Vim Commands

Description

Useful vim commands for navigating files, creating, editing and deleting code.

Modes

i # Insert mode (before cursor)
I # Insert mode (start of line)
a # Insert mode (after cursor) 
A # Insert mode (end of line)
v # Visual mode
V # Visual line mode
Ctrl-v # Visual block
: # Command mode

e # Move to end of word
w # Jump forward a word
w # Jump word forward
b # Jump word backward
% # Jump to corresponding bracket
} # Jump up to next space
{ # Jump down to next space
gg # Top of file
G # Bottom of file
M # Middle of screen
nG # Move to line number n
'' # Return to last position

View

zt # Cursor at top of screen
zz # Put cursor at center of screen
zb # Put cursor at bottom of screen

Modifying

dd # Delete line
dw # Delete word
dit # Delete inside html tags
dct # Delete inside html tages and go to insert mode
da* # Delete around defined char (*)
di* # Delete inside defined char (*)
dG # Delete from cursor to end of file
d} # Delete from cursor to next line break
d{ # Delete from cursor to previous line break

P # Paste before cursor
p # Paste after cursor
"+P # Paste before cursor (or above line) from system clipboard
"+p # Paste after cursor (or next line) from system clipboard

yw # Copy word
yy # Copy line

gQQ # Single line to multi-line
J # Join lines

:%s/\s+$//e # Remove whitespace from file

Searching

?"term" # Search for term (case-sensitive)
:noh # Stop highlighting

Regex

Find some useful vim regex patterns here: vimregex.com

Multi-line Editing

Ctrl-v # Enter visual block mode
j or k # Move down or up rows
i # Insert mode
esc # Escape (whereafter rows should load)

Alternative using visual-multi (if installed).

Ctrl-n # Open visual multi
n # Select next item
i # Edit and insert new text
esc esc # Escape visual multi-mode (must press twice)

Indent or De-Indent Multiple Lines

Entire file.

gg=G

Selection

v # Enter visual mode
j or k # To select multiple lines
0...9< # To de-indent multiple times
0...9> # To indent multiple times

Tags

Helps navigate between classes and functions in large code bases. Requires CTags.

Installation

brew install ctags

Generate

In the folder contain scripts you can run one of the following commands.

ctags -R . # For all tags in all programs
ctags -R --exclude=node_modules . # Exclude a folder
ctags -R --exclude=.git --exclude=node_modules . # Exclude multiple folders

Usage

:tags # Show tag stack
:tag "name" # Go to defined tag
Ctrl-] # Jump to tag definition
:tn # Jump to next tag
:tp # Jump to previous tag
g] # See all tags for a selected definition
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## Config
```bash
call plug#begin('~/.vim/plugged')

Plug 'https://github.com/octol/vim-cpp-enhanced-highlight'
Plug 'https://github.com/preservim/nerdtree'
Plug 'https://github.com/mg979/vim-visual-multi'
Plug 'https://github.com/itchyny/lightline.vim'
Plug 'https://github.com/MaxMEllon/vim-jsx-pretty'
Plug 'instant-markdown/vim-instant-markdown', {'for': 'markdown'}
Plug 'lervag/vimtex'
Plug 'mattn/emmet-vim'
Plug 'jelera/vim-javascript-syntax'
Plug 'StanAngeloff/php.vim'
Plug 'ryanoasis/vim-devicons'
Plug 'https://github.com/cohama/lexima.vim'
Plug 'zah/nim.vim'

call plug#end()

map <C-o> :NERDTreeToggle<CR>
autocmd BufEnter * if tabpagenr('$') == 1 && winnr('$') == 1 && exists('b:NERDTree') && b:NERDTree.isTabTree() |
    \ quit | endif

set encoding=UTF-8
set cursorline
set nocompatible
set tabstop=4
set showmatch 
set backspace=indent,eol,start
set shiftwidth=4
set expandtab
set autoindent
set noexpandtab
set ignorecase
set smartcase
set ai
set number
set hlsearch
set ruler
set relativenumber

set linebreak
set wrap " 
set t_md=
set tw=0


highlight Comment ctermfg=lightgrey
highlight LineNr ctermfg=lightgrey
highlight SpellBad ctermbg=black
hi MatchParen cterm=bold ctermbg=none ctermfg=yellow
set laststatus=2

autocmd BufRead,BufNewFile *.txt setlocal spell
autocmd BufRead,BufNewFile *.md setlocal spell
autocmd BufRead,BufNewFile *.tex setlocal spell

let g:vimtex_view_general_viewer = 'evince'

let g:user_emmet_leader_key=','

command! MakeTags !ctags -R .
set tags=./tags,tags;$HOME
set autochdir

filetype plugin on
set shell=bash\ -i

if (has("autocmd") && !has("gui_running"))
	augroup colorset
		autocmd!
		let s:white = { "gui": "#ABB2BF", "cterm": "145", "cterm16" : "7" }
		autocmd ColorScheme * call onedark#set_highlight("Normal", { "fg": s:white }) " `bg` will not be styled since there is no `bg` setting
	augroup END
endif

syntax on
colorscheme onedark

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