Vim

Commands

NORMAL

Command	Description
gg	Go to top of document
SHIFT+g	Go to end of document
u	Undo
:q	Quit
:q!	Force quit
:qw	Write buffer and quit
:x	Write buffer and quit
:h	Help
:h <keyword>	Show specific help for keyword
:noh	Remove highlighting
:g/<regex>/d	Delete all lines with regex pattern
:s/<regex>/<replace>/g	Replace regex pattern on line
:%s/<regex>/<replace>/g	Replace regex pattern full document
/<search pattern>	Search for specific pattern
v	Starts VISUAL mode, single character
V	Starts VISUAL mode, linewise
gd	Highlights all instances of word cursor is pointing at
gg=G	Fix indentation in the document

Cursor Movement

Command	Description
h	Go left
j	Go down
k	Go up
l	Go right
H	Move to top of viewport
M	Move to middle of viewport
L	Move to bottom of viewport
w	Move forward to start of word
W	Move forward to start of word, including punctuation
e	Move forward to end of word
E	Move forward to end of word, including punctuation
b	Move backward to start of word
B	Move backward to start of word, including punctuation
0	Move to beginning of line
$	Move to end of line
%	Move to matching character e.g. { -> }

VISUAL

This mode is enabled by command: v or V

Command	Description
o	Move to other end of marked area
aw	Mark a word
ab	A block with ()
aB	A block with {}
at	A block with <>
ib	Inner block with ()
iB	Inner block with {}
it	Inner block with <>
<lineX>GV<lineY>G	Highlights from lineX to lineY

Tabs & Split

Command	Description
:tabnew	Creates a new tab
CTRL+w T	Move current pane into its own tab
gt	Next tab
gT	Previous tab
1gt	Move to first tab, swap [Int] for another tab
tabm 2	Move tab to location 2 (indexed from 0)
tabo	Close all tabs except active
:sp	Split up/down (horizontal split)
:vs	Split left/right (vertical split)
CTRL+w =	Reset panes size
`CTRL+w	`
CTRL+w _	Expand active pane to maximal height
CTRL+w <	Reduce the width of current pane
CTRL+w >	Increase the width of current pane
CTRL+w 10<	Reduce the width of current pane, by [Int] size
CTRL+w 10>	Increase the width of current pane, by [Int] size

• https://vim.rtorr.com/ <- Complete cheatsheet

Project Config

1. In project root folder create a file with name .project.vim
2. Inside this file, add the overwrite configs
3. Inside $HOME/.vimrc add a command to load config like the following example

command Pf4b :cd /developer/flex4business/flex4b/|:source .project.vim

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Commands

Normal mode

• :saveas [path] save file at specified path
• :set nu Set number or unset number (force with :set nu!)

Nice commands

• caw change in whole word with whitespace
• ciw change in whole word
• diw change in whole word
• yi yank all the text inside ()
• dt delete untill character
• va will delete everything including char like va" deletes quotes

Enable edit mode

• i insert mode where cursor is
• o insert mode on next line
• O insert mode on previous line
• x delete single character and stay in normal mode
• r swap a single chracter
• dd enable delete mode
• d -> SHIFT+g delete from cursor to end of file

Copy paste

• v select text
• y copy text (yank text)
• p paste yanked text

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^E Scroll window down ^Y Scroll window up ^F Scroll down one page ^B Scroll up one page gg Go to top of file

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Things to structure

Text objecgt and motions

w - words s - sentences p - paragraphs t - tags

Motions

a - all i - in t - ´til f - find forward F - find backward

Commands

d delete (also cut) c - change (delete, then place in insert mode) y - yank (copy) v - visually select

Examples

Additional command

dd / yy delete/yank the current line D / C Delete/change until end of line ^ / $ move to the beginning/end of line I / A move to the beginning/end of and insert o / O Insert new line below/above current line and insert

.vimrc

set shell=/bin/bash
set noswapfile
set number "Show line numbes
set linebreak "Enable line breasks
set showmatch
set hlsearch "Highlight searches
set autoindent "Automatically indent
set shiftwidth=2 "Indent level
set smartindent
set smarttab "Enable automatic tabbing to right location
set softtabstop=2
set ruler
set expandtab "Ensure tab is space based
set showtabline=2 "Show tabline
let g:netrw_bufsettings = 'noma nomod nu nowrap ro nobl'