:e. # list current directory
:bd # leave a directory listing
:put + # paste from clipoard, this works
"+p # paste while in normal mode from clipboard
u # undo in normal mode
ctrl+r # redo in normal mode
the leader has been mapped to ,
for example, typing ,r and ruby will execute on the current file
" double percentage sign in command mode is expanded
" to directory of current file - http://vimcasts.org/e/14
cnoremap %% <C-R>=expand('%:h').'/'<cr>
map <leader>ew :e %%
map <leader>es :sp %%
map <leader>ev :vsp %%
map <leader>et :tabe %%
####references
100 vim commands
Stackoverflow: Leaders
Vimscript Hardway: Leaders
Vimcast: Leader
Vimcast: Update vimrc on the fly
Vimcast: Plugin Management
Vimcast: system clipboard
Vim 101: Registers
Colorschemes
Plugin Management
Pathogen Post
Clipboard Access
stackoverflow cutting and pasting from tmux and vim
stackoverflow fix yank + paste tmux and vim
best solution for clipbard access while in tmux
chris johnson's patch for tmux macosx pasteboard