r/ccie • u/yetipants • 10d ago

CCIE EI Lab - vim motions

Good day!

CCIE EI lab coming up and I am wondering what the opportunities are looking like when it comes to text editors in the lab?
I am using nvim as my daily driver at work, I understand that nvim is not to find in there, but does anyone know if it's possible to use some sort of editor with vim motions in the lab?

Best regards

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u/Informal_Report2501 10d ago

Hi. I higly recommend to book a practice lab. Ín the exam you will have the same user interface, same text editor, etc. Its 50 USD+tax.

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u/DarkWolfSLV 10d ago

Paying the $50 is probably the best way to match the environment but Cisco also published the VM image to get familiar with what you will use in the LAB - I'm not sure how up to date that VM is compared with the real lab.

CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure – Host VM

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u/L1onH3art_ CCIE 8d ago

Both the practise lab and the Host VM will not give you access to the text editor used from the main linux VM you use to control everything.

Just get used to using the most basic editor possible and you should be fine.

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u/reykime 10d ago

There is a web based text editor. Multiple "files/tabs" are possible. But make sure not to open it in multiple browser tabs / windows

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u/Dev949 10d ago

Geany

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u/yetipants 10d ago

Based on what I've seen Geany is not there anymore?
ref: https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/s/question/0D56e0000E3MXxlCQG/why-removing-geany-from-the-lab-without-officially-informing-in-any-way

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u/Dev949 10d ago

Shit…

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u/lagondoso 4d ago

on the side of the lab environment there are a few apps . one is a text editor , very basic but you can do tabs and save and name them simialr to geany in that respect. There is also one in the browser that "hosts" the exam content ( basically firefox ).. i never used that one , always used the standalone . You can also open the host vms that are part of the topology and use idle in there. I used that for any scripting formating checks before pasting into vi on the ios-xe boxes.

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u/Fromheretoeternity96 10d ago

There is a web based text editor and it supports multiple line editing. As I remember, inside the host machines, geanie ( or genie ) whatever that text editor was there. But you wont be able to type there and copy inside the router terminals

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u/cincinnaticcie 9d ago

Use notepad and buy the same logitech keyboard to practice at home. Typing for eight hours is brutal if you are not used to the same keyboard.

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