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  • Pasting From GUI
  • When pasting code from a GUI application (a web browser for example), Vim mysteriously inserts a lot of extra white spaces into code. This happens because Vim thinks that you are actually typing and not pasting, so it indents the code again, resulting in more white spaces. To solve this problem, run the following command in normal mode before pasting:
  • :set paste
  • Now press i to switch to insert mode and paste your code. Once done, you may disable this by using:
  • :set nopaste
  • Map Commonly-Used Tasks to Keys
  • If you find yourself re-typing the same command over and over, why not map it to one of the function keys? To do so use the map set of commands:
  • :map <fx> cmd

  • This maps the command cmd to function key Fx.

     

    nmap, imap and vmap can be used to limit key mapping to normal, insert, and visual modes respectively.
  • Multiple Clipboards
  • You may use registers to simulate multiple clipboards for copy and paste operations. Register names consist of one letter or number. To yank the current selection in visual mode to the register a, use "ay. To paste the contents of register a, use "ap. The same applies to other registers ("iy and "ip, for registeri). To view contents of all registers, use: :reg.
  • To visually check the difference between two files, use
  • It provides a nice color-highlighted view with code folding, much better than plain diff.
  • vimdiff file1 file2

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• 18 Aug 10
  

  utsuk srivastava
  • :set paste
  • :sp filename
  • zf5j.
  • olded text, press zo while the cursor is at the above line. To close it back, press zc.

  • Vim can be enhanced by plugins; the following is a list of plugins that I believe would improve the Vim experience while working with code. You may find more at Vim Scripts. To install a plugin, search for it in your package manager (Linux/Unix users) or refer to :help add-plugin.

     
     
    • SuperTab: Makes all insert-mode completion done with tab. To use, simply press TAB while in edit mode.
     
    • minibufexpl: Adds a buffer explorer to the top of Vim's window, simplifies working with buffers.
     
    • taglist: A source code browser that works with many languages, including C/C++, Java, Python, Perl, PHP, ...
     
    • vcscommand: SVN/CVS integration
  • quickly get out of command-line, press ctrl+c.
  • To auto-indent the current line, press ==

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  • zb, zt, and zz scroll the screen to make the current line at the top, bottom, or middle.
  • to auto-indent a piece of code, highlight it in visual mode, and press =. To auto-indent the current line, press ==.
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  • Visual Blocks

     

    Visual blocks are one of those features that you won't find in a GUI text editor. They let you mark blocks of text and do editing operations on them. To enter visual blocks mode, press ctrl+v, then use HJKL or arrow keys to highlight a block of text. Now operate on the first highlighted line as if you were in normal mode, and operations will be reflected on other highlighted lines. For example, to indent a block of text with > characters (to make it look like a text being replied to), highlight the first column of characters in visual blocks mode, then press shift+i to switch to insert mode at the beginning of the line. Insert a > in the first line and press ctrl+c. A > will be prepended to all other highlighted lines.

     

    This feature is also useful for commenting blocks of code, by prepending lines with // or #.
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  • • SuperTab: Makes all insert-mode completion done with tab. To use, simply press TAB while in edit mode.
     
    • minibufexpl: Adds a buffer explorer to the top of Vim's window, simplifies working with buffers.
     
    • taglist: A source code browser that works with many languages, including C/C++, Java, Python, Perl, PHP, ...
     
    • vcscommand: SVN/CVS integration.
  • • to auto-indent a piece of code, highlight it in visual mode, and press =. To auto-indent the current line, press ==. 
    • Use gq to wrap the highlighted peice of text.
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