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Put these files in a clean .vim directory under your ~user directory
Create symlinks to the configuration files using these commands:
Install .
– fuzzy project searching
– to show buffer list at the top of the screen
– wrapping text with html tags or other characters
– commenting and uncommenting lines
– Sublime Text style multiple cursors
– Faster easier multifile text search
– Configurable status bar
– Show git status lines in gutter
– Show and remove whitespace at the end of lines
– File browser
– Coffeescript syntax highlighting
– CSS3 & SASS syntax support
– Syntax highlighting for Less, requires
– Git wrapper, adds current branch to Airline status bar
Open in Safari = \o
Convert to markdown (add p tags) = \md
Convert HTML to markdown = \ht
Educate quotes = \6
Convert html to entities = \7
html encode = [x decode = ]x
Wrap line = put cursor on line, type yss then what you want to wrap (works with HTML tags)
Replace surrounding character = cs[old character][new character] (example, change double to single quotes: cs"')
Comment selection = \
Comment line = \\
Text search in project = :Grep regexp
Change search options: :GrepOptions
Search for current word in project = \vv
Vertical selection = [control-v]
Multiple cursors = [control-n] when on a word to start a cursor at the next matching word ([control-p] to go back, [control-x] to skip)
Live multiline cursors = Create vertical visual selection, then press [control-n]
Search current directory = [control-p], select ".." to go up a directory, [F5] to refresh
Remove trailing whitespace = :StripWhitespace
Toggle NERD Tree = [control-t]
Full buffer NERD Tree = :Explore
Create new file in NERD Tree = m, then press a
Git commands, open in background temporarily = :Git [command], use % to pass in current file
Git commands, open in buffer = :Gcommit, :Gstatus, :Gdiff, :Gblame
Put Vim in the background = [control-z]
Return Vim to the foreground = fg
Open MacVim inside the terminal = mvim -v
Escape insert mode = Esc or [control-]]
Undo = u
Redo = [control-r]
Page up & page down = [control-f] & [control-b]
Replace word = cw
Switch buffers = [control-tab] go backwards by adding shift
Close buffer = :bd
Next/Prev buffer = :bn :bp
List buffer = :ls
Start new file = :e newfile.txt
Wrap line = put cursor in line, type yss then what you want to wrap... could be HTML
Insert new line = o or O for line before
Delete line = dd
Delete until end of line = D
Join next line with current line = J
Go to line = line# gg
Go to end of line = $
Go to beginning of line = 0
turn off auto indent = set noautoindent
see buffer commands = :b[tab]
see all registers = :reg
system clipboard = "*
Vertical select = control+v then select your column, I to insert, d to delete, r to replace
Window commands = control+w s split window, control+w hjkl move windows control+w c close window, control+q to quit a window
Replace to end of line = c$
Indent line = :>>
Repeat last command = .
find = :/[text here]
Find next = n (previous = N)
Clear search highlight = :noh
Word complete = [control-n] or [control-p] in Insert mode
Change case = gu (lowercase), gU (uppercase)
Recording keystrokes = q[buffer key], stop recording with q, play recording with @[buffer key]
Help for command = :help COMMAND
List of commands = :command [optional command] (use for when you have command conflicts)
Run shell command from Vim = :![shell command]
Close quickfix window = :ccl
Enable word wrap = :set wrap (nowrap to disable)
The html transformation commands at the bottom of the vimrc file require scripts you can find in . Those scripts should be installed in your ~/Scripts/ directory on Mac.
Tim Pope for and many other great Vim treats
Jonathan Filip for the
Mislav Marohnić for his
– Replacement for EasyGrep
copy line into register = "[letter]yy ()
Find and replace = %s/searchterm/replacementtext/c (% = whole file, c = confirm change),
Text search in project = :vimgrep /regex/gj */ (then use :cw to see a list of results, )