vim-tip.md

• Run vim without loading ~/.vimrc: vim -u NONE
• Add quotes around a select word (Requires vim-surround): S"
• Select entire word no matter where the cursor is: viw
• Select entire word including trailing space no matter where the cursor is: vaw
• Enclose entire line in quotes (Needs vim-surround plugin): yss”
• Comment out paragraph (Requires vim-commentary): gcap
• Delete quotes around a string: ds"
• Convert buffers to tabs: :tab ball
• Close buffer: :bd
• Uppercase selection: gU
• Lowercase selection: gu
• Open file in horizontal split pane view: :sp file
• Open file in vertical split pane view: :vsp file
• Open two or more files in horizontal split panes: vim -o file1 file2
• Open two or more files in vertical split panes: vim -O file1 file2
• Open file at line 15: vim 15 file
• Open new file in horizontal split pane: :new
• Open new file in vertical split pane: :vnew
• Toggle to next pane on the left: ctrl-w-h
• Switch from horizontal pane to vertical pane: ctrl-w-L
• Switch from vertical pane to horizontal pane: ctrl-w-J
• Open file in new tab: :tabe file
• Switch between tabs: gt/gT
• Create/open an encrypted file: vim -x file.txt
• Remove MS-DOS CRs from a file (CTRL-V to get ^M): %s/^M$//g
• Change the case of a word: g~w
• Switches the case of the whole line: g~~
• Open file over SSH/SCP: vim scp://hostname/path/to/file
• Open new file over SSH: :new scp://hostname/path/to/newfile
• ROT13 a whole file: Go to the top of the file (1G), then g?G
• Switch buffers (next/previous) :bn / :bp
• Indent/Unindent the next 3 lines: 3>> / 3<<