- Ctrl + v column mode edit command
- Select the columns, rows (h,j,k,l)
- Shift + i to go into insert mode in column mode
- Type in desired text. At the time of typing only ONE row is changed, showed
- Press the Esc key to apply the changes to the selected column
Reference: http://www.uni-koeln.de/~pbogusze/posts/ViM_column_mode_edit.html
gg: jump to the top of the file
V : start a visual selection that grabs entire lines at a time
G : go to the end of the file (in this case, selecting everything from start to end)
<<: move selected text left by one indentation
. : repeat last command (in this case, the one that says we should indent everything in the file one left)
:left and :right and :center
>> Indent line by shiftwidth spaces
<< De-indent line by shiftwidth spaces
5>> Indent 5 lines
5== Re-indent 5 lines
>% Increase indent of a braced or bracketed block (place cursor on brace first)
=% Reindent a braced or bracketed block (cursor on brace)
<% Decrease indent of a braced or bracketed block (cursor on brace)
]p Paste text, aligning indentation with surroundings
=i{ Re-indent the 'inner block', i.e. the contents of the block
=a{ Re-indent 'a block', i.e. block and containing braces
=2a{ Re-indent '2 blocks', i.e. this block and containing block
>i{ Increase inner block indent
<i{ Decrease inner block indent
In insert mode, Ctrl-T indents the current line, and Ctrl-D unindents.
set expandtab "Use softtabstop spaces instead of tab characters for indentation
set shiftwidth=4 "Indent by 4 spaces when using >>, <<, == etc.
set softtabstop=4 "Indent by 4 spaces when pressing <TAB>
set autoindent "Keep indentation from previous line
set smartindent "Automatically inserts indentation in some cases
set cindent "Like smartindent, but stricter and more customisable
set shiftwidth=2
set tabstop=2