I wrote this because I help a lot of non-technical people with their computers and I want them to be able to use a Vim-encrypted file to store passwords and other secrets. My goal is to be able to point them to articles that will help them do that, for example Infinite Ink’s…
In this article, Vim
means either
terminal Vim (vim)
or
GUI Vim (gvim).
In Vim, you are usually in one of the following modes.
normal mode (also known as command mode)
insert mode
replace mode
visual mode
command-line mode
For people who are new to Vim, this is confusing and often they can’t do anything because they are stuck in normal mode and don’t know any Vim commands.
GVim Easy is a variation of Vim that…
uses a GUI,
starts in insert mode and hides the other modes,
and makes a lot of commands available in menu-bar menus and right-click context menus.
On Windows,
if you
installed gvim with
the
Vim Installer,
do this:
Double click the Windows Desktop icon labeled gVim Easy n.m (where
n.m is something like 8.2)
On any system with gvim installed, run
either of these
at a command line prompt:
evim
gvim -y
If you need to use a command — for example :X — that is not available
in GVim Easy’s menus, you can switch to
normal mode
by doing one of the following.
From the Edit menu, choose Global Settings >
Toggle Insert Mode.
Type Ctrl+l (which is equivalent to Ctrl+L).
Type Ctrl+o (which is equivalent to Ctrl+O).
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To view the
results of the
above three :help
commands,
either
follow
the links
(each of which
go to vimhelp.org)
or
run these commands
within Vim.
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