Table of Content

Tutorials

• [http://www.viemu.com/a_vi_vim_graphical_cheat_sheet_tutorial.html Graphical vi-vim Cheat Sheet and Tutorial]
• [http://easwy.com/blog/archives/advanced-vim-skills-catalog/ vim使用进阶: 目录]
• [http://www.zinkwazi.com/unix/notes/vimtips.html Best of VIM tips]
• [http://rosenfeld.heroku.com/en/articles/2010-12-26-achieving-productivity-with-vim-as-ide Achieving Productivity with Vim as IDE]
• [http://www.adp-gmbh.ch/vim/vars.html Programming in Vim Variables]
• [http://www.appinn.com/vim-tutorials-pic/ Vim 键盘图中文版]
• [http://www.appinn.com/online-vim-tutorial/ 在线 VIM 交互教程]

Moving

• Moving around, scroll up and down the screen

  CTRL-F
  CTRL-B
  CTRL-U
  CTRL-D
  CTRL-E
  CTRL-Y
  

Jumping

• One can use CTRL-O or CTRL-I jumping to older cursor position or newer position. One can print the jump list by:

  :ju
  

• #

the # key create a backward motion jumping from the current word to the same word in the current buffer

• N

the N key create a forward motion jumping from the current word to the same word in the current buffer

Buffers

• switch to previous buffer: <c-6>

Files

• open

  gf	 open in the same window ("goto file")
  <c-w>f	 open in a new window (Ctrl-w f)
  <c-w>gf	 open in a new tab (Ctrl-w gf)
  

• remove/delete current file

  :!rm %
  

Tabs

• create a new tab

  :tabnew
  

• switch to next tab

  gt
  

or

:tabn

Window

Move cursor to other windows.

CTRL-W CTRL-W                       Move to the next window
CTRL-W j,k,h,l                      Move down, up, lfet, right
CTRL-W <Down>,<Up>,<Left>,<Right>   Move down, up, lfet, right

Word under cursor

yaw        yank a word, include leading or trailing white space
yiw        yank a inner word 
daw        delete
diw        delete

Folding

zi         switch on/off folding
za         fold/unfold current block
zr, zm     
zR, zM

Plugins

• How to install a Vimball plugin (with .vba extension)?

Open the vba file with vim, and type the :source % command right there. The % refers to the current file

• install Taglist plugin: http://vim-taglist.sourceforge.net/installation.html
• to use TagList correctly, one has to correctly point out the folder contain 'ctags'. For example: let g:Tlist_Ctags_Cmd='~/bin/ctags/bin/ctags'
• folding: http://blog.csdn.net/wooin/archive/2007/12/30/2004470.aspx
• echo function: http://blog.csdn.net/wooin/archive/2007/12/30/2004470.aspx

  $ ctags -R --fields=+lS . /picb/home5/augix/Programming/ /picb/compbio5/augix/cDNA/
  

• the ctgas command line I used in MPI-EVA

  $ ctags -R ./Programming/ ./Research/
  

• gvim color scheme, in ~/.gvimrc

  " by augix
  " color scheme: desert
  colorscheme desert
  

• python debugger: [http://www.2maomao.com/blog/win32-vim-debug-python/comment-page-1/#comment-5290 runscript]
• VOoM: Show outline table on the left
• VimWiki: personal wiki with vim.
• git-vim

+Python

• [http://python.ubuntu.org.cn/viewtopic.php?f=165&t=180331 增强gvim适合python开发的相关配置]
• [http://www.yuanma.org/data/2007/0205/article_2237.htm 用vim搭建python开发环境]
• [http://www.petersblog.org/node/752 Debugging Python in VIM]
• checking errors: [http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2441 pyflakes.vim : PyFlakes on-the-fly Python code checking]
• [http://www.cnblogs.com/renrenqq/archive/2010/09/09/1813669.html Vim as Python IDE]

.vimrc file

• stop loading the current .vim file

  " disable it in MacVim
  if has('gui_macvim')
  	finish
  endif
  

VIMRUNTIME

set runtimepath=~/vim_local,$VIMRUNTIME

Colours

[http://vimcolorschemetest.googlecode.com/svn/html/index-pl.html screenshots of colorscheme]

Send selected lines

• Install

One only need to copy send.vim and send2screen.py to the right directory.

http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2104

http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1048

http://users.physik.fu-berlin.de/~mgoerz/blog/2008/09/integrating-vim-with-ipython/

Completion

set cot=menu
    completeopt	whether to use a popup menu for Insert mode completion

Help

• Can not find the help files?

  :helptags $VIMRUNTIME/doc/
  

Others

• change to the directory of the current file: :cd %:h
• show the key mappings :map
• Show/Hide invisible characters

  :set list/nolist
  

• Disable all blinking:

  :set guicursor+=a:blinkon0
  

• indent in multiple lines
  • way1: enter visual mode, use ">" or "<" to increase or decrease indent
  • way2: use "==" to give indent to the current line, use "n==", n is a number: to give indent to the following lines until line number n.
• [http://tips.webdesign10.com/how-to-convert-code-to-html-with-vim How to Convert Code to HTML With Vim]

  :TOhtml
  

• [http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/07/14/use-vim-as-a-syntax-highlighting-pager/ Work with less in order to print a script with syntax highlighted]