Notes from expert vim talk at RailsConf 2010

Notes from expert vim talk at RailsConf 2010

Keep a "Tool-sharpening list"
  Keep a list of things that annoy you or feel inefficient, figure out how to make them better

Help
  :h
  :h buffers (with tab-complete)
  :h buffers (then control-d for a list of matching stuff)

  It's hyper-linked, ctrl-] to follow link, ctrl-o to back out

Registers
  double-quote to name a register, then next command will be put there
  "t foo  #example
  :registers
  registers 1-9 are last 9 things deleted
  two double quotes are the unnamed register ("")
  "0 p # to put the last thing yanked
  ctrl-r on the command-line will tell vim to interpolate from the given register (ie %)
  the * register goes into the system clipboard

Macros
  @@ #re-executes the last @-command executed

Marks
  #like little bookmarks
  m m #m for mark then name
  'm #goes to mark line
  `m #goes to column & line
  #marks named with a capital letter are global, across files
  :marks #displays your marks
  #marks 0-9 shows the last few places you inserted text

Undo
  #vim handles undo's as a tree
  g- # goes backword in time
  g+ # goes forward in time, depth-first
  R # goes forward in time, automatically choosing the most recent branch
  :help text-states
  :earlier 5 minutes
  :later 5 minutes

Misc
  # Plugin called Fugitive for git commands
  H # go high on the screen
  L # go low on the screen
  M # go to the middle of the screen
  ctrl-o # 'out' jumps back to where you were last
  ctrl-i # 'in'  jumps forward
  gi # puts you back to where you were and starts inserting
  caw # 'change around word' change the word you're in
  ca( # 'change around #{delimiter}'
  ciw # 'change in word'
  ci( # 'change in #{delimiter}'
  # bind ctrl-s to esc :w <enter>
  # rails.vim
    :Rinvert # will write your down-migration
    :Rcontroller # will open the associated
    # much much more

Tags
  :tselect <search>
  :tags respond_to # jump to method definition
  # get exuberant c-tags for that to work