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VIM Cheat Sheet

Split

<ctrl-w>s or :sp or :split split with line running horizontally
<ctrl-w>v or :vsp or :vsplit split with line running verticall
<ctrl-w>arrow move to pane
<ctrl-w>c close split
<ctrl-w>o close all other splits
:q close tab
:tab split move split to new tab
:sp | b1 create new split with buffer 1

Buffers

:b[num] use buffer [num]
:bn next buffer
:[num]bd unload buffer [num]

Tabs

gt go to next tab
gT go to next tab
[num]gt go to tab [num]
:tabnew open new tab
:tabc close tab
:tabe edit file in new tab

Auto Complete

<ctrl-x><ctrl-o> omni completion
<ctrl-y>, emmet
<ctrl-]> abbreviations
<ctrl-n> word completion

Cursor

hjkl - move
w - move to next word
b - mve to previous word
H move to top of screen
M move to middle of screen
L move to bottom of screen

Screen

<ctrl-f> page down
<ctrl-b> page up
<ctrl-d> half page down
<ctrl-u> half page up
<ctrl + y> to move the screen up one line.
<ctrl + e> to move the screen down one line.
zz to move the current line I'm on to the center of the screen.
zt to move the current line I'm on to the top of the screen.
zb to move the current line I'm on to the bottom of the screen.
[num]zz to move indicated line to the center of the screen.
[num]zt to move indicated line to the top of the screen.
[num]zb to move indicated line to the bottom of the screen.

Editing

dw delete forward to end of word
db delete backward to beginning of word
D delete to end of line
d^ delete to beginning of line
dvb delete backward to beginning of word including current char
x delete current char
X delete previous char

Search

:vim a *.* - search for 'a' in all files in dir
:copen / cclose open quickfix list to view matches of :vim
/ find
n find next match
N find previous match
:noh stop search highlight
:%s/wordtochange/changedvalue/gc search/replace

Copying

"+y copys visual selection to clipboard
yy copys entire line
[num]yy yank [num] lines
yb yank previous word
yw yank next word

Formatting

= auto indent selection/line
gg=G auto indent entire buffer
J join current line with next line

Comments

\c<space> - Nerdcommentor
<ctrl-v> then select block. Then <shift-i> to enter insert. Enter text and hit Esc

Selection

v visual character
V visual line
<ctrl-v> visual block
<option-click> visual block, highlight from start to click point

Commands

:%s/\s\+$//e trim ending whitespace
:%retab! convert spaces to tabs
NERDTree open up nerd tree file explorer

NERDTree

r refresh tree