Vim Recipes
A cookbook for the Vim text editor
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Run Paint Run Run
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Run Paint Press
TABLEOFCONTENTS
Introduction.............................................................................................................................................vConventions............................................................................................................................................viContributing...........................................................................................................................................viiLicense..................................................................................................................................................... ixCredits ..................................................................................................................................................... x
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
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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Spell Checking...................................................................................................................................64Using Templates...............................................................................................................................66Undoing Mistakes.............................................................................................................................69Auto-Completing Text...................................................................................................................71Abbreviating Common Strings.....................................................................................................74Inserting Accented or “Foreign” Characters...........................................................................76Opening the File ..............................................................................................................................79Inserting the Date............................................................................................................................82Inserting Snippets.............................................................................................................................84
Navigating Text Files.......................................................................................................................89Navigating Source Code................................................................................................................91Navigating the Viewport................................................................................................................93Navigating Buffers............................................................................................................................94Navigating Tabs................................................................................................................................96Manually Creating Folds.................................................................................................................98Navigating Folds.............................................................................................................................100Splitting the Screen.......................................................................................................................102Navigating Marks............................................................................................................................104Navigating Tags...............................................................................................................................106Bookmarking Lines with Visible Markers (Signs)..................................................................109
Changing the Font.........................................................................................................................113Maximising Screen Space.............................................................................................................115Creating Menus and Toolbar Buttons.....................................................................................117
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