vim-cheatsheet.md

Movements

• • / # Move to next / previous word under cursor

• H / B / L # move to top/middle/bottom line of the screen. Follow this possibly by:

• z. put the line with the cursor at the center

• zt put the line with the cursor at the top

• zb put the line with the cursor at the bottom of the screen

• CTRL-O CTRL-I undo/redo last jump

Marks

• m[a-z] define a mark in the current file
• m[A-Z] define a global mark
• '[a-z, A-Z] jump to the line (in the appropriate file in case of [A-Z]) containing the mark
• mV in .vimrc : quick shortcut to upen .vimrc by 'V

Change inside/outside stuff.

• ciw # Change inside word. Delete the current word and enter insert mode.
• ci" # Change inside quotes. Delete what is inside quotes and enter insert mode.
• ca" # Change outside quotes. Delete quotes and what's inside them, and enter insert mode.
• cip # Change a paragraph.
• vip # Select a paragraph.

How to record a macro.

1. Press q followed by a lowercase letter (the register).
2. Perform some editing.
3. Stop recording by pressing q.
4. Play the macro by pressing q and the letter you chose.
5. To repeat it, type :N @ macroletter, in which N is the number of times.

Line wrapping and textwidth. (original)

• gq # Rewrap the text.
• :set tw=72 # Rewrapping will rewrap to 72 columns.
• :set fo=cqt # Enable automatic wrapping with the t flag. Must have a nonzero value of tw set.
• :set tw=0 fo=cqt wm=5: Automatic wrapping at a 5 col right margin. That's a good one

Working with multiple files.

• :ls # List currently opened files.
• :b filename # Show filename (which should be already open) in the current buffer.

References

• http://thepugautomatic.com/2011/01/textmate-to-vim-with-training-wheels/
• http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2009/01/vi-and-vim-macro-tutorial-how-to-record-and-play/
• http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Getting_started