Vim Cheatsheet

Vim Cheatsheet

general

/ Finds a word forwards
? Finds a word backwards
Shift + g Goes to end of file
Shift + m Goes to Middle of screen
Shift + h Goes to the Top of the screen
Shift + l Goes to Bottom of the screen
. Repeat last command
:f Displays line and file name
% If at one parenthesis, will jump to its mate
:!’cmd’ Will execute a command in the shell
:set number
:set nonumer

ma Create a marker in a line
:’a Go to the a marker
:tabnew filename Opens a new tab
:e filename Opens a new buffer

tabs
vim -p file1 file2 file3 Open several tabs at once
:set tabpagemax=15 Change default max number of tabs that can be opened (default is 10)
:tabf inven* if you want to open a file called inventory.txt that’s in your current path
:tabn or : tabp To change to the next or previous tab.


working with multiple files

:e filename - Edit a file in a new buffer
:bnext (or :bn) - go to next buffer
:bprev (of :bp) - go to previous buffer
:bd - delete a buffer (close a file)
:sp filename - Open a file in a new buffer and split window
ctrl+ws - Split windows
ctrl+ww - switch between windows
ctrl+wq - Quit a window
ctrl+wv - Split windows vertically

configuration

To place in your ~/.vimrc file

syntax on
set syn=cpp
set autoindent
set cindent
set nu
set expandtab
set sw=2
set smarttab
set vb t_vb=
set nowritebackup
set nobackup
set tags=/vbs/engn/cscope/tags
set ts=2
set is
set hls
set ru
map :bn
map :bp
colors morning
set ic