QT/KDE is dropping X11 support, so time for Vim
This will be a dynamic entry, to paste iteratively the tricks I found through the web ..
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http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Vim_Tips_Wiki
http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Best_Vim_Tips
http://usevim.com/
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:help!
:h command
Files
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q: quit current window (close split but not file)
wq: write and quit
CtrlR+% : paste filename in commandline
x: write and quit
:w filename #write copy to filename
:sav filename #Save As
:e! #back to saved file
q! quit without saving; it quits an split
Ctrl+Z: suspend, execute whatever and then fg to comeback
:vi filename +line #open filename
:Ex #file exploreer
Edition
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i: insert mode
o: insert at new line
dd: CUT line
dw: delete rest of word
x: delete under cursor
J: delete newline character (join lines)
u : undo last command
. : repeat last command
Ctrl+R : Redo
:history
Copy/Paste
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v (select) + y (copy): copy to register
d #cut
Y #Copy line
P #paste
Ctrl'r'+0 #paste
C: Cut line (dd)
:reg #Display registers
"1p #paste first register
v: select text visually
y: copy to register
Buffers/Splits
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:ls # show buffers
:bn #next buffer
:bp #previous buffer
:b1 #first buffer ...
:bd #delete buffer, close file and all windows where appears
:tabs #list of tabs
:tabe #new tab page
:tabm n #move tab to position
:tabn / tabp #switch tab
:tabonly #close all other tabs
gt go to next tab
gT go to previous tab
{i}gt go to tab in position i
:sp filename #open filename in a split
:vsp filename #vertical split
Ctrl+W R "Swap top/bottom or left/right split
Ctrl+W T "Break out current window into a new tabview
Ctrl+W o #"Close every window in the current tabview but the current one
Navigate splits
Ctrl+w k – top
Ctrl+w j – bottom
Ctrl+w l – left
Ctrl+w h – right
Ctrl+w | or _ : maximize horizontal/vertical
:e filename - edit another file
:split filename - split window and load another file
ctrl-w up arrow - move cursor up a window
ctrl-w ctrl-w - move cursor to another window (cycle)
ctrl-w_ - maximize current window
ctrl-w= - make all equal size
10 ctrl-w+ - increase window size by 10 lines
:vsplit file - vertical split
:sview file - same as split, but readonly
:hide - close current window
:only - keep only this window open
:ls - show current buffers
:b 2 - open buffer #2 in this window
:q #exit window
Moving
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h,j,k,l : cursor movement
vi +269 : open file in a given line
Esc++G : Jump to line number?
: <number>
Ctrl+G: shows current line and file size
H: go to first line on screen
M: go to middle of screen
L: go to lower line
zz: center screen
f , t : Moving in the line
^, $ : begin/end of string
w, e: move by word begin/ends
Searches
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:/ for searching
n find next
* find next occurr of word under cursor
Ctrl+O, Ctrl+I jumping back to where you’ve been:
set search options
:set incsearch
:set ignorecase smartcase
TAGS
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http://andrewradev.com/2011/06/08/vim-and-ctags/
To generate a tags file in the directory:
> ctags *py #it will generate the tags file
To tell VIM to find tags file in the project:
> cat .vimrc
set tags=./tags;,tags;
:ts / # it will load a list with all matching tags
:ts /<expr> # and select where you want to go
:ltag # it will set that list as location list
:lopen # show location list
Using it:
vim -t to open vim straight on the tag
Ctrl+] to jump to tag when over a word
Ctrl+T to pop back
:ta go to a tag
:ta /exp go to tags containing exp (/) iterates all
:tselect : show a list with all tags (Esc+ to choose one)
:lt,:ltag / and then :lopen will show a navigation tab for tags
:lcl closes the location list
:stselect to open tag in a new split
:tnext,:tn :tprev,:tp to go to next/prev tag finding
:help tags for more 🙂
:ltag
Other alternatives like cscope/pycscope have more dependencies
To have ctag always by default:
Install ctags: aptitude install exuberant-ctags
~/.ctags:
--python-kinds=-i
--exclude=*/build/*
rebuild tags: ctags -R -o ~/mytags ~/src
~/.vimrc: :set tags=~/mytags
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Indentation:
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>j #indent right
and <
re-indent: =
MISCELLANEOUS
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:syntax on
CtrlN : word completion
CtrlP : same, from fragment
CtrlD : for files in current directory
:e /tmp/"CtrlD" : will show files in /tmp/
CtrlX+CtrlL : LINE completion
Substitution : :%s/text1/text2/g
Asking to confirm : :%s/text1/text2/gc
See git diff with VIM!?
git difftool --tool=vimdiff --no-prompt filename.py
#Vim has a diff mode (vimdiff)
vim -d file1 file2 [file3 [file4]]
Launch Shell commands
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!dir launches
!.dir launches and pastes
