vim shortcuts

vim_shortcuts.md

https://rsdlt.github.io/posts/rust-nvim-ide-guide-walkthrough-development-debug/

custom mapping to toggle showcursorline and showcursorcolumn

• ctrl + u

show git diff between current file state and saved state

• :w !diff % -

repeat your last edit

• .

search for all words under cursor

• *

skip to the next occurrence

• n

refresh current file

• :e / :edit

count number of occurrences in file

• :%s/pattern//ng

folding

• zf create fold in visual mode
• zo open fold

open previous file

• :b#

move to a specific character on line

• f <char> forwards to char
• F <char> backwards to char

dealing with tabs/space

I think you just need to make sure you have your expandtab option set:

:set expandtab You could also make a json.vim file in your ftplugin directory that looks something like this:

set shiftwidth=2
set softtabstop=2
set tabstop=2
set expandtab

You might also need to select the offending whitespace and do:

:retab

repaint vim

• ctrl - l

nerdtree commenting

• 1\cc - - - to comment 1 line
• 10\cc - - - to comment 10 lines
• 10\cu - - - to uncomment 10 lines

# search

• :noh - - - to remove highlighted words

:Explore - - - to rename a file

Change tab size

• :set tabstop=4
• :set shiftwidth=4 (this is the one i usually use)
• :set expandtab

Create folder/file with NERDTree

• when in nerdtree window press m then a to add (there are other commands listed)
• folders end with a /

Delete till next character

• d t char

Delete character before

• X

Replace All: Find each occurrence of 'foo' (in all lines), and replace it with 'bar'.

• :%s/foo/bar/g

For specific lines:

• :6,10s/foo/bar/g