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Learn Vim in Vim
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viminvim.txt
" copy all this into a vim buffer, save it, then...
" source the file by typing :so %
" Now vim acts like a specialized application for learning vim
" type ,c (that's comma c)
" You don't really know the command at all and want to see it again soon.
" ,c moves the current command down a several positions in the 'Study' stack
" so you'll see it again soon.
nmap ,c ^v/^$<cr>dma/^$<cr>/^$<cr>/^$<cr>/^$<cr>jP'azt<c-y><c-l>
" type ,, (that's comma comma)
" You know the command pretty well, but not enough to move it to 'Known'.
" ,, moves the current command to the bottom of the 'Study' stack.
nmap ,, ^v/^$<cr>dma/^= Known<cr>P'azt<c-y><c-l>
" type ,k (that's comma k)
" You have the command down cold. Move it to the 'Known' stack.
" ,k moves the current command into the 'Known' stack.
nmap ,k ^v/^$<cr>dma/^= Known<cr>jjP'azt<c-y><c-l>
" type ,h (that's comma h)
" or
" type ,j (that's comma j)
" Hide or show the commands by changing their background color. If you hide
" the command it's much harder to cheat by looking ;)
highlight CommandsHidden guifg=white guibg=white
nmap ,h :match CommandsHidden /^\n.*$/<cr>:highlight Cursor guifg=white guibg=white<cr>
nmap ,j :match CommandsHidden //<cr>:highlight Cursor guifg=white guibg=black<cr>
" Ok, it's time to get this party started. Move to the top of the study stack
" and go for it!
/^= Study
normal jztj
nohls
" Note: this line keeps the rest of the file from being treated as vimscript
finish
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
= Study
g?
reverse the characters in a visual selection
<c-w>x
exchange the window with the next window (like if you split a new buffer into the wrong window location)
:echo line('.')
in command mode, echo the current line number
va(
visually select *around* a set of parentheses. Try it by moving the cursor (somewhere in here) and trying it
rm /tmp/clip.txt ; vim -c "normal \"+p" -c "wq" /tmp/clip.txt
Save the contents of the clipboard to a file by opening, pasting into, and closing vim.
Tx
move the cursor backward to right before the previous occurrence of the character x on the current line.
Fx
move the cursor backward to the previous occurrence of the character x on the current line.
<c-b>
scroll back one page
fx
move the cursor forward to the next occurrence of the character x on the current line
zt
move current line to top of page
tx
same as fx, but moves the cursor to right before the character, not all the way to it.
<c-f>
scroll forward one page
zz
move current line to middle of page
;
repeat the last f command you gave
zb
move current line to bottom of page
yy@"
execute the vim code in the current line. To execute it in the shell, type :! at the beginning of the line
mA
mark: set a mark in the 'A' register (globally)
gu
make the selected text lower case
gU
make the selected text upper case
<c-r>"
paste yanked text into the vim command line
'A
mark: return to a globally set mark, even if in another buffer
<c-x><c-l>
line completion
<c-i>
move forward in the jump list
<c-o>
move backward in the jump list
gf
open file under the cursor
:%s/\r//g
remove all those nasty ^M characters from the end of each line in a file
=
autoindent lines already selected in visual mode
==
autoindent current line
<c-o>
in insert mode switch to normal mode for one command
gqap
format the current paragraph
'.
jumps to last modified line
`.
jumps to exact position of last modification
:h slash< CTRL-d >
list all help topics containing the word "slash"
g;
go backward in the change list in a file
g,
go forward in the change list in a file
"ayy
yank the current line into register "a"
zj
fold: moves the cursor to the next fold
zk
fold: moves the cursor to the previous fold
:map <f6>
show what is currently mapped to <f6>
:map
show all the mappings
:reg
show the content of all registers
zr
fold: decrease the fold level by one
zm
fold: increase the fold level by one
<c-6>
toggle between last two buffers
<c-r>=5*5
in the vim command line, insert the result of a 5*5 calculation
qQ ... added commands ... q
append more commands to a pre-existing @q register macro
:Rextract _partial_name.erb
rails.vim: extract some functionality into a partial
:Rintegrationtest
open the cucumber feature with that name [tag:setup_specific:gem]
<c-p>
(while searching or ex mode) do previous search or command
<c-n>
(while searching or ex mode) do next search or command
<c-f>
(while searching or ex mode) see previous searches or commands
:%s/forward//gn
count the number of occurrences of "forward" in a file
q:
see previous commands
q/
see previous searches
{
back a paragraph
}
forward a paragraph
(
back a sentence
)
forward a sentence
%
find matching parenthesis
J
join two lines
gq
reformat the selected text
xp
transpose two letters (delete and paste, technically)
e
move to the end of the word
ea
append at end of word
w
move the cursor forward by a word
b
move the cursor backward by a word
<c-v>
in insert or command-line mode this turns the next thing typed into a literal
:set spell
Switch on spell checking
<c-x><c-s>
in insert mode correct the spelling of the current word
<c-v>jjjI//<esc>
block comment the next three JavaScript lines
"+y
copy the current selection to a clipboard where other programs can use it
ci"
change all the words in between two quotes
/<c-r><c-w>
switch to search command mode, then copy in the word under the cursor
:cn
Go to the next item in the quickfix list
:cp
Go to the previous item in the quickfix list
i<c-r>:
insert last command line command
i<c-r>/
insert last search command
:w !sudo tee %
save the current file as root (in case you opened it up without sudo accidentally and made changes to it)
<c-r>:
in Ex mode, insert the last command
<c-y>
In insert mode, insert the character right above the cursor
<c-u>
In insert mode, delete the current line from the cursor position to the beginning of the line. [tag:learn:gem]
<c-a>
In insert mode, re-insert the text inserted in the previous insert session.
<c-r>/
in Ex mode, insert the last search
<c-f>
When typing something into the command line, switch to the editable command-line mode where the command line becomes a fully vim-compatible text area. [tag:learn:gem]
o
when in a visual selection, which key will toggle to the other end of the selection?
:h i_CTRL-R
get help for how control r is used in insert mode
:h c_CTRL-R
get help for how control r is used in command mode
:s/\%V //g
remove all the spaces from the current visual selection, which is only a partial line, not a full line
:retab
if expandtab is set, this will change all the tabs to spaces, expanding them as appropriate
<c-w>_
maximize size of window split
I
insert at the beginning of the line
gv
remark area that was just marked
ZZ
same as :wq
<c-l>
redraw the screen
<c-x><c-f>
completes using filenames from the current directory.
<c-v>
block selection (column editing)
zo
fold: open a fold at the cursor
D
delete to the end of the line
C
change to the end of the line
:so $MYVIMRC
reload the vimrc file (or ":so %" if you happen to be editing the file)
A
append at the end of the line
<c-x>
decrement a number when in normal mode
<c-a>
increment a number when in normal mode
m
NERDTree: opens the filesystem menu for a file, allowing you to remove, rename, etc
ma
mark: set a mark in the 'a' register in the current buffer
`a
mark: return to the 'a' mark in the current buffer
<c-i>
next
<c-o>
old
~
uppercase or lowercase the character under the cursor
.
repeat the last command
<c-w><c-w>
switch between windows
[I
show lines containing the word under the cursor
redir @a
redirect the output of an Ex command into buffer a
= Known
:wq
write the file and quit. This is basically here just so that there's something in the "Known" stack.
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