It is a text file editor. Do not expect anything else. It's like notepad, but with functionality. It highlights programming syntax like Notepad ++, but it is also on Mac.
You need to understand the two modes:
- Edit
- Insert
The Insert mode is your ordinary text editor. You can type in this mode. The Edit mode is everything else you do with the text, such as copying and pasting, finding and replacing strings,
You activate Insert mode by pressing -a- and leave it by pressing -esc-.
Here's the function(s) I have been using:
- Delete all blank lines (using regular expressions): :g/^$/d
- Replace character by newline: :%s/,/\n/g
- Alphabetical sorting of text blocks
