====== Vim Stuff ======

My personal config (''$HOME/.vimrc'')
<file vim dot-vimrc>
set nobackup
set noswapfile
set noundofile
set tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4
set number
set showmatch
" sometimes i lose this - not sure why :(
syntax on
" this is what i use on slackware (dwm)
colorscheme elflord
" F5 shortcut to remove trailing whitespace
nnoremap <F5> :let _s=@/<Bar>:%s/\s\+$//e<Bar>:let @/=_s<Bar><CR>
</file>

====== CheatSheet ======

^ Basic Usage (Command Mode)  ^^
^ Keys  ^ Function  ^
| :w  | Write/save file  |
| :x  | Save and quit  |
| :q  | Quit  |
| :q!  | Quit (Force)  |
| :set nu  | Display line numbers  |
| :noh  | No highlights  |
^ Entering Insert Mode  ^^
^ Keys  ^ Function  ^
| i  | insert at current position  |
| a  | insert after current position  |
| I  | insert before the current line  |
| A  | insert after the current line  |
| o  | insert a new line after the current line  |
| O  | insert a new line before the current line  |
| C  | ovewrite the whole current line  |
^ Cursor Movement  ^^
^ Keys  ^ Function  ^
| h  | move left  |
| j  | move down  |
| k  | move up  |
| l  | move right  |
| w  | move to next word  |
| b  | move to the start of the word  |
| e  | move to the end of the word  |
| (  | move previous sentence  |
| )  | move next one sentence  |
| {  | move previous paragraph  |
| }  | move next paragraph  |
| %%^%%  | move to the beginning of the line  |
| $  | move to the end of the line  |
| <n>G  | move to the n-th line  |
| G  | move to the last line  |
| gg  | move to the first line  |
| %  | move to the matching bracket  |
^ Select/Copy and paste ^^
^ Keys  ^ Function  ^
| yy  | Yank/copy current line  |
| yw  | Yank/copy next word  |
| ynj  | Yank/copy next n lines  |
| y$  | Yank to the end of the line  |
| p  | Paste after cursor  |
| P  | Paste before cursor  |
^ Deleting  ^^
^ Keys  ^ Function  ^
| x  | Delete a single character  |
| D  | Delete the rest of the line  |
| dd  | Delete current line  |
| ndw  | Delete the next n words  |
| ndd  | Delete the next n lines  |
| :m,nd  | Delete from line m through to line n |
^ Visual Mode  ^^
^ Keys  ^ Function  ^
| Shift+v  | Enter visual mode  |
^ Code Folding  ^^
^ Keys  ^ Function  ^
| zfa}  | Fold code in curly braces  |
| zc    | Close code folding  |
| zo    | Open code folding  |
| za    | Toggle code folding  |
| zd    | Delete fold marker  |

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<code>
Search and Replace

/pattern
    Search for pattern.
n
    Find the next occurrence of pattern.
:%s/pattern/replace/g
    Replace every occurrence of pattern with replace..

Paste from clipboard
Shift+Insert in insert mode!
</code>

====== Working on Multiple Files ======

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Opening <code>
:e filename
</code>
//**note:** or simply specify multiple names at command line//

Switching between files <code>
:n Or :bn - switch to the next file

:N Or :bp - switch to the previous file

:bf - switch to the first file

:bl - switch to the last file

:b number - switch to a specific file number(for file number 3, use the command “b 3”):

:b filename - switch to a specific file filename(for file name file1, use “:b file1”)

:wall - save all open files

:bw - quit the current file

qall - quit all open files

:qall! - forcefully quit all the files, discarding the changes

:ls - list opened files
</code>

Multiple view<code>
split horizontal (2-rows,top/bottom)
$ vim -o file1 file2

split vertical (2-columns,side-by-side)
$ vim -O file1 file2

:split filename
:vsplit filename

Ctrl+w,j - switch to the next window below the current window
Ctrl+w,k - switch to the next window above the current window
Ctrl+w,l - switch to the next window to the right of the current window
Ctrl+w,h - switch to the next window to the left of the current window
ctrl+w,w - cycle through all Vim windows
ctrl+w,x - exchange?? Vim windows
ctrl+w,r - rotate layout of all Vim windows
</code>