VIM SHORTCUT

CTRL Ww moves you from window to window (
CTRL WT moves current window into a tab
t (While in nerdtree) opens the file in a tab.
gt Goes to next tab.
gT Goes to previous tab.
\n Toggles the NerdTree on or off.

Command T - find in project. 

df [character] deletes to character, eg df_ will delete to the next underscore

VIEWS
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CTRL S = <%= %> erb tags
CTRL S - <% -%> erb tags
CTRL S # <%# %> erb tags

GO TO A CONTROLLER. NOW FIND THE MODEL
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:Rmodel user
:Rcontroller application
:Rhelper navigation
:Rview sessions/new
:Rfunctionaltest sessions
:Runittest user
:Rmodel  
:Rcontroller 
:Renvironment 
:Rfixtures 
:Rhelper 
:Rjavascript 
:Rlayout 
:Rlib 
:Rmailer 
:Rmigration 
:Rmodel 
:Robserver 
:Rtask 
:Rview 
:Rspec
:Rfind file-name will take you to the file directly.
:Rgenerate (options) same as rails generate in terminal.
:Rdestroy (options) same as rails destroy in terminal.

PANE
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:A goes to the alternate file (eg the associated test file)
:AS same as above, but in split
:AV same as above, but in vertical split

:R goes to the related file, so if the cursor is on the ‘show’ method of a controller – it will take you to the show view.
:RS same as above, but in split
:RV same as above, but in vertical split

gf – go to related file depending on where your cursor is (see :R above)
CTRL Wgf same as above but in a new tab
CTRL Wf same as above but in new split window.

RAKE
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:Rake task-name runs the rake task

NERDTREE
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:NERDTreeFind will show you the location of the file you are in.
While in NERDTree, press m for menu – then you can add/delete/rename etc 

Command-Shift-F find in project (though you need ‘Ack’ for this to work – on Mac, install with brew install ack) Thanks to Chris for this tip!

:sp splits your screen (can be used multiple times)

:vsp splits your screen as above – but vertically.

Be sure to check out the ‘Learning Vim’ link below – there, I post tips on how you can master the basics of Vim, easily and quickly.

vim
yy p (yanks and paste)
dd delete
http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Search_and_replace