vim: find, comment, save and quit

David — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:08:58 +0000

For the last month, I’ve been teaching myself vim. So here’s an explanation for anyone interested in the commands I used for this post.

/fd0
I
#

:wq

Upon opening the file, I used the / command to search for ‘fd0′ in the file. In command mode, you just type a forward slash, and then the characters to search for straight after it. Hit enter, and it’ll give you the first result.

Next up, I want to insert a comment on that line. Because searching left me a few characters from the start of the line–where I want to have the comment–I enter insert mode with a capital I. This puts the cursor at the start of the current line. I then put in my # to comment the line, hit escape to get me back to command mode and then saved and quit the file with :wq.

I’m finding vim a lot friendlier to work with than emacs. It’s not quite TextMate yet, but I’m finding it rewarding learning all these different commands.

GDM Login Screen Resolution Too Big

David — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:06:39 +0000

If you’ve noticed that the login screen for Ubuntu Gutsy (GDM) is too big, and that you can use the mouse to move the screen around, you’ll need to update your xorg.conf file.

sudo gvim /etc/X11/xorg.conf

When gVim opens, type in the following:

/Virtual

Then hit enter. That’ll search the file for the line that we need to comment out. When it’s found, hit i on the keyboard to enter the Insert mode of gVim. Now prepend a # before the Virtual keyword to comment out the entire line.

Hit escape on the keyboard, then type in :wq to save and quit.

Next time you have the login screen in front of you, it should be using the correct screen resolution.

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vim: find, comment, save and quit

GDM Login Screen Resolution Too Big