VI and vim and how to set default character?

[runeveryday]

today, i begin to learn linux, i think it's a dear diary moment.now i want someone to help me with the following questions.

1,i access my server via secureCRT, when i typed the

vim

in it, it shows

-bash: vim: command not found

. how to install the vim? my linux version is centos.

2, when i typed some chinese characters in VI, it shows unnormal. maybe i should set the default character to UTF-8. but i don't know how to set it.

3,i want to copy a html file code to VI, how do i do?

4,how to create a file. like this?

mkdir filename

?how to rename the file, which i created by VI and had some contents in the file.

many thanks.

[elija]

1:
Try vi instead of vim (it should be installed) but to install depends on your architecture

run the command

yum search vim-enhanced

and then you install what-ever-the-package-name-was; for 64 bit that would be

yum install vim-enhanced.x86_64

if my memory serves

2:
Add

set enc=utf-8

to your .vimrc file

3:
I think Shift + Insert will paste from another program else p will put while in command mode

4:
That will create a directory, try touch instead.

And a clue to the last question... Riddle me this, Riddle me that, if I rename a file, where's the old one at?

(Sorry watched the 1966 Batman movie again last night)