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Another 17 Vim Tips

October 6th, 2009 Arkham No comments

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  1. <Ctrl>-k + e + ! – Write ‘è’ character.
  2. <Ctrl>-k + e + ‘ – Write ‘é’ character.
  3. !!date – Insert date in current line.
  4. g, / g; – Jump back/forward to the locations that have been edited.
  5. zf – Fold selected text.
  6. zfa} – Fold the function enclosing the cursor.
  7. zR / zM – If foldmethod is set, open/close all folds.
  8. <Ctrl>-w + (-/+) – In splitted views, reduce/increase current zone height.
  9. <Ctrl>-w + (</>) – In splitted views, reduce/increase current zone width.
  10. :vimgrep /pattern/ files – Search for pattern in the provided list of files.
  11. :cn and :cN to jump between vimgrep results.
  12. :clist to display all vimgrep result and :cc number to jump to a specific one.
  13. :%s/\<and\>/or/g – Replace all occurences of “and” with “or”, leaving words like “demand” unchanged.
  14. :%s/foo/bar/gi – Replace case insensitively.
  15. * / # – Search for the next/previous occurence of the word under the cursor.
  16. /\cfoo\Cbar/ – Matches “foobar”, “Foobar” and “FOObar”.
  17. /\([a-z]\)\([a-z]\)\2\1/ – Matches “abba” and “deed”.
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17 Vim Tips

October 5th, 2009 Arkham 2 comments

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  1. <Ctrl>-o – Switch from insert mode to command mode for one single command.
  2. vim +linenumber file – Open file at line number.
  3. vim +/pattern file – Open file at first occurence of pattern.
  4. :next files – Open a list of files, each in a new buffer.
  5. :up[date] - Save a modified file.
  6. “byy + “bp – Copy a line inside named buffer “b” and paste it.
  7. <Ctrl>-] – Follow green links in documentation pages.
  8. <Ctrl>-t – Go back to the previous documentation page.
  9. >ap – Indent whole paragraph.
  10. 10dd + 2. – Delete 10 lines, repeat twice (delete 20 lines more).
  11. VU – Make the whole line uppercase.
  12. V10j + : + !sort – sort alphabetically next 10 lines.
  13. :!uname -a – Display system information.
  14. :! wc % – Display information about current file.
  15. :r!uname -a – Insert system information into the next line.
  16. gg=G – Reformat whole file.
  17. <Ctrl>-n – Start autocompletion.
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