I can not use vim to edit texts

Question

The problem is that when I'm trying to edit text like:

>> vim lab

nothing happens. Can anyone help me?.

Answer 1

in case vim is not installed do:

sudo apt-get vim

if you stilll have issues do:

sudo apt-get install --reinstall vim-gnome vim-gui-common vim-common vim-runtime

from : Repair Vim editor

this fixed some issues I had

Also there are many vim questions around, Google more. There is a lot of support.

vim's website: https://www.vim.org/

Answer 2

You need to enter insert mode before you can actually start editing the document. You can do this by pressing i or a

i

It starts inserting at the current position of the cursor

a

It starts inserting after the current position of the cursor.