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Some useful Vim commands. Commands I sometimes need but often forget.
Copy/Pasteyiw | yank (inner) word | viwp | replace word with yanked | viw"0p | replace another word with yanked | ctrl-r + | paste from OS paste board |
MovingH / M / L | move to top/middle/bottom of screen | ctrl-d/u | move half screen down/up |
Indentingctrl-t/d | Indent current line forward/back in insert mode | </> | Indent block in visual mode (repeat with .) | :set shiftwidth=4 | Set indent to 4 | :set tabstop=8 | Set tab to 8 | :set (no)expandtab | Convert (spaces)tabs | :set pastetoggle | change to paste mode | :set expandtab + set ts=4 + :%retab! | Convert tabs to four spaces in entire file | :set noexpandtab + set ts=4 + :%retab! | Convert spaces to tabs in entire file |
FoldingzM/zR | fold/unfold buffer | zc/zo | fold/unfold paragraph | zC/zO | fold/unfold all levels in paragraph | :set foldmethod=indent | fold by indentation | :set foldmethod=syntax | fold by syntax |
| | Windowsn Ctrl-<> | dec/inc window width by n | n Ctrl-+/- | inc/dec window height by n | Ctrl-W= | make windows equal size | Ctrl-w s/v | split window horizontally/vertically | Ctrl-w c | close window | Ctrl-w w | move to next window | Ctrl-w hjkl | move to hjkl window |
Sessions:mksession <file> | Save session | :source <file> or vim -S <file> | Open session | vim --remote | Open file in existing window | vim --sessionname <name> | Create new session <name> | vim --servername <name> | Open file in existing session <name> |
Ctags / cscopectrl-] | jump to definition | ctrl-w } | show preview |
Marksma | set local mark a | mA | set global mark A | 'a | jump to line with mark a | `a | jump to position with mark a |
| | Commands:%!command | filter buffer through command | :w !sudo tee % | save file even if write protected | :%s//<bar>/g | replace every occurence of last search term
with <bar> | :%s/<c-rw>/<foo>/g | replace every occurence under cursor with <foo> | :g/pattern/d | delete lines containing pattern | :v/pattern/d | delete lines not containing pattern | :n,m ! cmd | filter lines n to m through shell cmd | :new|r ! cmd | run cmd, put output to new window | :set wrap linebreak nolist | set soft wrap | :set list | show spaces, tabs, newlines | :nohlsearch | clear search highlights | :%!nl -ba | Add line numbers (different from :set number) |
My mappings,cc | comment code | ,co | uncomment code | ,c / ,v | copy/paste from persistent buffer | ,a | Search for pattern with ack-grep | ,A | Search word under cursor with ack-grep |
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