VIM tricks
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post VIM tricks and shortcuts that you use all the time
After using VIM for years I would just say explore. I've learned a whole lot a tricks about VIM by accident and it's mostly because I still don't know how to exit the program.
these require caps:
H(ome)
M(iddle)
L(ast)
>>53594900
shift+z shift+q to exit without saving also nice trips
>>53594937
well i'm clearly going blind/mad
>>53594876
gd
{ } for top tier lazy navigation
go to definition
For a superior editor::q!
emacs
>>53595166
make sure you don't cut yourself on that edge anon!!
>using vim
>doesnt even have a gui
>1992
Press i to insert.
>>53596134
I press the insert key.
Fight me.
I also navigate with the cursor keys.
>>53595166
this desu
I just found out yesterday that G jumps you to end of file.
>>53594900
I see most people exit with colon command :wq!
Personally, I like to use ZZ
>>53597210
You can also go to a specific line with G. For example, to go to line 100, type 100G, to go to top of file type 1G, to go to end of file type $G
au BufEnter *.c set makeprg=gcc\ -lm\ -Wall\ -Wextra\ -pedantic\ -o\ %:r\ %
>>53595490
>gvim
also
>being a cuck
>>53597655
you can also do
:100
to go to line 100
The period character '.' repeats last command. This can be very handy. Probably overlooked by new users.
>>53597750
v - visual select
V - visual line select
^v - visual block select
>>53597655
To go to the top you can just press 'gg'
I feel I'm still learning basics after two years but it's real cool how much you can do in a few key presses. Like with using the above, 'gg=GG' to reindent the whole file you're working on
>>53597837
Yes, I love the V command. I think that was new with vim. Don't think vi had it.
>>53597882
wew thanks for this
:set nu
to see line numbers, then you can do something like save lines 100 to 150 with
:100,150 w! filename
'0' character to goto beginning of line and '$' to go to end of line.
dfx (delete forward to and including next x character)
cfx (delete/change forward to and including next x character and switch to insert mode)
Put the cursor on brace { and find the matching brace with '%' character.
>>53594876
>2016
>nao ter todos os programas em ingles
>>53597630
>using ZZ
:wq just rolls off the fingers anon. Try it sometime
>>53599801
this tbqh my monkey friend
Is there an easy built in way to make vim have automatic syntax indentation, or am I going to have to get down and dirty here?
:q!
emacs
>>53599801
>>53599855
esto para ser completamente honesto mi amigo mono.
>>53599860
what like putting a space between parens and parameters?
All the magical shit you can do with registers.
:help registers
>>53594876
^C - closes the shitty editor ;^)
>>53600116
No, like indenting after a {
>>53600163
like 4 spaces or a tab character after you press { ???
cit deletes everything inside an XML/HTML tag and goes into insert mode
dit does the same without going into insert mode
<shit>niggers</shit>
<shit></shit>
>>53600177
Tab character after { + EOL
>>53600215
yes.
>>53600190
ci is god-tier. Can do with parens, quotes, brackets too.
>>53600350
can do words and WORDS too
:%s/old/new to search and replace
:%s/old/new/c for confirmation
:%s/old/new/gc for every line with confirmation
>>53595166
>using an operating system as a text editor
I always forget what things I need to escape and which I don't need to escape when typing out regex so here's a neat little trick::set hlsearch
:set incsearch
/get whatever search pattern right\. for example here I want to delete all lines matching this
:%g/<C-r>//d
The last thing you do on / is saved in the / register which you can pull up with <C-r>/
No real tips.
IMO, the most underrated and underappreciated source for Vim tips is the Vim User Manual. Like, seriously, 90% of the things I do come from what I learned there.
:help usr_01.txt
If you're serious about learning vim, dedicate a night or two to going through the manual. Open up the vimtutor (or any complete file: prose text is preferable for the manual, but code works, too, if you do your research), since you can't normally edit the manual while reading it.
The manual isn't just a good learning tool: it also gives you a sense for how Vim is organized and what things are called. That way, if you need to know how to do something, it's easy to look it up with ":help [thing]".
