Vim Stuff

My personal config ($HOME/.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>

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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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!

Working on Multiple Files

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Opening

:e filename

note: or simply specify multiple names at command line

Switching between files

: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

Multiple view

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

Azman @UniMAP

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