vim shortcuts

useful commands.vim

"search for "bla":
/bla

"replace "bla" with "blue" throughout file:
:%s/bla/blue/g

"replace "bla" with "blue" throughout visual selection:
:'<,'>s/bla/blue/g

"go to line 51
:51

"repeat last command (enter insert mode, do some stuff, <Esc>, .)
.

"yank a whole line
yy

"find matching bracket
%

"remove character under cursor
x

"replace one character
r

"+1 word:
w

"+1 word, stay at last character of that word:
e

"-1 word:
b

"insert before
i

"insert after
a

"indent block of code
=aB

"save bookmark, where <a-z> is one character in that range
m<a-z>

"recall bookmark, where <a-z> is one character in that range
'<a-z>

"sort range: http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Sort_lines
:sort

"move to next occurence of x on the same row
fx

"repeat last motion
;

"undo last motion
,

"move to ^
0

"delete three words
3dw

"delete three lines
3dd

"move a line downwards
ddp

"move a line upwards
ddkP

"delete blank lines
:g/^$/d

"display occurrences for word under cursor
*

"jump between occurrences for word under cursor
shift+3

"move to beginning of line
0

"move to end of line
$

"go to variable initialization
gd

"delete until matching brace (works with all kinds of braces)
da(

"delete sentence from within sentence
das

"select everything in between the current set of braces
vib

"select everything between current set of '
vi'

"replace within ' and keep '
ci'

"replace within ' and discard '
ca'

"""
" file explorer
"""

"open file explorer
:e.

"open file explorer in current path, horizontally
:Vex

"open file explorer in current path, vertically
:Sex

"create file in active directory in file explorer
:e <filename>

"split screens vertically in current directory
:sp.

"split screens horizontally in current directory
:vs.

"move between split screens
ctrl+w, <arrow key>

"maximize current split screen
ctrl+w, _


"jump back one step, in command mode
ctrl+o

"jump forward one step, in command mode
ctrl+i

"autocomplete, in insert mode
ctrl+n

"""
" conf
"""

" automatic indentation
set autoindent
set smartindent

" livesearch
set incsearch

" line numbers
set number

" leave four lines from the window's edge
set scrolloff=4

" always display status bar
set laststatus=2

" show general information
set showcmd

" mute
set noerrorbells

" maximize windows sideways
" http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1262154/minimizing-vertical-vim-window-splits
nmap <Leader>h <C-W>h500<C-W>>             
nmap <Leader>l <C-W>l500<C-W>>       

" when having more than 1 windows open, this assigns equal widths to all of them
<C-W>=


"non-git but bash...:
"move to beginning of line
ctrl+a

"move to end of line
ctrl+e