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Edit

• replace current file with new file: :e path/to/file

• undo: u

• redo: ctrl r

• increment/decrement number: CTRL A, CTRL X

• change case: ~

• change case of full word: viw~

• join two lines: J

• fix line indent: ==

• indent/unindent block (vis m): >/</5<

• open new line after/before current: o/O

• replace the char that the cursor is over: r

  • ie rb will change the current char to a b

• cut:

  • cut the rest of the line and enter insert m: C
  • cut until end of word: ce
  • cut current line: cc || S
  • cut current char and switch to insert m: s

• copy:

  • from curr cursor position to line ending: y$
  • whole line: yy
  • current word: yw
  • current word: bye
  • from cursor to beginning of line (norm m): v0
  • copy to Mac OS X clipboard: visually select text(type v or V in normal mode) and type :w !pbcopy
    • copy the whole file :%w !pbcopy
    • paste from the clipboard :r !pbpaste

• paste

  • creating a new line under cursor: p
  • creating a new line above the cursor: P
  • when pasting large amount of text from mac clipboard to linux vim: :set paste will help with special characters

• deleting

  • everything after the cursor (normal m): D or $d
  • everything before cursor until end of line (normal m): d0
  • delete line (normal m): dd
  • delete a word:
    • backword (insert m): ctrl+w
    • word under the cursor: daw
    • word under the cursor, then enter insert mode: caw
    • next word after cursor (normal m): dw
    • diw will delete the entire word without touching whitespace around it
  • delete 4 lines: 4dd
  • delete 3 chars: 3x
  • cut everything between:
    • {}: ci{
    • (): ci(

• commenting

  • ctrl+v (visual block mode)
  • select lines you want
  • Shift+i (capital I)
  • insert the text you want, i.e. #
  • esc
  • (might take a couple seconds)

Visual

• select by moving cursor: v
• select whole lines: V
• select blocks: ctrl+v
• move cursor to other side after selection (can toggle): o

SHORTCUTS

Some operator-motion commands are used so often that they have been given a single letter command:

x  stands for  dl  (delete character under the cursor)
X  stands for  dh  (delete character left of the cursor)
D  stands for  d$  (delete to end of the line)
C  stands for  c$  (change to end of the line)
s  stands for  cl  (change one character)
S  stands for  cc  (change a whole line)

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Search

• search for string (normal m): /foo
  • next: n
  • prev: N
  • next 5th result: 5n
• search and replace (normal m):
  • all matches: :%s/find this str/replacewiththis/g
    • confirm all matches: :%s/find this str/replacewiththis/gc
    • ignore case: :%s/find this str/replacewiththis/gi
  • on specific lines: :56,59s/foo/bar/g
• search for word under cursor: * || #
• to ignore case place \c anywhere in pattern
• to force case matching place \C anywhere in pattern
• http://vimregex.com/
• to turn off highlighting until next search: :noh

Move

• end of line (normal m): $
• end of line then enter insert mode: A
• beginning of line (normal m): 0
• beginning of line where text begins (normal m): ^
• beginning of line then enter insert mode: I
• page down (norm m): ctrl-f
• page up (norm m): ctrl-b
• go to line: :222
• current screen:
  • top: H
  • middle: M
  • bottom: L
• jump to next paragraph: { && }
• to next word: w
• to next space-separated word: W
• beginning/end of current word: b/e
• beginning/end of space-separated word: B/E
• beginning/end of file: gg/G
• last edited line: '.
• last edited position: g;
• move to char first instance of "x": fx
  • works for any char
• move to next matching {, [ or (: %

Tree View

• netrw
  • to enter netrw: vim, :E or :Explore
  • toggle diff tree views: i
  • to be able to toggle whats inside a folder without entering: echo "let g:netrw_liststyle=3" >> ~/.vimrc
  • list o commands:
    • create new dir: d
    • create and open new file: %
    • delete dir or file: D
    • rename a file: R
    • open a file in horizontal split: o
    • open a file in vertical split: v

Tabs

• new tab (normal m): :tabe path/to/file
• next tab (normal m): :tabn
• prev tab (normal m): :tabp
• first tab: :tabfir || :tabfirst
• last tab: :tablast
• save and close a tab (normal m): ZZ || :wq (they do the same)
• open multiple file in tabs: vim -p path/to/first/file path/to/another
• list all current buffers: :ls
• open multiple files from within vim: :arga foo.txt bar.txt, :arga /foo/bar/*.txt

Panes

• split pane horizontally: :sp path/to/file
• split pane vertically: :vs path/to/file
• switch between panes: ctrl-ww

Misc.

• auto completion

  • list of suggested words (insert m): ctrl+n

• line numbers

  • :set number, :set nu
  • :set nonumber, set nonu
  • echo "set number" >> ~/.vimrc
  • echo "set relativenumber" >> ~/.vimrc

• tab length: set tabstop=4

• see/view the path of the current open file:

  • (normal m): :f or ctrl+g
  • % will print the current file name: :!echo "current file: %"
  • echo "set statusline += %F" >> ~/.vimrc

• back to previous buffer: ctrl+o

• chaining commands together: use | as a seperator ie. to write a file then go into tree view you'd use: :w|E

• defining functions in .vimrc:

function func()
    :command1
    :command2
endfunction

to use this command: exec func()

• open a url: vim http://google.com/
• bring file back to how it was 15 min ago: :earlier 15m
• to see all whitespace as characters: set list