Table of Contents
vim
General
Blocks
< Moves the block one tab to the left
<< Moves the current line one tab to the left
> Moves the block one tab to the right
>> Moves the current line one tab to the right
== Autoindents the block
<ctrl>+v Mark a block line by line
<shift>+<ctrl>+v Mark a block per column
I Insert text at each line of the block
:I Autoincrement the marked numbers with left align
:II Autoincrement the marked numbers with right align
:B To substitute in the block only type :B s/a/b/
Buffers
:n Next buffer
:N Previous buffer
:ls Lists all available buffers
:buffer n Jumps to buffer n
:e file Replaces the current buffer with file
:arge file Opens a new buffer for file
" letter Sets the name of the buffer to letter
* Is the name of the X11 clipboard
% Is the current filename
!cmd When a buffer is marked it gets filtered through cmd
Buffer explorer
\be Opens the buffer explorer in a full window \bs Opens the buffer explorer in a split window
Folding
zc Close fold zd Delete folding zf New folding zM Close all folds zo Open fold zR Open all folds
Marker
m<letter> Sets a marker with the name letter '<letter> Jumps to a marker with the name letter
Misc
:r file Inserts file at the current position
:r !cmd Inserts the output of cmd at the current position
ga Show current characters ASCII value
g <ctrl>+g Show current cursor position
<ctrl>+x <ctrl+f> Filename completion at the current position
<ctrl>+k <uml>: To enter an umlaut press <ctrl>+k, the regular letter
and ':'
<ctrl>+v <num> Inserts the ASCII character <num>
Modification commands
c Cut gq Formats the current line guaw Convert current word to lowercase gUaw Convert current word to uppercase gu Convert to lowercase gU Convert to uppercase guu Convert current line to lowercase gUU Convert current line to uppercase ~ Switch case of the character under the cursor <visual> u Convert visual block to lowercase <visual> U Convert visual block to uppercase y Yank
Movement
b The word on the left side of the cursor
e The end of the word
w The word on the right side of the cursor
) Jump forward one sentence
( Jump backward one sentence
} Jump forward one paragraph
{ Jump backward one paragraph
H Jump to the top of the display
M Jump to the middle of the display
L Jump to the bottom of the display
'm Jump to the beginning of the line of mark m
`m Jump to the location of mark m
gd Jump to the declaration of a local variable
gD Jump to the declaration of a global variable
G Jump to end of file
1G Jump to beginning of file
'' Return to the line where the cursor was before the
latest jump
`` Return to the cursor position before the latest jump
(undo the jump).
% Jump to corresponding item, e.g. from an open brace to
its matching closing brace
t char Everything from the cursor position to char
exclusive the char
f char Everything from the cursor position to char
inclusive the char
* Forward search the word under the cursor
# Backward search the word under the cursor
Recording
qq Start recording q Stop recording @q Replay the recorded stuff
Search
\c If \c is in a searchpattern the pattern is handled
case insensitive
Split
:split Splits the current window
:split file Opens a new window with file
:split <ctrl>+f <ctrl>+r
Opens a new window with the word under the cursor as
file
:resize +/-n Enlarges/reduces the current window by n lines
:q Close the current window
<ctrl>+W up/down Jumps to window above/below
zz Center current line in window
Special stuff
C help
\ch Get help for word under cursor \chc: Jump to table of contents of the C-reference manual \chp: Prompt for word
CVS
\ca CVS add \cc CVS commit \cd CVS diff \ce CVS edit \ci CVS editors \cl CVS log \cn CVS annotate \cr CVS review \cs CVS status \ct CVS unedit \cu CVS update \cv CVS vim diff \cwa CVS watch add \cwa CVS watch off \cwn CVS watch on \cwr CVS watch remove \cwv CVS watchers
DrawIt
\di Start DrawIt \ds Stop DrawIt <lefopy the msgid string to msgstr <S-F3> <right> Move and draw right, inserting lines/space as needed <up> Move and draw up, inserting lines/space as needed <down> Move and draw down, inserting lines/space as needed <s-left> Move left <s-right> Move right, inserting lines/space as needed <s-up> Move up, inserting lines/space as needed <s-down> Move down, inserting lines/space as needed <space> Toggle into and out of erase mode > Draw -> arrow < Draw <- arrow ^ Draw ^ arrow v Draw v arrow <pgdn> Replace with a \, move down and right, and insert a \ <end> Replace with a /, move down and left, and insert a / <pgup> Replace with a /, move up and right, and insert a / <home> Replace with a \, move up and left, and insert a \ \> Draw fat -> arrow ve to an untransl. string backward <S-F2> \< Draw fat <- arrow \^ Draw fat ^ arrow \v Draw fat v arrow \a Draw arrow based on corners of visual-block \b Draw box using visual-block selected region \e Draw an ellipse inside visual-block \f Fill a figure with some character \h Create a canvas for \a \b \e \l \l Draw line based on corners of visual block \s Adds spaces to canvas
PO
Move to an untransl. string forward <S-F1> Move to an untransl. string forward <S-F1> ve to the next fuzzy translation <S-F5> ve topy the msgid string to msgstr <S-F3> how msgfmt statistics for the file (UNIX) <S-F11>
Spec
<F9> Insert a function description at the cutring <S-F4> rent position
(must be in insert mode already)
<F10> Open/close the Tlist window
Spellchecking
\ss write file, spellcheck & highlight spelling mistakes \sl switch between languages \sq return to normal syntax coloring \sn go to next error. \sp go to previous error. \si insert word under cursor into directory \su insert word under cursor as lowercase into directory \sa accept word for this session only \s? check for alternatives
MRU list
\r Opens the list of most recently used files
Swap two words
<ctrl>+w For example, to swap "apple" and "orange" in the line
below:
int apple, lemon, orange;
1. Delete "apple", using e.g. diw or df<space>
2. Visually select "orange"
3. Press <ctrl>+w
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