useful vim commands

vim_solutions.md

• increase number under cursor: ctrl+a
• decrease number under cursor: ctrl+x
• replace one word with another: select first word, e.g. vi"; select second word vi" and paste p
• search from within vim, don't jump to first match: vimgrep /render_show/gj **/*.rb

Resize splits

• resize horizontal split: ctrl+w - / ctrl+w +
• resize horizontal split to maximum: ctrl+w _
• make horizontal and vertical splits equally big: ctrl+w =
• resize vertical split: ctrl+w < / ctrl+w >

Buffers

• list buffers: ls
• go to previous buffer: e#
• go to buffer with number: e#1

Tabs

• new tab: :tabnew
• next tab: :tabn
• previous tab: :tabp
• rotate throught tabs: gt in normal mode
• go to tab with number: :tabm <tab_number>
• open files in tabs when starting vim: vim -p file1 file2 file3
• search and replace in all tabs: :tabdo %s/foo/bar/gc