Learning how to use HPC infrastructure (part II: Choosing software, editing files, writing scripts)

Writing and editing text files with Vim

17 Oct 2023, 11:15

1h 30m

Maxwell/Shannon (first floor) (Louvain-La-Neuve)

Speaker

Jérôme de Favereau (UCLouvain/IRMP/CP3)

Description

Vim is a very powerful text editor installed on all Unix systems, including Mac OSX, and used by many programs as default text editor. Knowing the basics is crucial on HPC. Mastering it will dramatically speed up tasks like the edition of submition scripts, configuration files, code, ...
Contents: Why use VIM on user interfaces ? VIM modes Movement and action commands Macros Plugins	Prerequisite: Being able to use SSH with private keys
Type: Hands-on Target audience: Everyone Must: This session is a must for anyone.

Presentation materials

example .vimrc file

formation-vim.pdf