vim - notes
Contents
Handy Dandy Cheat Sheet
Interactive search
:set incsearch
jumps
The :jumps command gives a list of positions you jumped to.
Jump to last
ctrl + o
Open vim with backup copy
vim -c "set backupcopy=yes" <file_name>
vim remove starting spaces
:%s/^\s\+
or use left align command
:%le
vim remove trailing white space
:%s/\s\+$//
Open multiple files in vim
vim -d file1 file2
Create a new file
:e name-of-file.extension
Show buffers (other open files)
:ls
Switch between buffers
:b <number>
:b 2
Next buffer / previous buffer
bn
bp
Split windows
:split file_name
:vsplit filename
:vsp filename
:vs
:sp
move between windows or splits
control + w 2times
or
ctrl + w [h/j/k/l] --> vim movements
Vim tabs
open multiple files in tabs
vim -p file1 file2
tabnew path/to/file
tabedit file
Move between tabs
gt --> move to next tab
gT --> move to previous tab
Vim file explorer
:Explore - opens netrw in the current window
:Sexplore - opens netrw in a horizontal split
:Vexplore - opens netrw in a vertical split
List registers
:reg
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