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The Vim way

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Launching vim

vim -u NONE -N
# -u do not source .vimrc, and vim starts as vi, disabling many features
# -N set nocompatable to prevent vim from starting as vi


:h feature-list # to view feature list
:version        # to view vim version
:h gui          # view gui related options (more syntax highlighting and fonts)
:h .


v{motion}d|y    # cut or copy selection
P               # paste before the cursor



u               # undo the last change
Ctrl+r          # redo
.               # repeat the last change(cmd) (could be char/word/line/file), replay last keystroke
dd              # delete current line
dd . . .        # delete current line and repeat last change (so simple)...
>G              # increase the indentation from current line to end of file
<G
/search         # search for 'search', N->previous, n->forward
:%s/content/copy/g  # replace content as copy for all lines
*               # search the word under cursor
cw              # delete curren word and put into insert mode
cW
c3w             # change the 3 words
* cwreplace<Esc> n.n.n.n.n. # replace one by one of current word as replace
b               # back to word's beginning
w               # forward to next word's beginning
db              # delete backward
dw              # delete forward
daw             # delete current word
dap             # delete a paragraph
dG              # delete from current line to end of file
b dw            # move to beginning of word and delete forward
d2w | 2dw | dw. # delete 2 words
uu | 2u         # undo twice

g~              # swap cases
gu              # make lower case
gU              # make upper case


<               # shift left
>               # shift right
=               # auto indent

guap
gUaw
gul
gUl


:14             # jump to line 14
:$              # jump to end of file
:print | :p     # print current line
:15p            # move cursor to line 15 and echo that line

:7d             # more to line 7 then delete that line
7G dd           # move to line 7 then delete that line
:2,5p           # print line 2 to 5


# . means current line
:.,$p           # print current line to end of file

# % means all lines in current file
:%p             # print all lines in current file 
:1,$p


:%s/old/new     # replace first occurence of 'old' with 'new' in each line


# virtual selection then :
:'<,'>p
# '< means first line of most recent selection
# '> means last line of most recent selection


# Ex commands can accept regex as address
:/<html>/,/<\/html>/p
:/start_pattern/,/end_pattern/{cmd}

# address could be modified with offset
:/commands/+1,/motion/-2p
:.,.+3p




# read content from file and paste here
:read file
:read !ls

# switch to location of last edit
g

Files

  • buffer
  • workspace
vim *.txt
:ls
:args

:bnext
:bprevious
:bp
:b{number}
# Note that deleting a buffer has no effect on its associated file; it simply removes the in-memory representation.
:bdelete N1 N2 N3
:N,M bdelete
:1,10bd
:bd 5 6 7 9 10


# show args passed to vim, and it can be reset
:args
# set args, and open the args as the order specified
:args file1 file2 file3

# open files with glob
:args *.js
# ** means zero or more chars, but also recursive dirs
:args **/*.js
:args **/*.*
:args **/*.js **/**.css

# open files named in files.txt by backtick expansion
:args `cat files.txt`

:bnext!     # force to goto next buffer
:quit       # quit the vim
:write      # write current buffer to file
:edit!      # re-read from file to current buffer, discard any changes, revert changes
:qall!      # quit all windows without reviewing their changes
:wall!      # write all buffers to files
:argdo write

:first      # goto first buffer
:last       # goto next buffes



# Divide workspace into windows
<C-w>s
<C-w>v
:edit new-file

# split and load file in new window
:sp[lit] {file}
:vsp[lit] {file}

# Cycle between windows
<C-w>w      # oe <C-w><C-w>

# navigate windows
<C-w>h
<C-w>j
<C-w>k
<C-w>l

<C-w>c  # close active window
:clo[se]

<C-w>o  # keep only active window, keep only the active window
:on[ly]


:pwd        # show current working directory
:edit file  # edit full path file 

:e %<Tab>   # % is shorthand for path of current active buffer
:e %:h<Tab> # :h modifier removes the file name only
:edit %:h<Tab>M<Tab><Tab>

:find {file}# find based on file name only
:set path+=app/** # add all sub dirs under app to find path
c{motion}
y{motion}
d{motion}

Learning stuff

  • Vim tutor
  • Vim SOME
  • Vim Golf score

Tips

  • Meet the Dot Command
  • Don't Repeat Yourself

  • to show auto-complete word lis

Pasting

  • . command, dot command, - repeat last command

Searching

  • * searchs for the word under the current cursor

Plugin

  • markdown
  • lua
  • complate