Vim Notes
Vi Commands
| vi key combo | command |
|---|---|
| :q! | quit without saving |
| :wq | write and quit |
| :q | quit |
| :%s/oldword/newword/g | substitute all oldword occurences with newword in entire file |
| :ls | list buffers |
| :b1 | switch to buffer 1 |
| :bn | switch to buffer n |
| :vs | vertically split window (create side by side windows) |
| dw | delete word |
| d$ | delete to end of line |
| dd | delete current line |
| . | repeat last change |
| yy | copy, yank line into buffer |
| p | paste the line in buffer after cursor position |
| cw | change word |
| u | undo! |
| i | insert mode |
| <Esc> | escape, exit insert mode |
| /VirtualHost | search file for phrase "VirtualHost" |
| n | move to next occurence of search phrase |
| 100G | move to 100th line |
| 1G | move to first line |
| G | move to last line |
A list of the most common g commands
| key combo | command |
|---|---|
| gf | Go to file under cursor |
| gv | Go to last visual selection (and reselect) |
| gi | Go to last inserted text |
| g; | Go to prev change in changelist |
| g, | Go to next change in changelist |
| gD | Go to definition of word under cursor in current file |
| gU | uppercase |
| gu | lowercase |
more vi cheatsheets
http://www.washington.edu/computing/unix/viqr.html
http://www.lagmonster.org/docs/vi.html
add to .screenrc to get Color Schemes working
attrcolor b ".I"
termcapinfo xterm 'Co#256:AB=\E[48;5;%dm:AF=\E[38;5;%dm'
defbce "on"
term screen-256color-bce
.vimrc
" Colors!!
set t_Co=256
" color theme
colors elflord
set showmode "show current mode down the bottom
"Setting the status line...
set statusline=%f "tail of the filename
"display a warning if the file format isn't Unix
set statusline+=%#warningmsg#
set statusline+=%{&ff!='unix'?'['.&ff.']':''}
set statusline+=%*
"display a warning if file encoding isn't UTf-8
set statusline+=%#warningmsg#
set statusline+=%{(&fenc!='utf-8'&&&fenc!='')?'['.&fenc.']':''}
set statusline+=%*
set statusline+=%h "help file flag
set statusline+=%y "filetype
set statusline+=%r "read only flag
set statusline+=%m "modified flag
syntax on
Window Commands
| C-w s | Split window horizontally |
| C-w v | Split window vertically |
| C-w x | Exchange windows |
| C-w w | jump to next window |
| :only | kill all windows but current |
| C-w = | equalize all window sizes |
Edit Keys: used with argument
c change
- cw = change word
d delete
- d$ delete til end of line
r replace
- r5 replace 5 chars
y yank
- yy yank entire line