Commands tagged vim

In edit mode, toggle the case of a single word under the cursor in vim.

I often use "vim -p" to open in tabs rather than buffers.

insert filename

Normal mode: "%p

Insert mode: %

src: daily vim blog

src: http://www.ibrahim-ahmed.com/2008/01/find-and-replace-in-multiple-files-in.html

Simple way to achieve a colored SVN diff

This is a simple command for jumping to the matching brace, square bracket, or parentheses. For example, it can take you from the beginning of a function to the end with one key stroke. To delete everything between the pairs of {}, [], or (), issue the command:

To replace text between pairs of braces, brackets, or parentheses, issue the command:

You can also use this command to find out if an opening brace has been properly closed.

Often I need to edit a bash or perl script I've written. I know it's in my path but I don't feel like typing the whole path (or I don't remember the path).

While I love gpg and truecrypt there's some times when you just want to edit a file and not worry about keys or having to deal needing extra software on hand. Thus, you can use vim's encrypted file format.

For more info on vim's encrypted files visit: http://www.vim.org/htmldoc/editing.html#encryption

So you keep getting buzzes sounding from pidgin but you can't remember which buddy pounce is causing the beep. Well, cat/edit the ~/.purple/pounces and find out!

Reduce the number of keystrokes it takes to open a file in vim. First of all, you just need to type "v", which is less than half the number of characters (!), and second-of-all, you only need to enter a substring of the file you want to open. For example, if you want to open the file, homework.txt, then type "v hom" to open it. Good tip is to use the lowest unique substring, otherwise you'll open multiple files in different buffers (which is sometimes desirable). Use Ctrl-^ to switch between buffers.

Info has some of the worst keybindings I've ever seen. Being a vim user, I attribute that to emacs influence. Use the --vi-keys option to use some of the vi keybindings, although this won't change all the keybindings. Use the "infokey" program to have more control over info keybindings.

Very handy to bring the word currently under the cursor into a :s command in Vim.

Example:

If the cursor was on the word "eggs":

:s/ ==> :s/eggs

the middle command between the ; and ; is the vi commands that insert that line into the last line of the file, the esc with the carets is literally hitting the escape key, you have to have the smbfs package installed to do it, I use it to access my iTunes music on my mac from my linux PC's with amarok so I can play the music anywhere in the house. among other things, it allows you to access the files on that share from your computer anytime you're on that network.

Within vi allow to empty a text file in one shot

The -R flag prevents you from making changes to a file, useful when you only want to view the file. This command is nicer than the 'more' or 'less' commands because for source codes, vi shows syntax highlight.

This command delete all the empty lines (include the lines with space) from a file.

g = global command

\S = non-whitespace character; !\S the opposite

d = delete a range

On command mode in Vim you can save parts of the current buffer in another file.

* The 'n' value represents the first line of the new file.

* The 'm' value represents the last line of the new file.

* newfile.txt is the newfile.

The results are similar to this command in perl:

Replace all ocurrences in the file.

The g option is to replace more than one occurrence in the same line. Whitout the g option, it only replace the first occurrence in the line.