Vim Proficiency
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Although I don’t use vim, it has good points for being easy keyboard glue. Why not learn both of the best worlds of Editors?
Apart from normal vim navigations and operators, These are some of the unique vim magics, which I haven’t used at all.
Marks
This is the important one, I have not used this at all. Should try and make use of it. Although emacs mark-ring is alot better.
| Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|
`^ |
Last position of cursor in insert mode |
`. |
Last change in current buffer |
`" |
Last exited current buffer |
`0 |
In last file edited |
'' |
Back to line in current buffer where jumped from |
`` |
Back to position in current buffer where jumped from |
`[ |
To beginning of previously changed or yanked text |
`] |
To end of previously changed or yanked text |
`< |
To beginning of last visual selection |
`> |
To end of last visual selection |
ma |
Mark this cursor position as a |
`a |
Jump to the cursor position a |
'a |
Jump to the beginning of the line with position a |
d'a |
Delete from current line to line of mark a |
d`a |
Delete from current position to position of mark a |
c'a |
Change text from current line to line of a |
y`a |
Yank text from current position to position of a |
:marks |
List all current marks |
:delm a |
Delete mark a |
:delm a-d |
Delete marks a, b, c, d |
:delm abc |
Delete marks a, b, c |
Navigation
Jumping
| Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|
<C-O> |
Go back to previous location |
<C-I> |
Go forward |
gf |
Go to file in cursor |
Counters
| Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|
<C-A> |
Increment number |
<C-X> |
Decrement |
Tags
| Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|
:tag Classname |
Jump to first definition of Classname |
<C-]> |
Jump to definition |
g] |
See all definitions |
<C-T> |
Go back to last tag |
<C-O> <C-I> |
Back/forward |
:tselect Classname |
Find definitions of Classname |
:tjump Classname |
Find definitions of Classname (auto-select 1st) |
Folds
| Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|
zo / zO |
Open |
zc / zC |
Close |
za / zA |
Toggle |
zv |
Open folds for this line |
zM |
Close all |
zR |
Open all |
zm |
Fold more (foldlevel += 1) |
zr |
Fold less (foldlevel -= 1) |
zx |
Update folds |
Command line
| Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|
<C-R><C-W> |
Insert current word into the command line |
<C-R>" |
Paste from ” register |
<C-X><C-F> |
Auto-completion of path in insert mode |
Spell checking
| Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|
:set spell spelllang=en_us |
Turn on US English spell checking |
]s |
Move to next misspelled word after the cursor |
[s |
Move to previous misspelled word before the cursor |
z= |
Suggest spellings for the word under/after the cursor |
zg |
Add word to spell list |
zw |
Mark word as bad/mispelling |
zu / C-X (Insert Mode) |
Suggest words for bad word under cursor from spellfile |
See :help spell
Source of this cheatsheet : https://devhints.io/vim
With that noted, I hope you turn out to be a proficient Vimmer or an efficient Emacser
For emacs, I have my previous post for it.