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    VIM - Useful stuff

Plugins


Minimalist Vim Plugin Manager
VimAwesome

Usage


Vim cheatsheet

Guides

(Most of the stuff in here comes from these guides)

10 essential Vim plugins for 2018
Top 10 Vim plugins for programming in multiple languages
How I boosted my Vim

Tips

General


The standard Vim Leader key is the \ character.
Close all buffers and quit: :qa
Save all buffers and quit: :wqa
To run terminal commands: :!command

Navigating tabs


New tab: tabnew or CTRL+t (if using my .vimrc file)
Close tab: tabc
Next tab: gt
Prior tab: gT
Numbered tab: tabnumber gt
Close all other tabs: :tabo or :tabonly

Window/splits

Splitting


Ctrl+W v: split vertically
Ctrl+W s: split horizontally

Navigating


Ctrl+W hjkl: change focus of current windows split

hjkl are the keys that vim uses instead of the arrow keys (h = left, j = bottom, k = up, l = right)


Ctrl+W HJKL: move current window split

Note the uppercase, meaning you have to use shift+h, for example.


Adjusting size


Ctrl+W +/-: increase/decrease height (ex. 20+)
Ctrl+W >/<: increase/decrease width (ex. 30<)
Ctrl+W _: set height (ex. 50_)
Ctrl+W |: set width (ex. 50|)
Ctrl+W =: equalize width and height of all windows

You can also use the resize commands:

:resize [+-]N: resize a horizontal split, increasing or decreasing height by N characters.
:vertical resize [+-]N: resize a vertical split, increasing or decreasing height by N characters.
:resize N: resize a horizontal split, setting height to N characters.
:vertical resize N: resize a vertical split, setting width to N characters.

Plugins commands

vim-multiple-cursor

To make a basic selection, use the Ctrl+N keystroke in normal mode, followed by a motion:

c – change text.
I – insert at start of range.
A – insert at end of range.

More actions can be found in the plugin’s quick start information.
vim-eunuch

This cryptically-named plugin adds a dozen core Unix file operations as Vim commands in the context of the current file.
:Rename new_name.sh
:Chmod +x
:SudoWrite

surround

It's easier to just check the project examples: https://github.com/tpope/vim-surround
git-gutter

To jump between changes and stage/discard individual hunks:

]c: GitGutterNextHunk
[c: GitGutterPrevHunk
<Leader>hs: GitGutterStageHunk
<Leader>hu: GitGutterUndoHunk

NERD-commenter


Leader+cc: Comment out the current line or text selected in visual mode.
Leader+cn: Same as cc but forces nesting.
Leader+c<space>: Toggles the comment state of the selected line(s). If the topmost selected line is commented, all selected lines are uncommented and vice versa.
Leader+cm:Comments the given lines using only one set of multipart delimiters.
Leader+cs:Comments out the selected lines with a pretty block formatted layout.

Ack

Search pattern in files.

:Ack [options] {pattern} [{directories}]

Auto-pairs

https://github.com/jiangmiao/auto-pairs