VIM Cheats, gregmark I

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VIM Help

CTRL-d - lists possible command completions 
TAB - cycles through possible command completions

Example:

:help tags (then CTRL-d and TAB)

Do :help i_ CTRL-d for insert commands, :help v_ for visual, etc.

VIM Navigation

Also, when in the help pages, CTRL-] jumps to subjects between |bars| and CTRL-T jumps back (and, of course, :q to quit).

VIM Pattern Match

Command	Description
:g/pattern/d	Delete all lines mathching pattern

VIM Splits

Command	Description
Ctrl-W s	Split window horizontally
Ctrl-W v	Split window verticalally

Command	Description
Ctrl-W _	Max out the height of the current split
10 Ctrl-W _	Minimize split to 10 lines
Ctrl-W |	Max out the width of the current split
10 Ctrl-W |	Minimize split to 10 columns
Ctrl-W =	Normalize all split sizes, which is very handy when resizing terminal

Command	Description
Ctrl-W w	Switch windows
Ctrl-W x	Exchange current window with next
Ctrl-W q	Quit current split
Ctrl-W c	Close current split

VIM % Commands

:w !diff % '' do a diff of the file you're editing to see what you have changed

Vim Terminal

Action	Command
Ctrl-w N	enter normal mode (for scrolling and editing, if enabled; re-enter term with i
:vert term	open terminal in vertical window

VIM Special

Reload

:source ~/.vimrc

Atrribution

• https://thoughtbot.com/blog/vim-splits-move-faster-and-more-naturally