Learn Vim with it's most powerful commands, a brief description of the tips and tricks that I know and use day in day out

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:r! echo '<p>PASTE IN</p>' | html2haml    <--- Converts pasted code to haml
:r! rake routes   <---- inserts output of rake routes in current file

Commands to explain:
- o, O, insert line below/above and change to insert mode
- A, go to insert mode at the end of line
- D, delete line from cursor till the end, does not jump into insert mode
- C, delete line from cursor till the end, jumps into insert mode
- f<character>/F<character>   find next/previous character
- ci" ci' ci} ci) ca) ci)  EXAMPLE: how to change what is inside the brackets in 'render_template(:edit)'
- difference between c, s and d: c changes the selected text and jumps to
  insert mode, d deletes without going to insert mode, s substitutes whole
  lines and does not jump into insert mode either

- Ctrl-Shift ^, loads the file in the window which has been loaded last
- Shift-j and pq, shift-j joins the line below with the current line, pg formats the text
- gg, G    jump to the end/beginning of the file
- map jj to Ctrl-C to jump out of insert mode
- cd and e command

How to use . to repeat commands
How and when to use Ctrl-C with capslock
How to split windows and work in one window

Plugins to explain
Searching strings over files with Ack
Ctrl-P
Vim Fugitive
NERD Tree
MRU
:rextract
Rails plugin

Direct response on failing code in texteditor
All vim commands are related to the browser plugins vimium, vimperator

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