How to Use Vim Editor

General

  • vimtutor : the Official Guideline to use vim
  • Use Bundler for plugins under vim

When You Open Vim

  • i:INSERT Mode
  • ESC:Return back to the Normal Mode
  • ::Enter the Command for FileOperation

Cursor Operation Commands

  • j k h l To move the Cursor
  • 0 The number 0, to the top of the line
  • ^ To the first space which is not a whitespace of a line
  • $ To the bottom of a line
  • g_ To the bottom space which is not a whitespace of a line
  • NG To the line of N
  • gg To the first line of the file
  • G To the last line of the file
  • w To the next word | start
  • e To the next word | end
  • % Go to the next ‘{’ or ‘}’ or ‘[’ or ‘]’ or ‘(’ or ‘)’
  • ctrl + f To the next page
  • ctrl + b To the previous page

Search and Replacement

  • /pattern: Search the String with the Regular Expression
  • ?pattern: Search it reversely.
  • * | # : Go to the next | Previous patterned word
  • n | Shift: Go to the next | Previous patterned word
  • s/n1/n2/g: Global replace n1 with n2 in a line
  • s/n1/n2: Line replace n1 with n2 in a line
  • %s/n1/n2/g: Global Replace in the whole file
  • R: Replace next item

Content Editing Commands

  • a: Insert after the cursor
  • o: Insert a new line after the current line
  • O: Insert a new line before the current line
  • cw: Replace a word in the location of the cursor
  • c$: Replace the whole line after the cursor
  • p: Paste Content which are deleted just now
  • yy | ddd: Copy the current line

Delete Operations

  • x: Delete a character with the location of the cursor
  • dw: Delete a word
  • de:Delete a word (do not include space)
  • dd:Delete the current line and cut it to the clip board
  • d$:Delete till the end of the line
  • dt:Delete all of the content till you find a ‘ “ ‘

Undo & Redo

  • u: Undo
  • U: Undo (all changes in a line)
  • <C-r>: Redo

File Operation Commands

  • :w + [filename]: Save the File | Write the File
  • :q: Quit
  • :e <path/to/file>: Open a file
  • :saveas <path/to/file>: Save as …
  • :q!: Quit but not save the Changes
  • :x | ZZ | :wq: Save and Quit
  • :bn | :bp: Use these two commands to change the current file -if you have opened not only one file.
  • :r FILENAME: Insert the file content to the current file
  • :START,END FILENAME: Cut the content from START to END line into a new file
  • ! BASH COMMANDS: execute bash commands inside vim

Operation Commands

  • .: Repeat the Previous Command
  • N<command>: Repeat the Command by N Times
    • 2dd: Delete 2 lines
    • 3p: Paste the content 3 times
    • 10i0nice [ESC]: Insert nice 100 times
  • v : Visualize Option
  • gU: Upper Case
  • goo: Lower Case
  • :spilt: Create splitted screen
  • <C-w>: Create splitted screen
  • <C-ww>: Move between splitted window
  • <C-w>+ | -: Add | Minus Size

Block Operation Commands

  • <C-v>: To the Block Operation Mode
  • <C-n> | <C-p>: Automatically give you tips
  • <C-g> Show the current cursor information

Based on :

  • J: Connect lines to be a single line
  • < | >: Index from left or right
  • = : Automatically Index

Help Commands

n: :help<command>: Get the Help

Functions

:syntax on: Open the Syntax of the Vim
:set number: Show the Number of line on the left
:set ruler: Show the Number of line and row of character on the bottom

Plugins

  1. Plugin 'gmarik/vundle' "插件管理
  2. (OK) Plugin 'plasticboy/vim-markdown' 
  3. Plugin 'The-NERD-Commenter' "代码注释
  4. Plugin 'snipMate' "代码片段管理
  5. Plugin 'editorconfig-vim'
  6. Plugin 'junegunn/vim-easy-align' "代码对齐
  7. Plugin 'tpope/vim-fugitive' "Git包装
  8. Plugin 'pangloss/vim-javascript' "javascript缩进等
  9. Plugin 'matchit.zip' "扩展%能力
  10. Plugin 'tomasr/molokai' "主题
  11. Plugin 'SingleCompile' "单文件编译
  12. Plugin 'PDV--phpDocumentor-for-Vim' "快速生成php注释
  13. Plugin 'mattn/emmet-vim' "zen-coding
  14. Plugin 'taglist.vim' 
  15. Plugin 'The-NERD-tree' "文件管理
  16. Plugin 'L9' 
  17. Plugin 'FuzzyFinder' "强大的文件搜索

扩展阅读

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