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First Steps with Vim						    [TOC]
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For creating text files you need a text editor. And you are actually free to
use your editor of choice. However, we suggest to use an editor that does not
require a GUI (graphical user interface). Such editors have the advantage that
you can use them efficiently together with `ssh` to create and edit files on
another Unix server.

Quiz 1
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On `theon` the `submit` command can be used to hand in solutions for
programming exercises. The first quiz is just a practise for using `submit`:

- Create a file `quiz01.txt` with the following content:

  ---- CODE (file=session01/quiz01.txt) ----------------------------------------
  hello, world!
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
- If you have created this file on your local machine copy it to `theon`

- On `theon` submit the file `quiz01.txt` with `submit` as follows:

  ---- SHELL (path=session01) --------------------------------------------------
  submit hpc quiz01 quiz01.txt
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Should I use Vim?
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Furthermore, I personally recommend to use this semester as an opportunity to
learn how to use Vim. Like every editor it has some advantages and
disadvantages.

Disadvantages
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It needs some practise to actually use Vim.

Advantages
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When you search the web for "Reasons Why You Should Use Vi/Vim" you will find a
lot. Here is another one: It is the only editor where I can give you any help.
I simply don't know how to use any other editor.


Some Tutorial for vimtutor
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---- VIDEO ------------------------------
https://www.youtube.com/embed/3LbcQP76vS0
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Alternatives to Vim
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On most Unix systems you have an editor called __nano__ which can be used out
of the box.

For German speakers: The __CHAOS COMPUTER CLUB ULM__ organized an __editor
battle__ in which different editors where introduced:

---- VIDEO -------------------------------
https://dortmund.media.ccc.de/contributors/ulm/chaosseminar/201504-editorbattle/cs-201504-editorbattle_video.mp4
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:links: nano -> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_nano
        CHAOS COMPUTER CLUB ULM -> https://www.ulm.ccc.de/
        editor battle -> https://www.ulm.ccc.de/ccc/chaosseminar/2015_04_editoren_battle/