vim usefull commands

vim.howto

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Visual mode
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v
y - yank
p - paste
select text << >> - indentation
d - delete marked text
~ - switch case

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Insert mode
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a       - append
Shift A - append at end of line
i       - insert
Shift I - append to start of line
o - add newline after current line and insert mode
O -add newline before current line and insert mode

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Moving around
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H,M,L - top screen,middle screen, bottom screen
gg - top of file
G - bottom of file
$ - go to end of line
^ - go to first non empty character of line 0 - go to start of line
% - go to next bracket
e - jump forward by words
b - jump backwards by words
m x   - make mark
' x   - go to mark
marks - list marks

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delete stuff
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x - delete letter
dw - delete word
dd - delete line
number dd - delete number of lines

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search/replace
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/
? search backward

:[range]s/search/replace/
:%s/search/replace/g - search/replace all file
:%s/search/replace/gc - for confirmations
C
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undo redo
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u - undo
Cntrl r - redo

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exit
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:w - write (save) the file, but don't exit
:wq - write (save) and quit
:q - quit (fails if anything has changed)
:q! - quit and throw away changes

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multiple files
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:e filename
:bn - next buffer
:bp - previous buffer
:bd - buffer delete
:buffers - list buffers

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folding
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visual mode - create fold zf
        - open fold zo

K open man file for current word

hex mode :%!xxd
convert back  :%!xxd -r

ctags -R
Control ] go function definition
Control T go back

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usual vimrc

colorscheme elflord
set tabstop=4
set expandtab
set shiftwidth=4
set wildchar=<Tab> wildmenu wildmode=full
syntax on
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nnoremap <F5> :buffers<CR>:buffer<Space>