VIM

Syntax Highlighting

Inside VI type the command below.

:syntax on

Maybe

:syn on

Bottom Page

This goes to the bottom of the page.

G

Bookmarks

To bookmark a position press m and then a letter. Use capital letter for Global or multiple files.

 ma

To go to the bookmark press ` and then letter marking you want to go to.

 `a

To see all your bookmarks.

 :marks

To to last edit location.

 `.

Record

To record a set of keys press q and then a letter to record to.

 qa

To play back the recording press @ and then letter marking you want to play back.

 @a

Copy & Paste

To yank to a registered key

 " + {key} + y

To paste from a registered key.

" + {key} + p

Windows

Switch between windows. The arrow key or direction key you want to go to.

 ctrl+w {arrow key} or {h,j,k,l}

Opens a new vertical split

 CTRL+w, v

Opens a new horizontal split

 CTRL+w, s

Closes a window but keeps the buffer

 CTRL+w, c

Closes other windows, keeps the active window only

 CTRL+w, o

Moves the current window to the right

 CTRL+w, r

Makes all splits equal size

 CTRL+w, =

Show Whitespace

This will show all whitespace char

 set list

You can also show only select char.

 :set listchars=eol:$,tab:>-,trail:~

Spelling

To turn spell checker on.

 :set spell spelllang=en_us

To turn spell checker off.

 :set nospell

To move between misspelled words.

 ]s and [s

To get misspelled recommendations, move in misspelled word and press.

 z=

To add word to dictionary.

 zg

To mark a word as incorrect

 zw

Autocomplete

This autocomplete tries to match word already in the document.

 ctl+n or ctl+p

Netrw

Open as a left window.

 :Lexplore or :Lex

Open as a new tab.

 :tabe .

Open file in new tab when in Netrw.

 t

Create new file.

 %

Create new directory.

 d

Delete file or directory.

 D

Terminal

You can open a new terminal by typing.

 :terminal

You can enter `normal` mode.

 ctrl-\ ctrl-n

Exit terminal mode

 ctrl-d

Pipe in data from console

To pipe in data from the command line use the following

 :%!{command}

or

If you in the terminal and want the output to go into vim.

 ls | vim -

Column Editing

Column editing is editing a bunch of lines at once.

 ctrl-v - start highlight of columns.
 h,j,k,l - to select the columns and/or rows
 shift-i - to go to insert mode.

Highlight blocks

To quick highlight blocks of code with in { or [

Move the curser inside the block, and type the following.

 vi[

or

 vi{

Edit in VIM

To bring a command line in to VIM for editing

 ctrl+x ctrl+e

Switch bash to use VIM

This will allow the terminal to use vim keys.

 set -o vi