Find Your Vim Proficiency Level!
Are you a Vim newbie or a Vim master? Test your skills with this fun and engaging quiz and find out your Vim proficiency level!
1. What command can you use to determine the Vim features that are enabled at compile time?
:status
:version
:features
:compile
2. In the output of the ':version' command, how are enabled features marked?
With a '+'
With a '-'
With an '='
With a '*'
3. Which Vim function can be used to test for a feature in a script?
exists()
test()
has()
enabled()
4. What is the correct syntax to check if the 'menu' feature is enabled in a Vim script?
if feature('menu')
if enable('menu')
if check('menu')
if has('menu')
5. Can you build Vim without GUI support?
No
Yes
Only on Linux
Only on Windows
6. Which help topic provides more information about configuring Vim during installation?
:help gui
:help compile
:help install
:help build
7. What libraries might cause an 'undefined reference to term_set_winsize' error on Unix systems during Vim compilation?
glibc
termlib, termcap, or ncurses
zlib
pcre
8. If 'gtk-config' is missing and causing issues when trying to configure Vim with GTK 2.x, what should you use instead?
x-config
pkg-config
gtk2-config
gtk-config
9. How do you edit binary files in Vim?
Use the command ':editbinary'
Open the file normally; Vim supports binary editing
You cannot edit binary files in Vim
Use the command ':viewbinary'
10. Which command prevents the 'hit enter to continue' prompt in Vim?
:set noawait
:set loopupdate
:set shortmess+=A
:set noruntime
11. How can you avoid the visual error flash and the error beep in Vim?
:set noerror
:set novisual
:set noflash
:set visualbell
12. What Vim command can be used to run a group of commands on a group of files from the command line?
13. How can you disable the Vim welcome screen?
:set nowelcome
:set noruntime
:set shortmess+=I
:set nointro
14. What does the Ctrl-S key do when pressed in Vim running inside an xterm?
Freezes Vim
Saves the file
Scrolls down
Starts search
15. If you encounter weird screen updates in Vim, which setting could you potentially disable to solve the problem?
term_set_winsize
smoothscroll
autoindent
guioptions
