cracell/gist:1317905

## gistfile1.md

      
    Raw
  

              gistfile1.md
            
          
    VIM Cheatsheet

Remember VIM is all about combining commands. These are just the basics with a few combination examples.
Tutor - vimtutor from command line
Insert Mode


i - start insert mode at cursor
I - insert at the beginning of the line
a - append after the cursor
A - append at the end of the line
o - open (append) blank line below current line (no need to press return)
O - open blank line above current line
ea - append at end of word
Esc - exit insert mode
Ctrl-[ - escape
S - delete line and go into insert mode
xp - Swap current character with the next one
df then the character you want to delete to (and it deletes that character)

Panes


CTRL+w + direction : Changes the focused pane.

Editing


u - undo
CTRL+r - redo
r - replace a single character (does not use insert mode)
J - join line below to the current one
dd - Delete the line (d2d deletes two lines, d3d deletes three lines, etc.)

Cutting, Copying and Pasting


yy - yank (copy) a line
2yy - yank 2 lines
"ayy - this will store the line in buffer a
"ap - this will put the contents of buffer a at the cursor.
"a5yy - this will store the 5 lines in buffer a

Navigating


H : To the first line of the screen.
M : To the middle line of the screen.
L : To the the last line of the screen.
42G : Goto Line 42
42gg: Goto Line 42
:42 : Goto Line 42
CTRL+d : Goes down half a page
^ - first non-blank character of line
$ - last character of a line
G - End of File

Visual Mode

ctrl + v - Visual block mode
Find and Replace


/pattern - search for pattern
?pattern - search backward for pattern
n - repeat search in same direction
N - repeat search in opposite direction
:%s/old/new/g - replace all old with new throughout file
:%s/old/new/gc - replace all old with new throughout file with confirmations
:%s/foo/bar/gc
:%s/foo/bar/gc
:5,20s/foo/bar/ - replace line 5 to 20 foo with bar
:./foo/bar/ - replace current line
:.,+100s/foo/bar/ - replace next 100 lines from current

Settings

colorscheme ir_black #change colorscheme
##Window
Ctrl + W #Intro window mode
Ctrl + W then h,j,k, or l to choose what direction window to change focus too
Ctrl + W then Shift + h, j, k, or l to move the window to that side of the screen.
Nerdtree

s # When over the file use s to open it in a vertically split pane.