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##Modes Table of contents of the reference manual

:help usr_toc 

Index of manual

:help index

###Insert mode

:help inserting
:help replacing

###Switching modes

:help mode-switching

##Moving around

###Jump within window

‘H’igh- first line of the window

H

Middle of the window

M

‘L’ow- last line of the window

L

###help-motions

:help word-motions
:help cursor-motions

###Sentence wise

next sentence

)

previous sentence

(

###Paragraph wise next paragraph

}

previous paragraph

{

###Mark

create a mark

m(a-zA-Z) 

jump to the mark

'(a-zA-Z) 

###Jump around jump back to previous location

CTRL-o 

jump forward to next location

CTRL-i 

###Parts of the text

visual select a paragraph

vap

a word

aw

a quoted string

a"

a block

ab

flip the case

~

####Some help :help object-motions :help text-objects :help various-motions :help motion

###Help

List of contents of the entire user manual

:help user-manual

###:helpgrep

:helpgrep {Beginning of a world}

Navigate

:cnext 
:cprev

Whole list

:clist

###keywordprg

Don’t quite know it

:let &keywordprg=':help'

##Editing Basics

###Swap

:help swap-file

###Directory

Change Vim directory

:cd

Print Vim working directory

:pwd

###Swap tricks

Swap 2 characters

xp

Swap 2 words

dwwP

###Time machine

Travel between time

:earlier 4m
:later 45s
:undo 5
:undolist

manual for it :help :undolist :help undo-redo :help usr_32.txt

###Search

search for exact word

/\<word\>

search for number

/\d   #1 digit
/\d\+ #1 or more digits
/\d\* #0 or more digits

manual

:help pattern

##Multiplicity

###Fold

:set foldmethod=indent
:nnoremap <space> za
:help folding

###Buffer

open file

:e filename #open file
:b num      #switch to buffer 1

buffer list

:buffers
:ls

delete buffer

:bd num

help

:help buffer-list

###Window

switch between windows

CTRL-w <motion key>   #w means 'w'indows

cycle between windows

CTRL-w CTRL-w

same file, different parts

:sp     #'sp'lit window
CTRL-w s

vertical split

:vsp
CTRL-w v

‘r’otate the windows

CTRL-w r

move current window to the topmost position

CTRL-w K

resize to num lines long

:resize num

make current window as big as possible

CTRL-w _

make all windows ‘equal’ in height again

CTRL-w =

help manual

:help windows

###Tabs

open a new tab

:tabnew

switch between tabs

gt    #'g'o to the next 't'ab
gT    #opposite direction

close a tab

:tabc
:q

open text in a new tab instead

:help tabpage
=>:tab help tabpage

tab reorder

:tabmove <num>

help manual

:help tabpage

##Scripting

###Macros

q(a-zA-Z)   #record a macro
@(a-zA-Z)   #replay a macro

###Scripts

List of available functions

:help function-list

List of features

:help feature-list

Help manuals

:help eval
:help python-commands
:help perl-using
:help ruby-commands

##Plugins

###Syntax scheme

manuals when writing syntax scheme

:help syntax
:help usr_44.txt
:help group-name
:help pattern-overview
:help mysyntaxfile
:help new-filetype

redraw the screen

CTRL-L

###Compiler plugin

help

:help write-compiler-plugin
:help quickfix

###Disabling plugin

vim -u NONE
vim -u your-minimal-initialization.vim

help

:help -u
:help starting

##Programmes Editor

###Syntax highlighting

pipe Unix shell output to Vim

cmd | vim -R -
# end dash tells Vim to read from standard input

###Bounce jump to corresponding curly bracket, or between the start and end of a block

%

###Shell

access a full-fledged shell

:sh

run external filters for current text

:%!sort
# sort current content

###Jumping around

open the file(position your cursor on a file name)

gf

go to the local definition of the variable(cursor on variable name)

gd

go to the global declaration

gD

next { in the first column

]]

display all lines that contain the keyword under the cursor

[I

help

:help object-motions
:help 29.3
:help 29.4
:help 29.5

###Browsing code

####File system

:Vex
:Sex

####ctags

open taglist window

:TlistToggle

jump to definition of

:tag foo

jump to definition of symbol under the cursor

CTRL-]

return to previous code you were reading

CTRL-t

jump to definition in a split window

CTRL-w ]

move between matching tags

:tnext
:tprev
:tfirst
:tlast

help

:help taglist-intro

##More

###Modeline

enforce pure tabs within certain file

# vim: noexpandtab
(put within the first 2 lines or last 2 lines)

###Dr.Chip’s plugins

Need to apply it

###Community

mailing list

tips

##What next

Best of Vim Tips

:help user-manual
:help new-7

###Some tricks

Cancel search highlight

:noh

###Vim/Cscope

search: CTRL-<space> s

command line search: :scscope find symbol foo or :scs f s foo

go back: CTRL-t

####types of search

• sfind all uses of symbol
• gglobal definition
• call calls to a function
• fopens the filename under the cursor

####auto reindent

gg=G