Created 2010-08-06 Modified
vi vim gvim
# in command mode over text to do text searches.
number n yy to copy n lines, p to paste
Ctrl-v ESC for ^[ and Ctrl-v carriage return for ^M
w - from cursor to end of word including space (e - no space)
$ object from cursor to end of line
0 beginning of line
^ first non-blank
{ previous blank line
} next blank line
:set hlsearch highlight all searches
n+ or n- to go forward or backward in the file where n is a number
d delete
dd and p for deleting line and pasting line below cursor
r replace character under cursor
ctrl-f forward one screen
ctrl-b back one screen
ctrl-d forward half screen
ctrl-u back half screen
H top of screen
M middle of screen
L end of screen
c for change eg cw
ctrl-g for position and file status
G for end of file
number-shift-g goto number
n| - goto column position n
/ and ? forward and backward searches
n repeat, :set ic to ignore case
% matching ([])
:#,#s/old/new/g replace between lines # and #
:%s/old/new/g replace whole file
:e to reload the file and :e filename to
load a file
gvim for mac
function gvimmmac
{
/Applications/Vim.app/Contents/MacOS/Vim -g $*;
}
$ gvimmac -S Session &
From David Land
:! to execute commands eg :w temp.txt write file to temp.txt :!ls -clt see it :!rm temp.txt remove it :!ls -clt confirm removal
o and O - insert line below and above
shift+j to delete right of the cursor, deletes carriage returns!
n i x ESC to insert x n times before cursor
Vim options can be set in the .vimrc and
.gvimrc file in the home directory.
:set nocindent
:set cino=e-2
:set shiftwidth=2 Changed indent for C++ as the default sux. See :h cinoptions.
set number - to set line numbers.
:set list - to show special characters, :set nolist
ctags generates a tags file containing definitions headers.
:mak,
To load a session at startup
gvim -S Session.vim make a Session.vim, ! to overwrite.
:mksession! Session.vim
~ to toggle case.
ddp swaps current and next line.
*p put resister into document.
:reg % display file name.
Spelling
:set spl=en spell
]s next forward
w= corrections
Three way diff
gvimdiff file1 file2 file3
:set ft=html on .xml file.