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Everything we have written for the Vim Browser Editor, in one place. Browse the guides and references, follow a step-by-step how-to, or read the policies. New documents show up here automatically as they are added.

Guides & reference

  • A Practical Guide to Vim in the Browser

    Learn Vim's modal editing model from scratch: modes, motions, editing operators, copy/paste, and saving files.

  • Vim Cheat Sheet

    A quick-reference list of every Vim command supported in this editor: modes, movement, editing, copy/paste, and saving.

  • Frequently Asked Questions

    Answers about installation, pricing, accounts, file storage, supported commands, and mobile support.

  • Configuring Your Vimrc

    How to open, edit, and save your editor config: set number, relativenumber, and wrap, persisted to this device and your cloud account.

How-to tutorials

  • How to Exit Vim

    How to quit Vim from the keyboard: :q, :q!, :wq, and ZZ explained, plus how exiting works in the Vim Browser Editor.

  • How to Save a File in Vim

    Save your work in Vim with :w, save and quit with :wq, and save under a new name with :w filename, plus how saving works in the browser editor.

  • How to Copy and Paste in Vim

    Copy (yank) and paste in Vim using yy, yw, p, and P, or by selecting text in Visual mode, all supported in the Vim Browser Editor.

  • How to Delete a Line in Vim

    Delete lines in Vim with dd, remove several at once with a count like 3dd, and delete characters with x, all supported in the Vim Browser Editor.

  • Vim Search and Replace

    Find text in Vim with /, jump between matches with n and N, and replace with :s and :%s, all supported in the Vim Browser Editor.

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