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Vim Cheat Sheet for Programmers

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HOW-TO make Vim not suck Out of the Box: :help statusline :set nocompatible ruler laststatus=2 showcmd showmode number

Remove useless splash screen :set shortmess+=I :map <F6> :so $HOME/_vimrc<CR> Ctrl _ Ctrl = Ctrl 0

Best tips: http://vim.wikia.com/

Ctrl ` Ctrl 1 Ctrl @

Best scripts: http://www.vim.org/scripts/index.php

Ctrl 3 Ctrl 4 Ctrl 5 Ctrl ^ play macro

:map <F9> :e $HOME/_vimrc<CR>

~ toggle case

!
13

extern filter
1

# 3

prev identifier
3

$ 4
12

:redo Replace replace char page

% 5
10

goto match

^ 6

soft

& 7

repeat :s

* 8

next identifier
8

( 9

begin sentence

) 0

end sentence hard

9

_ {
0

cur line

+ = } ]
0

autoformat
2

` goto mark

1
14

2 W w S s
7,11

Normal paragraph misc.

Ctrl '

block select ^w window

Q
Tab

ex mode
record macro

WORD word

E e
10

q
7

scroll line end WORD end word half page del del
0 2

ctags return

scroll line copy line copy

Ctrl H
0 2

half page

Ctrl I

prev mark

ctags identifier

R r

T until char Y t
until char
file/cursor info

U u
15

undo line undo

Ctrl J

I insert O open P i K k < ,

insert

paste paste
Ctrl ;

paragraph misc.
Ctrl \

y H h
9,16

o L l
2

incr. # subst line subst char decr. # del char del char

open
redraw Bottom screen

p : ;
2

[ " '

A append
Caps

D d C c

F find char G f V v
find char
block select

goto eof / goto line# extra page

6

Top screen

J j
15

Join lines

man page identifier

cmd line "next" f/F/t/T

Ctrl /
16

register goto mark

| \

goto col#

a append Z z
quit extra

g B b

"prev" find find "next"

Ctrl M

Ctrl ,

Ctrl .

Ctrl ^ Shift

:suspend
4 5

Normal / Cancel

X x

change change
0 2

select lines select chars

WORD word

N n

M m

Middle screen set mark

undent "prev" f/F/t/T

> .

indent repeat cmd

? /

find find

16

Unused & Duplicate keys \ Ctrl-K Ctrl-S (free) Ctrl-L (redraw) 13 ` near dup of ' 14 Ctrl-Q = Ctrl-V 15 Ctrl-J = Ctrl-M = ^N

Legend:
Macro

16 The search direction is relative; next is the initial direction, previous is the opposite direction. n ; repeat same initial direction find. N , repeat opposite initial direction find. Note: ; , only searches cursor line, n N searches buffer.

Start of Line 1st non-whitespace Diff hard [c prev diff :hi Start of Line column 0 ]c next diff :hi End of Line :help modes #| move col # :diffupdate :hi move col 0 ^f page :hi Esc ^[ ^c Normal page resync ^d page a i r s Insert page Folding v V ^v ^q Visual scroll line ^y scroll line 0g end of file zR fold remove c d y < > Op pending start of file G end of file zo fold open Command Line : / ? ! goto line # Foo ( src , dst , len ); zc fold close begin this func { zi invert all Note: There is no whitespace in-between 'Foo(src,' but before/after 'dst,' begin next func { zr fold reduce Foo ( src , dst , len ); WORD :set matchpairs=(:),{:},[:],<:>,?:\: % goto matching { } < > [ ] zm fold more Startup vim <filename> +123 :help range goto line 123 vim <file> -t Foo :s/Foo/Bar edit at tag 'Foo' find Foo replace w/ Bar :help recording vim <file> -c "/Foo" cmd: find 'Foo' & edit :s/Foo/Bar/g ...all instances on line q start recording GUI vim -g gvim :%s/Foo/Bar @ playback or start GUI ver. apply to whole file .,.+# cur line, cur line + # lines GUI Linux :set guifont=ProggyTinyTT\ 12 q stop recording GUI OSX :set guifont=ProggyTiny\:h11 $ last line '< start of select @@ repeat '> end of select diff gvimdiff <file1> <file2> [<file3>] bug = < > << >> :set tabstop=# Broken Keys Ctrl-I = Tab, Ctrl-[ = ESC Code
soft

Op Cmd Ins Move Find tag Code Extra Modes n i v o c word

Register name (0-9a-zA-Z) required Motion req.; act between cursor & dst Command Command and enter insert mode Moves cursor or defines range for op Search ( = reverse, = forward) ctags / diffs / folding Code formatting, whitespace, etc. Extended functionality; req. extra chars Char arg req. g z Z ^w ' " `

:help cmdline :r file insert file Tags :w save :gui switch to GUI :ts :q quit :q! quit w/o save ^] :e <file> edit file in new buffer ^t :source % exec cmds in cur file ^p :exec '...' do cmd :ta Foo
:help movement ^ 0 $ | ^b ^u ^e 1g #g [[ ]]

list active tags jump to tag under cursor restore cursor before tag jump complete word manual jump to tag 'Foo'

DiffAdd

guifg=#rrggbb

DiffChange guibg=#rrggbb

DiffText gui=none DiffDelete

Changes
:changes g; older change g, newer change

Syntax
:syntax enable :set filetype=

c cpp sh make perl python

Note: chose only ONE type!

Convert <eol>
:set fileformat=

Vim is still unable to map certain keys for your own use

:set backspace=indent,eol,start

:set expandtab!

Caps, Ctrl-1, Ctrl-Shift-1, Ctrl-I, Ctrl-\, etc. 0 See: src/ops.c -c "/valid_yank_reg" for " reg. names 6 See: src/normal.c -c "/nv_cmds" for g extra cmds 11 See: src/edit.c -c "/ctrl_x_msgs" for ^x insert cmds

allow backspace join lines :set listchars= :set shiftwidth=# indent width for ai :set list!
:set autoindent! toggle auto-indent :set lisp lisp indent mode

unix or dos or mac then :w to convert set tab stop every #th col toggle hard/soft tabs tab:>-:trail:-,nbsp:%,eol:$ toggle whitespace block comment

:set colorcolumn=80 visible right margin indicator

noremap + :s/^/\/\//<CR>

\ :map \ :Explore<CR> manually type <,C,R,> 0 " before del/copy/paste to use register "+x cut to system clipboard reg. '+' "+gP paste from system clipboard 1 Number before any action repeats it 2p 3. repeat thrice paste twice 2 Repeat op to act on current line yy dd del line copy line << >> indent line undent line 3 # highlight words under cursor ZQ quit w/o save 4 ZZ save & quit 5 zz center cursor line in window zh zl scroll right scroll left zt zb scroll bottom scroll top 6 gg top of file gf open file under cursor 7 ^a incr # under cursor (Dec / Hex) ^x decr # under cursor (Dec / Hex) 8 * start a "new" search Insert mode 9 ^p prev auto-complete ^n next ^t 10 ^d undent indent 11 ^x ^f filename completion ^s spelling :set spell! ^k dictionary ]s next bad ^t thesaurus :help spell 12 ^r paste register 0-9a-zA-Z or + clipboard (or '*') :help c_CTRL-R " last del/copy % filename :set numbers! toggle line numbers :set wrap! toggle linewrap display :set showmatch highlite matching () noremap - :s/^\/\///<CR> uncomment

:buffer #
:buffers list files :new blank file/buffer :bn next file :bp prev file :bd close file :bd! force close :set lines=# :set columns=# :winpos # # GUI

Windows
:help windows ^w or :wincmd w! c! n! s! v! o! =! h! j! k! l! ! :sp :switch to next :close! :new :split horz. :vsplit vertical :only maximize all same size move to win move to win move to win move to win [<filename>]

edit in split window Cursor Bookmarks

:marks ` ' ^o ma mark local 'a' 'A goto global 'A' '' prev location

File / Directory
:Explore or :e . :set browsedir= one of buffer last