Updated: April 23rd, 2008
[WORK IN PROGRESS] Here is a list of commands that I use every day with vim, in no particular order. Out of a billion possible key combinations, I found these to be irreplaceable and simple enough to remember.
* | search for the word under cursor (to the end of the file) |
# | search for the word under cursor (to the top of the file) |
ctrl-p,ctrl-n | suggest (p)revious or (n)ext autocomplete from the list of existing keywords in the file or included files (!). |
:go NNN | go to byte NNN |
. | redo last command |
/SEARCH TERM | search document for SEARCH TERM |
:%s/FOO/BAR/gci | replace FOO with BAR (g)lobally, case (i)insensitively, and asking for (c)onfirmation |
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