You can type :h reg and then press CTRL+D to see all subjects that contain "reg". for more information type :h :h.
You can use CTRL+] to follow a tag. You can use CTRL+o or CTRL+t to return back. If you change your mind you can use CTRL+i to undo the return back.
If you want to synchronize the current working directory of NERDTree with open file/buffer, the following command.
:NERDTreeFindIf you cannot install NERDTree, you can run :Explore command for file browsing.
\d to see error detailset spell. The solution is set nospell.~/.vimrc to access man in Vim. For example :Man mpvruntime ftplugin/man.vimWhen you are in command mode (using :) enter CTRL-f to open command-line window. If you are in normal mode you can press q: to open command-line window
When you are in normal mode you can press q/ to open search window
bufdo command:bufdo set nu
:bufdo %s/foo/bar/g
You can use :tcd to change working directory for current tab. You can use :lcd to change working directory for current window and :cd to change it globally
:global command:g/pattern/d:g/^\s*$/dFor more information read this wiki page
:match ErrorMsg /pattern/For a list of highlight groups try :h highlight-groups
You can yank in command mode. For example :%y 0 copy the entire buffer into 0 register
You can open a terminal in Vim by running :terminal.
If you want to disable highlighted search text, run :nohls or :nohlsearch. If you try to search for a new word, it will not be highlighted so you should enable it by running :hls or :hlsearch. A better approach is to empty search register by running :let @/='' without touching the highlight variable.
You can use ack or ag without a plugin. The author of the latter claims that it's faster. To run ag and fetching its output in QuickFix list you can run:
:cexpr system('ag search_keyword')After that you can run :copen to see the output in QuickFix list. If you press enter key on any file, it will be opened in a new window. If you want to add more result to the same QuickFix list, you can run :caddexpr system('ag search_keyword_2)`. If you are searching for special characters you can use the following command (note that the dot means concatenation):
:cexpr system('ag ' . shellescape("1'000'000"))For more information in Vim type :h motion.txt
e and Ee move to the end of a wordE move to the end of a word (any non-whitespace characters)Suppose the cursor is at the beginning of std::cout <<. e stops at d and E stops at t.
w and Ww move forward to the beginning of a wordW move forward a word (any non-whitespace characters)Suppose the cursor is at the beginning of std::cout <<. w stops at : and W stops at <.
b and Bb move backward to the beginning of a wordB move backward to the beginning of a word (any non-whitespace characters)ge and gEge move backward to the end of a wordgE move backward to the end of a word (any non-whitespace characters)0 and ^ and $0 Move to the beginning o a line^ Move to the first non-blank character of the line$ Move to the end of the lineH (Home) and M (Middle) and L (Last)H jump to the top of screenM jump to the middle of screen L jump to the bottom of screenCTRL+u and CTRL+d and CTRL+f and CTRL+bCTRL+d move 16 lines downCTRL+u move 16 lines upCTRL+f move one page downCTRL+b move one page upz+enter and z+. and z+-z+enter move the current line to the top of screenz+. move the current line to the middle of screenz+- move the current line to the bottom of screen50z+enter makes the top of screen starts at line 50You can run the following command to figure out if it's available:
vim --version | grep clipboardInside Vim you can run :echo has('clipboard') to see if it's available. Most Linux distros ship with a "minimal" Vim build by default which doesn't have +clipboard. but you can usually install it:
Install vim-x11 and run vimx instead of vim. You can add the following line to your ~/.bashrc:
alias vim='vimx'Install vim-gtk or vim-gnome.
When you are in insert mode or command mode press CTRL-r * or CTRL-r + for pasting from OS clipboard. Of course you can also use Vim registers (e.g. CTRL-r a)
You can quickly exit insert mode for a single normal mode operation with CTRL-o. For example if you are in insert mode and want to quickly paste, you can press CTRL-o p
For more information type :h registers in Vim.
Type :reg in Vim. If you only want to see the content of registers a, b and c you must run :reg a b c in Vim.
""It has the content of the last modified register. If you don't specify register name in yank and put commands (e.g. yy) the unnamed register is used.
Vim store the content of last yanked text (copied text) into 0 register (you can access it by "0). Vim uses registers 1 to 9 to store the last deleted operation. 1 have the most recent one and 9 has the oldest one. Suppose we have a file with the following content:
line 1
line 2
line 3
line 4
line 5
line 6
line 7
line 8
line 9
yanked textWe yanked the last line (yanked text) and then delete other lines starting with "line 1" (the last deleted line will be "line 9"). The content of registers are:
"" line 9
"0 yanked text
"1 line 9
"2 line 8
"3 line 7
"4 line 6
"5 line 5
"6 line 4
"7 line 3
"8 line 2
"9 line 1"-If you delete less than one line, Vim uses this register instead of numbered registers (e.g. dw).
"a to "z or "A to "ZVim uses these registers if you specify them explicitly (e.g. "ayy). If you use lowercase letters, the previous content of named register is replaced. If you use uppercase letters, the new content is appended. If global variable cpoptions has character >, then a new line character is added before appending the new content. You can add it using :set cpoptions+=>.
Suppose you yanked a text (as you know it stored in 0 register). You can modify 0 register before pasting by typing :let @0= then press CTRL-r and finally 0 to put the content of 0 register. Now you can modify it and then press enter to save the change.
. registerIt has the content of last inserted text. For example suppose we enter these two sentences and then delete the last sentence:
The Sith rely on their passion for their strength. They think inward only about themsevles.So before exiting the insert mode the content is:
The Sith rely on their passion for their strength.The content of ". register is:
The Sith rely on their passion for their strength. They think inward only about themsevles.<80>kb<80>kb<80>kb<80>kb<80>kb<80>kb<80>kb<80>kb<80>kb<80>kb<80>kb<80>kbAs you can see we have two sentences plus backspace characters to delete the second one.
% registerIt has the current file address. Suppose we want to copy the current file path to OS clipboard. We need to run :let @+=@%.
: registerIt has the content of last executed command. In command mode you can run :@: to rerun the last command.
= registerThe expression register is used to deal with result of expressions. For example if you are in insert mode and you type CTRL-r = you will see a = sign in the command line. Then you type 2+4*3<enter>, 14 will be inserted
/ registerThe search register has the content of the last search.
Type :recording for more information.
Suppose you copied the content of a macro in OS clipboard. You can run it by @+. For example copy "iVim is awesome" into your OS clipboard and then in normal mode enter @+.
For more information type :h vimgrep.
For example you can type :vimgrep /while/ **/*.cpp to search for while recursively (** means search recursively). To see the file list type :copen.
i, I
a, A
s, Sr, R
c, C, cc
d, dd, Df[char], F[char], t[char], T[char] page 12f, 20kCTRL-G p19CTRL-D, CTRL-U p20d3$, 3dd3d2w p21cc C p22Dp22 (The . command repeats the last change. A change, in this context, is inserting, deleting or replacing text)
You position the cursor on the first < and delete the <B> with the command df>.
J p23r and s5r* p235r<ENTER> p23~, 2~ p24
qa <some actions> q. For using macro three times: 3@a.
qqq
qq
Commands you want to record
@q
q
@qCTRL-kCo for copyright sign"foobeep\&...beep" matches foobeep. foobeep\&..." matches "foo" in "foobeep. see :h pattern:set hlsearch. :nohlsearch. :set incsearch p29/ and ? and n and N and /<ENTER> and ?<ENTER>/^$ p33/. p33
:h magic. if you use "/\V<pattern>", you only need to escape '/' and '\' character with \ (e.g. /\V\/ and /\V\\) in <pattern>; but if you use "?\V<pattern>" you only need to escape '\' with '\' (e.g. ?\V\\) in <pattern>:g/^#/d Delete all lines that begin with '#' character. For more information see this page:for i in range(1, 12) | put = printf('%d.', i) | endfor% to jump from an open brace to its matching closing brace. Or from a "#if" to the matching "#endif". Actually, % can jump to many different matching items. It is very useful to check if () and {} constructs are balanced properly.[{ to jump back to the "{" at the start of the current code block.gd to jump from the use of a variable to its local declaration."XpmCr", then hit CTRL-N and Vim will expand it to