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General info:

Homepage

Wikipedia

Source code

Documentation

Manual

Blog posts

Usefull links:

Fandom Wiki

Vimhelp.org - FAQ

Basics

How to exit VIM

:q # Quit :q! # Quit and discard changes

w # Save :x # Save & Exit ZZ # Save & Exit :wq # Save & Exit

Config files

Linux:

~/.vimrc - for current user

/etc/vim/vimrc - All users

Windows:

$HOME/_vimrc - current user

macOS:

$HOME/.vimrc - current user

/usr/share/vim/.vimrc - All users

Note: system wide config file will be ignored, if you have one in your $HOME directory.

Find out, what config file you are currently using:

:echo($MYVIMRC)

Comment for the .vimrc file can be added with ":

e.x. "that is a comment for the .vimcr file.

Undo/ Redo

u - undo

ctrl + r - redo

Navigation/ Movement

Move cursor within screen

Move within the screen:

H to the top of the screen

M to the middle of the screen

L to the bottom of the screen

Jump to the next character with f and previous character with F:

fd # jump to the next d

f% # jump to the next %

F% # jump to the previous %

Move screen around

Ctrl + b # Move up a full screen Ctrl + u # Move up a half a screen Ctrl + f # Move down a full screen Ctrl + d # Move down a half a screen

Split screen

Vertical split:

ctrl + w, then v

:vs /dir/file

:Vexplore

Horizontal split:

ctrl + w, then s

:sp /dir/file

:Sexplore

Opens file manager:

:ex

Navigate to another screen:

ctrl + w, then h,j,k or l

Searching

Searching without regard to the case (uppercase or lowercase):

:set ignorecase # for this session or add to config file

/\c<pineapple> # ignore case a single time

Searching:

/pineapple # Searching forward

?pineapple # Searching backwords

Jumping to the next result:

n #jumps to the next result

N #jumps to the previous result

Highlighing the current work under the cursor:

* # Searching forward

# # Searching backwards

Remove highlights:

:noh

Changing/ Deleting content

The following commands in this section also work with y and c

Delete content between certain chars:

di"

di<

diB # between brackets

and so on

Delete content between HTML tags:

dit # inner HTML tag

dat # with other HTML tag

Miscellaneous

Insert output of commands into vim, e.x.::

r!<CMD>

:r!date

:r!ip -br a

Execute command within vim:

:! ping 127.0.0.1

Change type of the file temporary:

:set ft=py # e.x. switch .md syntax highlighting to .py

Inser content from another file to cursor position:

:r /dir/file # Using it for snippets and templates

Use auto completion in insert mode. Useful for variables and long words:

C-n or C-p (in front or after the cursor)

Whole-line auto completion (inser mode)

C-x + C-l (+C-l) to jump to next enrty

Auto completion for file path on your system (insert mode):

C-x + C-f

Execute normal commands without leaving the insert mode:

C-o

Marks and jumps

Set mark for key a:

m + a

Jump to mark a:

` + a

Show all marks:

:marks

Clear all marks:

delm! | delm A-Z0-9:

Visual mode

Select whole line:

Shift + v

Re-select previous selection:

g + v

E-Mail hellofoo@ittafoovern.comcom

TODO:

auto complete

.vim folder

vimrc

marcos

bookmarks

marks

test it without my own config