vim.md

VIM

Replacing surrounding character using vim-surround

If you have the vim-surround plugin installed:

• To replace surrounding symbols cs"' (will replace surrounding double quotes by single)
• To delete surrounding delimiters ds( (Will remove surrounding parentheses)

Brackets

• b is a text object for a bracket so you can do things like dab to delete around parrenthesis instead of da(, dib to delete inside, cib to change inside and so on ...

Navigation

• {count} + moves count lines down to the beggining of the line

• {count} - moves count lines up to the beggining of the line

• gd go to local declaration

• * search forward for word under the cursor

• # search backward for word under the cursor

• To move through the Jumplist (each position to which your cursor jumped):

  • ctrl-o to move backwards
  • ctrl-i to move forwards

• To move through Changelist (the position for every change you can undo):

  • g; to move backwards
  • g, to move forwards

Marks

• m{a-zA-Z} sets a custom mark whose exact location can be accessed using `{mark}
• Certains marks are special `. jumps to the last change

Tips

• :windo difft will show the diff between two windows
• :e! discards edits since last save and reloads the file
• ]m moves to the next curly brace

Splits

To move between splits:

• ctrl-w j moves to the top split
• ctrl-w h moves to the left split
• ctrl-w k moves to the bottom split
• ctrl-w l moves to the right split

Once you have split your screen, how can you rearrange your splits? It’s easy with ctrl-w:

• ctrl-w J moves the active to the top
• ctrl-w H moves the active split to the left
• ctrl-w K moves the active split to the bottom
• ctrl-w L moves the active split to right
• ctrl-w r rotates splits to the right/down
• ctrl-w R rotates splits to the left/up