (for executing commands).

A simple use of Vim to edit a 'example.txt' file would look like this:

```bash
vim example.txt
```

To insert new content, press 'i' for 'insert mode'. After editing, press 'ESC' to go back to 'command mode', and type ':wq' to save and quit.

To learn more, visit this:

Check out this [Github repo](https://github.com/iggredible/Learn-Vim?tab=readme-ov-file) on Vim from basic to advanced.

- [@article@Learn Vim Progressively](https://yannesposito.com/Scratch/en/blog/Learn-Vim-Progressively/)
- [@video@Vim basics](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wACD8WEnImo&list=PLT98CRl2KxKHy4A5N70jMRYAROzzC2a6x&ab_channel=LearnLinuxTV)
- [@article@Platform to practice Vim](https://vim-adventures.com/)
- [@article@Vim Cheat Sheet](https://vim.rtorr.com/)
- [@course@Learn Vimscript The Hard Way](https://learnvimscriptthehardway.stevelosh.com/)