Contents:

• Docs & Articles
• Random tips
  • Documentation
  • Shell setup
  • Surround text
  • Visual-block mode
  • Copy & Paste
  • Fold / Unfold
  • Go to …
  • Vimdiff

Docs & Articles #

Important:

• Quick Reference
• Vim Cheatsheet (archive) / Github Repo (archive)
• Vim Graphical Cheatsheet (archive)

Other:

• Configuring .ideavimrc (archive)
• Everyone Who Tried to Convince Me to use Vim was Wrong (archive)
• Seven habits of effective text editing (archive)
• Vim - precision editing at the speed of thought (Vimeo.com video)
• Vim Adventures (game)
• Vim content by Alvin Alexander (archive)
• Vim Tips for the Intermediate Vim User (archive)
• VimGolf (archive)

Random tips #

Documentation #

• :help
• :help g
• :help motion.txt
• :help spell.txt
• :help user-manual
• :help visual.txt

Shell setup #

For Zsh:

set -o vi

For Bash:

bindkey -v

Indicating the editing mode via the prompt in Zsh:

export BASE_RPROMPT="$RPROMPT"

zstyle ':vcs_info:git:*' formats '%F{240}%b %f %F{237}%r%f'
zstyle ':vcs_info:*' enable git

function zle-line-init zle-keymap-select {
    RPS1="%B%F{237}${${KEYMAP/vicmd/--NORMAL--}/(main|viins)/--INSERT--}%f%b $BASE_RPROMPT"
    RPS2="$RPS1"
    zle reset-prompt
}

zle -N zle-line-init
zle -N zle-keymap-select

Surround text #

Functionality from vim-surround, which also works in VS Code (with VSCodeVim):

v                    # Enter visual mode
<visually select>    # Use the keyboard to select the section of text
s                    # Press upper case S
"                    # Specify what you want to surround the visual selection with

Visual-block mode #

This works like (and implemented with) multi-cursors in other editors (see VS Code (archive)).

• Ctrl-v to enter visual-block mode
  • Select block
• I (capital letter) to enter insert mode
• <Esc> to exit insert mode

Copy & Paste #

Shortcuts:

• d is for cut, y is for copy, p or P are for paste

Normally one uses the clipboard register to cut, copy and paste, which is *. So "*y copies to the system clipboard, and "*p pastes from that clipboard.

To activate the system clipboard for copy and pasting with the “unnamed” register, add this to .vimrc:

set clipboard+=unnamed

Fold / Unfold #

• zc: fold
• zo: unfold
• zM: fold all
• zR: unfold all

Go to … #

• gd: go to definition
• gx: open link
• Ctrl+O: jump back to last position

Vimdiff #

• do: Get changes from other window into the current window
• dp: Put the changes from current window into the other window.
• ]c: Jump to the next change.
• [c: Jump to the previous change.
• Ctrl W + Ctrl W: Switch to the other split window.