1. Vim Commands¶
To run the ‘ctrl-]’ and ‘ctrl-T’ command, we need to create the tags first. In the below command, the ‘tags’ will be created for all the python files in the directory, which will be stored in a file ‘tags’,
(run the following command in shell) ctags -R *.py
Commands | Descriptions |
h | left |
j | down |
k | up |
l | down |
w | forward to the beginning of next word |
3w | forward 3 words |
W | forward to the beginning of next word (only spaces are the end of word) |
b | backward to the beginning of next word |
B | backward to the beginning of next word (only spaces are the end of word) |
e | forward to end of next word |
E | forward to end of next word (only spaces are the end of the word) |
gg | go to first line of page |
G | go to end line of page |
10G | go to 10th line |
10gg | go to 10th line |
0 | go to first character of line |
$ | go to end character of line |
^ | go to first non-black character of line |
M | go to middle of the screen |
fa | go to next a in current line |
Fa | go to previous a in current line |
ta | go to end of next a in current line |
Ta | to to end of previous a in current line |
ctrl-o | go to previous location e.g. we went to line 10 from line 18, ctrl-o will go to line 18 again |
ctrl-i or Tab | go to next location i.e. go to line 10 again from line 18. |
gd | go to the local declaration of the word under cursor |
gD | go to the global declaration of the word under cursor |
g* | search for the word under the cursor |
g# | same as g* but in backward direction. |
gf | go to the filename under the cursor, use ctrl-o to go back |
ctrl-] | go to tag definition (a tag can be a function or variable name etc.); use ctrl-o to go back |
ctrl-T | go back to previous loation from where ctrl-] was exectued |
1.12. Screen movements¶
Commands | Descriptions |
ctrl-d | move half screen down |
ctrl-f | page down |
ctrl-e | move one line down |
ctrl-u | move half screen up |
ctrl-b | page up |
ctrl-y | move one line up |
z | move current line to the top of screen (with cursor at the beginning) |
zt | move current line to the top with without changing the location of cursor |
move current line to the center of screen (with cursor at the beginning) |
zz | move current line to the center of screen (without moving cursor) |
z- | move current line to the center of screen (with cursor at the beginning) |
zb | move current line to the center of screen (without moving cursor) |
1.13. Unix Shell¶
1.14. Registers¶
Commands | Descriptions |
“ayy | copy line in register ‘a’ |
“ap | paste content of register ‘a’ |
Capital letters append the new value to previously stored values |
“Ayy | copy line and append to previous value in register “a” Then use “a to paste the value in register ‘a’ |
“=3*2p | paste the result i.e. 6 at the current cursor location |
:registers | display the values in all the registers |
:registers abc | display the values of registers a, b and c |
1.15. Multiple Files¶
Commands | Descriptions |
:arg grep -l ‘import’ *.py | open all files in current folder which contains word ‘import’ |
1.16. Mark¶
Commands | Descriptions |
ma | mark the line with name ‘a’ (use a-z or 0-9) |
Next go to some other line and excute following command |
d’a | delete till line which is marked as ‘a’ |
:marks | show the list of marks |
‘a | go to mark a |
1.17. Sorting¶
Commands | Descriptions |
!10G (press enter) sort (press enter) | it will sort first ten lines according to name |
!G (press enter) sort (press enter) | it will sort all the lines according to names |
!!ls | go to terminal, run ls command and print the output on the file (i.e. print list of file in current directory) |
!!dates | go to terminal, run date command and print the output on the file |
1.18. Printing the code¶
Commands | Descriptions |
:hardcopy | open the printing-instructions-window |
:TOhtml and then save the file | Save in html format, use :colorscheme default for white background |
1.19. Mapping¶
- Please read the comments in .vimrc file for more commands and details
- comment/uncomment the command using double quote as per requirement.
1.19.1. Copy/paste from clip board¶
Use and then normal copy/paste command from clipboard.
Copy/paste to clip board |
is remapped | nnoremap “+ |
is remapped | nnoremap “+]p (paste with indentation) |
yiw or yy etc. | copy the word or line etc. in clipboard |
p | paste the data from clipboard |
1.19.2. Disable arraow keys¶
Below code can be used in .vimrc file
1.19.3. Code execution¶
“python commands |
” Execute : F9 (Below code is used in .vimrc file) |
:autocmd FileType python :nmap :! clear :! python % |
“C/C++ commands |
“Compile : F9 (Below code is used in .vimrc file) |
:autocmd FileType c,cpp :nmap :! rm -r out :! clear :! g++ % -o out |
“Run : Ctrl+F9 (Below code is used in .vimrc file) |
:autocmd FileType c,cpp :nmap :! clear :! ./out |
1.20. Buffer¶
Commands | Descriptions |
:bn | go to next buffer i.e. file |
:b | go to buffer with |
:bd | close current file without exiting vim |
:bd! | close current file without exiting vim and ‘no modification’ |
1.21. Split windows¶
Commands | Descriptions |
:split | split window in two part and display current file in both window |
:split | open in split window |
:5 split | open in new split window with width of 5 line |
:new | split window in two part with second window as blank |
crtl-w j | go to below split window |
crtl-w k | go to above split window |
crtl-ww, crtl-w w | go to next split window |
crtl-w + | increase the width of split window by one line |
5 crtl-w — | decrease the width of split window by 5 line |
crtl-w = | make all split window of equal size |
crtl-w _ | maximize the current split window |
1.22. Auto completion¶
Commands | Descriptions |
ctrl-p,ctrl-n | auto complete by looking previous/next words (use ctrl-p or ctrl-n to change the words from list) |
1.23. Text files¶
Commands | Descriptions |
:set textwidth=50 | change the line after 50 character |
:1,5 center 50 | textwidth = 50 and center the lines 1 to 5 |
:1,5 right 50 | textwidth = 50 and right justify the text on lines 1 to 5 |
:1,5 left 4 | left margin = 4 for lines 1 to 5 |
Use $ for end of the line as shown below, |
:1,$ center 50 | textwidth=50 and cneter all the line |
or use % sign for the file (results is same as above, |
:% center 50 |
:set wrap | turn the wrap words on |
:set nowrap | turn off the wrap words |
1.24. Macros¶
Commands | Descriptions |
qa | start recording and store in reg ‘a’. Then perform certain operations. press ‘q’ again to stop recording. |
@a | execute macro |
3@a | repeat macro 3 times |
1.25. More commands¶
Commands | Descriptions |
ctrl + g | name of current file |
ctrl + u | move half screen up |
ctrl + d | move half screen down |
J | join line below with current line |
3J | join below two line with this line (not 3) |
z= | spell suggestion |
~ | change case of letter |
:digraphs | to see the list of symbols e.g. copyright etc. |
1.26. Block Visual Mode¶
Add same items in the beginning/end/middle of all the lines
Commands | Descriptions |
crtl-v | select the block with cursor movement |
press I (insert before) or A (insert after) or c (replace) | type the text -> press Esc -> block will be replaces by text |
1.27. Zoom Screen¶
1.28. Save session¶
Commands | Descriptions |
:mksession name.vim | save session |
:mksession! name.vim | override session |
:source name.vim | load session |
1.29. Folding¶
Use space (remapped in .vimrc) at the line below the function definition for folding/unfolding the code.
1.30. Plugins¶
First install ‘vundle’ using following command. Use ‘git-shell’ to run this command in Windows.
- git clone https://github.com/VundleVim/Vundle.vim.git ~/.vim/bundle/Vundle.vim
- After that copy and paste the .vimrc file in the home directory (in Windows paste in the director C:/Users//)
- Use double quote to comment/uncomment” the packages in .vimrc file e.g. ” Plugin ‘mattn/emmet-vim’ will not install the package “emmet-vim”. Or add some more packages in .vimrc file as required.
- After selecting the packages, open vim and run the command -> :PluginInstall and it will install the all the plugins.
- Use :help to see the list of operations.
1.30.1. NERDTree¶
Commands | Descriptions |
NERDTree | turn on the directory structure |
NERDTree! | disable the directory structure |
m | then use various operations for delete, and create files. |
e.g |
m-a meher | create a file with name meher |
m-a meher/ | create a folder with name meher |
1.30.2. Surround¶
Commands | Descriptions | Results |
ysiw” | add “” to the word | Meher -> “Meher” |
ds” | delete surround quotes | “Meher” -> Meher |
cs[( or cs]) | change surround [] by () | [2+3]/2 -> (2+3)/2 |
cst | change tag to | Meher Krishna -> Meher Krishna |
1.30.4. vim-table-mode¶
Follow the below steps to create the ‘rst-table’ in Vim,
- Enable/Disable table mode using ‘:TableModeEnable/TableModeDisable’ or using ‘:TableModeToggle’,
- Type column-names e.g. |Col1 | Col2| and press enter
- Then press | twice to create the table. Do the same to add more lines in the table.
- Also, go above the |Col1 | Col2| and press | twice (required for correct rst-table-format)
1.30.5. vim-extline¶
This is used to underline the text, which is required for making Headings in .rst document.
- Type the symbols (in insert mode) e.g. = and then press ctrl-l ctrl-l to complete it.
- Or press ctrl-l and then press the symbol,
- Or press ctrl-l and then press a number e.g. 1, 2 etc. This is autocomplete the underline base on heading levels.
- Some more commands are listed below,
1.30.6. ConqureShell¶
Use :ConqueTermSplit to start the terminal in the Vim.
1.30.7. Airline¶
Airline theme plugin for better view e.g. display name of file, line number, column number etc.
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