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Vim Recipes
A cookbook for the Vim text editor
by
Run Paint Run Run
/
Run Paint Press
 
TABLEOFCONTENTS
Introduction.............................................................................................................................................vConventions............................................................................................................................................viContributing...........................................................................................................................................viiLicense..................................................................................................................................................... ixCredits ..................................................................................................................................................... x
Basics
Choosing the Right Mode.............................................................................................................12Basic Navigation...............................................................................................................................14Opening Files ....................................................................................................................................16Saving a File.......................................................................................................................................20Quitting Vim......................................................................................................................................22Deleting Text....................................................................................................................................24Visually Selecting Text....................................................................................................................26Copying, Cutting, and Pasting ......................................................................................................28Configuring Vim................................................................................................................................30Printing................................................................................................................................................34Getting Help......................................................................................................................................36
Editing
Indenting Lines..................................................................................................................................41Selecting Text with Motions.........................................................................................................44Repeating Commands.....................................................................................................................47Changing the Case of Text...........................................................................................................49Sorting Text......................................................................................................................................51Executing External Commands....................................................................................................54Managing Sessions............................................................................................................................56Formatting with an External Program .......................................................................................59
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Typing
Spell Checking...................................................................................................................................62Using Templates...............................................................................................................................64Undoing Mistakes.............................................................................................................................67Auto-Completing Text...................................................................................................................69Abbreviating Common Strings.....................................................................................................72Inserting Accented or “Foreign” Characters...........................................................................74Opening the File ..............................................................................................................................77Inserting the Date............................................................................................................................80
Navigation
Navigating Text Files.......................................................................................................................83Navigating Source Code................................................................................................................85Navigating the Viewport................................................................................................................87Navigating Buffers............................................................................................................................88Navigating Tabs................................................................................................................................90Manually Creating Folds.................................................................................................................92Navigating Folds...............................................................................................................................94Splitting the Screen.........................................................................................................................96Navigating Marks..............................................................................................................................98Navigating Tags...............................................................................................................................100Bookmarking Lines with Visible Markers (Signs)..................................................................103
GUI
Changing the Font.........................................................................................................................107Maximising Screen Space.............................................................................................................109Creating Menus and Toolbar Buttons.....................................................................................111
Searching
Searching for any Word..............................................................................................................114Searching Over Multiple Files.....................................................................................................115Searching and Replacing...............................................................................................................118
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