zz to center the cursor vertically on your screen. useful when you 250gzz, for instance.

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git config --global core.editor "gvim --nofork"

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ci" inside a " " will erase everything between "" and place you in insertion mode.

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:set guifont=* in gvim or MacVim to get a font selection dialog. Useful while giving presentations.

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:h slash<CTRL-d> to get a list of all help topics containing the word 'slash'.

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guu converts entire line to lowercase. gUU converts entire line to uppercase. ~ inverts case of current character.

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<CTRL-o> : trace your movements backwards in a file. <CTRL-i> trace your movements forwards in a file.

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:ju(mps) : list your movements {{help|jump-motions}}

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:history lists the history of your recent commands, sans duplicates.

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"+y to copy to the X11 (or Windows) clipboard. "+p to paste from it.

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noremap ' ` and noremap ` ' to make marks easier to navigate. Now ` is easier to reach!

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2f/ would find the second occurrence of '/' in a line.

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:tab sball will re-tab all files in the buffers list.

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:%s/joe|fred/jerks/g will replace both 'fred' and 'joe' with 'jerks'.

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* # g* g# each searches for the word under the cursor (forwards/backwards)

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:vimgrep pattern **/*.txt will search all *.txt files in the current directory and its subdirectories for the pattern.

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== will auto-indent the current line. Select text in visual mode, then = to auto-indent the selected lines.

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Count the number of occurences of a word in a file with :%s/<word>//gn

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:set foldmethod=syntax to make editing long files of code much easier. zo to open a fold. zc to close it. See more http://is.gd/9clX

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Need to edit and run a previous command? q: then find the command, edit it, and Enter to execute the line.

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@: to repeat the last executed command.

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:e $MYVIMRC to directly edit your vimrc. :source $MYVIMRC to reload. Mappings may make it even easier.

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g<CTRL-G> to see technical information about the file, such as how many words are in it, or how many bytes it is.

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gq{movement} to wrap text, or just gq while in visual mode. gqap will format the current paragraph.

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:E to see a simple file explorer. (:Ex will too, if that's easier to remember.)

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:vimgrep pattern *.txt will search all .txt files in the current directory for the pattern.

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:match ErrorMsg '\%>80v.\+' uses matching to highlight lines longer than 80 columns.

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:%s/\r//g to remove all those nasty ^M from a file, or :%s/\r$//g for only at the end of a line.

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% matches opening and closing chars (){}[], and with matchit.vim, def/end, HTML tags, etc. as well!

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<CTRL-n><CTRL-p> offers word-completion while in insert mode.

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<CTRL-x><CTRL-l> offers line completion in insert mode.

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/<CTRL-r><CTRL-w> will pull the word under the cursor into search.

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gf will open the file under the cursor. (Killer feature.)

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Ctrl-a, Ctrl-x will increment and decrement, respectively, the number under the cursor. May be precede by a count.

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:scriptnames will list all plugins and _vimrcs loaded.

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:tabdo [some command] will execute the command in all tabs. Also see windo, bufdo, argdo.

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:vsplit filename will split the window vertically and open the file in the left-hand pane. Great when writing unit tests!

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qa starts a recording in register 'a'. q stops it. @a repeats the recording. 5@a repeats it 5 times.

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:%s/\v(.*\n){5}/&\r will insert a blank line every 5 lines

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Ctrl-c to quickly get out of command-line mode. (Faster than hitting ESC a couple times.)

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Use '\v' in your regex to set the mode to 'very magic', and avoid confusion. (:h \v for more info.)

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; is a motion to repeat last find with f. f' would find next quote. c; would change up to the next '

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/\%>80v.\+ with search highlighting (:set hlsearch) will highlight any text after column 80.

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ga will display the ASCII, hex, and octal value of the character under the cursor.

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:%s/[.!?]\_s\+\a/\U&\E/g will uppercase the first letter of each sentence (except the very first one).

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:r !date will insert the current date/time stamp (from the 'date' command -- a bit OS-specific).

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:lcd %:p:h will change to the directory of the current file.

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% matches brackets {} [] (), and with matchit.vim, also matches def/end, < ?php/?>, < p>/< /p>, etc.

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:g/search_term/# display each line containing 'search_term' with line numbers.

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:%s/<!--\_.\{-}-->// will delete HTML comments, potentially spanning multiple lines.

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'. jumps to the last modified line. `. jumps to the exact position of last modification

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[I (that's bracket open, capital i) show lines containing the word under the cursor.

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:%s/\\/\//g replaces all backslashes with forward slashes

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:vimgrep /stext/ **/*.txt | :copen searches for stext recursively in *.txt files and show results in separate window

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ysiw' to surround current word with ',cs' {changes word to {word}} using the surround plugin: http://t.co/7QnLiwP3

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use \v in your regex to set the mode to 'very magic' and avoid confusion (:h \v for more info) http://t.co/KWtRFNPI

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in gvim, change the cursor depending on what mode you are (normal, insert, etc...) http://is.gd/9dq0

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In visual mode, use " to surround the selected text with " using the surround plugin http://is.gd/fpwJQ

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:tabo closes all tabs execpt the current one.

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<C-U> / <C-D> move the cursor up/down half a page (also handy :set nosol)

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:set titlestring=%f set the file name as the terminal title.

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p / P paste after/before the cursor. Handy when inserting lines.

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daw/caw deletes/changes the word under the cursor.

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vim -d file1 file2 shows the differences between two files.

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:set smartcase case sensitive if search contains an uppercase character and ignorecase is on.

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:sh or :shell to open a console (then exit to come back to vim).

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= : re-indent (e.g. == to re-indent the current line).

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:%y c copies the entire buffer into register c. "cp inserts the content of register c in the current document.

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ctrl-v blockwise visual mode (rectangular selection).

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I/A switch to insert mode before/after the current line.

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o/O insert a new line after/before the current line and switch to insert mode.

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I/A in visual blockwise mode (ctrl-v) insert some text at the star/end of each line of the block text.

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Need to edit a file in hex ? :help hex-editing gives you the manual.

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Ctrl + o : Execute a command while in insert mode, then go back to insert mode. e.g. ctrl+o, p; paste without exiting insert mode

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ctrl-r x (insert mode): insert the contents of buffer x. For example: "ctrl-r +" would insert the contents of the clipboard.

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ctrl-r ctrl-w: Pull the word under the cursor in a : command. eg. :s/ctrl-r ctrl-w/foo/g

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':%y c': yank entire file into register c. '"cp': Paste contents of c into document.

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a/A : append at the cursor position / at the end of the line (enters insert mode)

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ctrl-x ctrl-f (insert mode): complete with the file names in the current directory (ctrl-p/n to navigate through the candidates)

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set mouse=a - enable mouse in terminal (selection, scroll, window resizing, ...).

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J: join two lines

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gg/G: go to start/end of file.

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Ctrl-y (insert mode): insert character which is on the line above cursor. example: handy to initialize a structure.

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:set nowrap - disable line wrapping

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vim -p <files> - load all files listed in separate tabs. e.g. vim -p *.c

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vmap out "zdmzO#if 0<ESC>"zp'zi#endif<CR><ESC> - macro to comment out a block of code using #if 0

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<CTRT-W>v == :vsplit like <CTRL-w>s == :split

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If gvim is started from a terminal it opens at the same width as the terminal. To prevent this, add "set columns=80" to ~/.vimrc

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Prefixing G or gg (command mode) with a number will cause vim to jump to that line number.

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set showbreak - set characters to prefix wrapped lines with. e.g. ":set showbreak=+++\ " (white space must be escaped)

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When editing multiple files (e.g. vim *.c), use :n to move to the next file and :N to move to the previous file. :ar shows the list of files

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:split - split the current window in two

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vim --remote <file> - open a file in an existing vim session

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A - enter insert mode at the end of the line (Append); I - insert before the first non-blank of the line

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%< - resolves the current filename without extension. e.g. :e %<.h - open the header file for the current file

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:set softtabstop <n> - set the number of spaces to insert when using the tab key (converted to tabs and spaces if expandtab is off).

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:set expandtab - use spaces rather than the tab character to insert a tab.

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:set guioptions - set various GUI vim options. e.g. to remove the menubar and toolbar, :set guioptions-=Tm

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"vim - " - start vim and read from standard input. e.g. with syntax enabled, get a coloured diff from git: git diff | vim -

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set mousemodel=popup - enable a popup menu on right click in GUI vim

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r!cat - reads into the buffer from stdin and avoids using :set paste (use ctrl-d to finish)

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:set title - display info in terminal title. Add let &titleold=getcwd() to .vimrc to set it to something useful on quit

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:set pastetoggle=key - specify a key sequence that toggles the paste option, e.g. set pastetoggle=<F2>

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:set paste - allows you to paste from the clipboard correctly, especially when vim is running in a terminal

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substitute flag 'n' - count how many substitutions would be made, but don't actually make any

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set wildmenu - enhanced filename completion. left and right navigates matches; up and down navigates directories

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zt, zz, zb: scroll so that the current position of the cursor is moved to the top, middle or bottom of the screen

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[range]sort - sort the lines in the [range], or all lines if [range] is not given. e.g. :'<,'>sort - sort the current visual selection

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%:exec ":new ".(substitute(expand("%"), ".c$", ".h", "")) - open the associated .h file for the current .c file in a new window; more concisely :new %:p:r.h

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noh - stop highlighting the current search (if 'hlsearch' is enabled). Highlighting is automatically restored for the next search.

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when substituting, \u makes just first character upper (like \l for lower) and \U is upper equivalent for \L

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:retab <ts> - convert strings of white-space containing <Tab> with new strings using the <ts> value if given or current value of 'tabstop'

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ctrl-v u <hex code> - enter a unicode character in insert mode

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:set laststatus=2 - always show the status line (0 = never, 1 = (default) only if there are two or more windows, 2 = always)

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b - go back a word (opposite of w)

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} - move to the next blank line ( { - move to previous blank line)

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s - delete characters and start insert mode (s stands for Substitute). e.g. 3s - delete three characters and start insert mode.

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0 - Move to the first character of the line

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:set columns=X - set the width of the window to X columns. For GUI vim, this is limited to the size of the screen

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:only - close all windows except the current one (alternatives: ctrl-w ctrl-o or :on)

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ctrl-<pagedown> / ctrl-<pageup> - switch to next/previous tab. (alternatives: gt/gT, :tabn/:tabp, etc)

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:tabe <filename> - open <filename> in a new tab (same as :tabedit and :tabnew)

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Ctrl-T and Ctrl-D - indent and un-indent the current line in insert mode

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vim +<num> - start vim and place the cursor on line <lnum>. If lnum is not specified, start at the end of the file

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gj, gk (or g<Up> g<Down>) - move up or down a display line (makes a difference for wrapped lines)

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>{motion} and <{motion} - (normal mode) increase/decrease the current indent. e.g. << - decrease the indent of the current line

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"+ and "* - clipboard and current selection registers under X. e.g. "+p to paste from the clipboard and "+y to copy to the clipboard

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:r!<cmd> - insert the result of <cmd> into the current buffer at the cursor. e.g. :r!ls *.h

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& - re-run last :s command (&& to remember flags)

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set wildignore - ignore matching files when using tab complete on filenames. e.g. :set wildignore=*.o,*.lo

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CTRL-V <tab> - in insert mode, enters a real tab character, disregarding tab and indent options

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CTRL-U/CTRL-D - scroll up/down, moving the cursor the same number of lines if possible (unlike <PageUp>/<PageDown>)

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:set cursorline - Highlight the current line under the cursor

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:set showcmd - show the number of lines/chacters in a visual selection

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:x is like ":wq", but write only when changes have been made

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ctrl-b / ctrl-f : page up / page down

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ctrl-clic / ctrl-t : go to symbol definition (= ctrl-]) (using tags) and back. You can use "make tags" autotooled projects to create tags

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0/joe/+3 -- find joe move cursor 3 lines down

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/^joe.*fred.*bill/ -- find joe AND fred AND Bill (Joe at start of line)

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/^[A-J]/ -- search for lines beginning with one or more A-J

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/begin\_.*end -- search over possible multiple lines

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/fred\_s*joe/ -- any whitespace including newline [C]

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/fred\|joe -- Search for FRED OR JOE

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/.*fred\&.*joe -- Search for FRED AND JOE in any ORDER!

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/\<fred\>/ -- search for fred but not alfred or frederick [C]

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/\<\d\d\d\d\> -- Search for exactly 4 digit numbers

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/\D\d\d\d\d\D -- Search for exactly 4 digit numbers

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/\<\d\{4}\> -- same thing

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/\([^0-9]\|^\)%.*% -- Search for absence of a digit or beginning of line

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/^\n\{3} -- find 3 empty lines -- finding empty lines

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/^str.*\nstr -- find 2 successive lines starting with str

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/\(^str.*\n\)\{2} -- find 2 successive lines starting with str

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/\(fred\).*\(joe\).*\2.*\1 -- using rexexp memory in a search find fred.*joe.*joe.*fred *C*

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/^\([^,]*,\)\{8} -- Repeating the Regexp (rather than what the Regexp finds)

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:vmap // y/<C-R>"<CR> -- search for visually highlighted text -- visual searching

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:vmap <silent> // y/<C-R>=escape(@", '\\/.*$^~[]')<CR><CR> -- with spec chars

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/<\zs[^>]*\ze> -- search for tag contents, ignoring chevrons -- \zs and \ze regex delimiters :h /\zs

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/<\@<=[^>]*>\@= -- search for tag contents, ignoring chevrons -- zero-width :h /\@=

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/<\@<=\_[^>]*>\@= -- search for tags across possible multiple lines

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/<!--\_p\{-}--> -- search for multiple line comments -- searching over multiple lines \_ means including newline

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/fred\_s*joe/ -- any whitespace including newline *C*

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/bugs\(\_.\)*bunny -- bugs followed by bunny anywhere in file

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:h \_ -- help

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:nmap gx yiw/^\(sub\<bar>function\)\s\+<C-R>"<CR> -- search for declaration of subroutine/function under cursor

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:bufdo /searchstr/ -- use :rewind to recommence search -- multiple file search

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:bufdo %s/searchstr/&/gic -- say n and then a to stop -- multiple file search better but cheating

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?http://www.vim.org/ -- (first) search BACKWARDS!!! clever huh! -- How to search for a URL without backslashing

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/\c\v([^aeiou]&\a){4} -- search for 4 consecutive consonants -- Specify what you are NOT searching for (vowels)

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/\%>20l\%<30lgoat -- Search for goat between lines 20 and 30 [N]

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/^.\{-}home.\{-}\zshome/e -- match only the 2nd occurence in a line of "home" [N]

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:%s/home.\{-}\zshome/alone -- Substitute only the occurrence of home in any line [N]

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^\(.*tongue.*\)\@!.*nose.*$ -- find str but not on lines containing tongue

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\v^((tongue)@!.)*nose((tongue)@!.)*$

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.*nose.*\&^\%(\%(tongue\)\@!.\)*$

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:v/tongue/s/nose/&/gic

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:%s/fred/joe/igc -- general substitute command -- *best-substitution*

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:%s//joe/igc -- Substitute what you last searched for [N]

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:%s/~/sue/igc -- Substitute your last replacement string [N]

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:%s/\r//g -- Delete DOS returns ^M

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:%s/\r/\r/g -- Turn DOS returns ^M into real returns -- Is your Text File jumbled onto one line? use following

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:%s= *$== -- delete end of line blanks

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:%s= \+$== -- Same thing

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:%s#\s*\r\?$## -- Clean both trailing spaces AND DOS returns

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:%s#\s*\r*$## -- same thing

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:%s/^\n\{3}// -- delete blocks of 3 empty lines -- deleting empty lines

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:%s/^\n\+/\r/ -- compressing empty lines

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:%s#<[^>]\+>##g -- delete html tags, leave text (non-greedy)

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:%s#<\_.\{-1,}>##g -- delete html tags possibly multi-line (non-greedy)

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:%s#.*\(\d\+hours\).*#\1# -- Delete all but memorised string (\1) [N]

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%s#><\([^/]\)#>\r<\1#g -- split jumbled up XML file into one tag per line [N]

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:'a,'bg/fred/s/dick/joe/igc -- VERY USEFUL -- VIM Power Substitute

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:%s= [^ ]\+$=&&= -- duplicate end column -- duplicating columns

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:%s= \f\+$=&&= -- same thing

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:%s= \S\+$=&& -- usually the same

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:%s#example#& = &#gic -- duplicate entire matched string [N] -- memory

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:%s#.*\(tbl_\w\+\).*#\1# -- extract list of all strings tbl_* from text [NC]

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:s/\(.*\):\(.*\)/\2 -- \1/ : reverse fields separated by :

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:%s/^\(.*\)\n\1$/\1/ -- delete duplicate lines

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:%s/^\(.*\)\(\n\1\)\+$/\1/ -- delete multiple duplicate lines [N]

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:%s/^.\{-}pdf/new.pdf/ -- delete to 1st occurence of pdf only (non-greedy) -- non-greedy matching \{-}

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:%s#\<[zy]\?tbl_[a-z_]\+\>#\L&#gc -- lowercase with optional leading characters -- use of optional atom \?

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:%s/<!--\_.\{-}-->// -- delete possibly multi-line comments -- over possibly many lines

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:help /\{-} -- help non-greedy

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:s/fred/<c-r>a/g -- sub "fred" with contents of register "a" -- substitute using a register

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:s/fred/<c-r>asome_text<c-r>s/g

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:s/fred/\=@a/g -- better alternative as register not displayed (not *) [C]

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:%s/\f\+\.gif\>/\r&\r/g | v/\.gif$/d | %s/gif/jpg/ -- multiple commands on one line

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:%s/a/but/gie|:update|:next -- then use @: to repeat

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:%s/goat\|cow/sheep/gc -- ORing (must break pipe) -- ORing

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:'a,'bs#\[\|\]##g -- remove [] from lines between markers a and b [N]

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:%s/\v(.*\n){5}/&\r -- insert a blank line every 5 lines [N]

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:s/__date__/\=strftime("%c")/ -- insert datestring -- Calling a VIM function

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:inoremap \zd <C-R>=strftime("%d%b%y")<CR> -- insert date eg 31Jan11 [N]

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:%s:\(\(\w\+\s\+\)\{2}\)str1:\1str2: -- Working with Columns sub any str1 in col3

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:%s:\(\w\+\)\(.*\s\+\)\(\w\+\)$:\3\2\1: -- Swapping first & last column (4 columns)

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:%s#\<from\>\|\<where\>\|\<left join\>\|\<\inner join\>#\r&#g -- format a mysql query

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:redir @*|sil exec 'g#<\(input\|select\|textarea\|/\=form\)\>#p'|redir END -- filter all form elements into paste register

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:nmap ,z :redir @*<Bar>sil exec 'g@<\(input\<Bar>select\<Bar>textarea\<Bar>/\=form\)\>@p'<Bar>redir END<CR>

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:%s/^\(.\{30\}\)xx/\1yy/ -- substitute string in column 30 [N]

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:%s/\d\+/\=(submatch(0)-3)/ -- decrement numbers by 3

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:g/loc\|function/s/\d/\=submatch(0)+6/ -- increment numbers by 6 on certain lines only

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:%s#txtdev\zs\d#\=submatch(0)+1#g -- better

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:h /\zs

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:%s/\(gg\)\@<=\d\+/\=submatch(0)+6/ -- increment only numbers gg\d\d by 6 (another way)

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:h zero-width

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:let i=10 | 'a,'bg/Abc/s/yy/\=i/ |let i=i+1 # convert yy to 10,11,12 etc -- rename a string with an incrementing number

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:let i=10 | 'a,'bg/Abc/s/xx\zsyy\ze/\=i/ |let i=i+1 # convert xxyy to xx11,xx12,xx13 -- as above but more precise

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:%s/"\([^.]\+\).*\zsxx/\1/ -- find replacement text, put in memory, then use \zs to simplify substitute

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:nmap <leader>z :%s#\<<c-r>=expand("<cword>")<cr>\># -- Pull word under cursor into LHS of a substitute

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:vmap <leader>z :<C-U>%s/\<<c-r>*\>/ -- Pull Visually Highlighted text into LHS of a substitute

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:'a,'bs/bucket\(s\)*/bowl\1/gic [N] -- substitute singular or plural

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:%s,\(all/.*\)\@<=/,_,g -- replace all / with _ AFTER "all/"

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:s#all/\zs.*#\=substitute(submatch(0), '/', '_', 'g')# -- Same thing

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:s#all/#&^M#|s#/#_#g|-j! -- Substitute by splitting line, then re-joining

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:%s/.*/\='cp '.submatch(0).' all/'.substitute(submatch(0),'/','_','g')/ -- Substitute inside substitute

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:g/gladiolli/# -- display with line numbers (YOU WANT THIS!) -- *best-global* command

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:g/fred.*joe.*dick/ -- display all lines fred,joe & dick

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:g/\<fred\>/ -- display all lines fred but not freddy

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:g/^\s*$/d -- delete all blank lines

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:g!/^dd/d -- delete lines not containing string

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:v/^dd/d -- delete lines not containing string

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:g/joe/,/fred/d -- not line based (very powerfull)

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:g/fred/,/joe/j -- Join Lines [N]

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:g/{/ ,/}/- s/\n\+/\r/g -- Delete empty lines but only between {...}

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:v/\S/d -- Delete empty lines (and blank lines ie whitespace)

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:v/./,/./-j -- compress empty lines

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:g/^$/,/./-j -- compress empty lines

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:g/<input\|<form/p -- ORing

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:g/^/put_ -- double space file (pu = put)

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:g/^/m0 -- Reverse file (m = move)

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:g/^/m$ -- No effect! [N]

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:'a,'bg/^/m'b -- Reverse a section a to b

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:g/^/t. -- duplicate every line

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:g/fred/t$ -- copy (transfer) lines matching fred to EOF

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:g/stage/t'a -- copy (transfer) lines matching stage to marker a (cannot use .) [C]

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:g/^Chapter/t.|s/./-/g -- Automatically underline selecting headings [N]

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:g/\(^I[^^I]*\)\{80}/d -- delete all lines containing at least 80 tabs

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:g/^/ if line('.')%2|s/^/zz / -- perform a substitute on every other line

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:'a,'bg/somestr/co/otherstr/ -- co(py) or mo(ve)

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:'a,'bg/str1/s/str1/&&&/|mo/str2/ copy or move or substitute

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:%norm jdd -- delete every other line

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:.,$g/^\d/exe "norm! \<c-a>" -- increment numbers

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:'a,'bg/\d\+/norm! ^A -- increment numbers

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:g/fred/y A -- append all lines fred to register a

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:g/fred/y A | :let @*=@a -- put into paste buffer

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:let @a=''|g/Barratt/y A |:let @*=@a

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:'a,'bg/^Error/ . w >> errors.txt -- filter lines to a file (file must already exist)

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:g/./yank|put|-1s/'/"/g|s/.*/Print '&'/ -- duplicate every line in a file wrap a print '' around each duplicate

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:g/^MARK$/r tmp.txt | -d -- replace string with contents of a file, -d deletes the "mark"

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:g/<pattern>/z#.5 -- display with context -- display prettily

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:g/<pattern>/z#.5|echo "==========" -- display beautifully

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:g/|/norm 2f|r* -- replace 2nd | with a star -- Combining g// with normal mode commands

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:nmap <F3> :redir @a<CR>:g//<CR>:redir END<CR>:new<CR>:put! a<CR><CR> -- send output of previous global command to a new window

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:'a,'bg/fred/s/joe/susan/gic -- can use memory to extend matching -- *Best-Global-combined-with-substitute* (*power-editing*)

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:/fred/,/joe/s/fred/joe/gic -- non-line based (ultra)

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:/biz/,/any/g/article/s/wheel/bucket/gic: non-line based [N]

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:/fred/;/joe/-2,/sid/+3s/sally/alley/gIC -- Find fred before beginning search for joe

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:g/^/exe ".w ".line(".").".txt" -- create a new file for each line of file eg 1.txt,2.txt,3,txt etc

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:.g/^/ exe ".!sed 's/N/X/'" | s/I/Q/ [N] -- chain an external command

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d/fred/ :delete until fred -- Operate until string found [N]

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y/fred/ :yank until fred

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c/fred/e :change until fred end

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. last edit (magic dot) -- Summary of editing repeats [N]

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:& last substitute

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:%& last substitute every line

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:%&gic last substitute every line confirm

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g% normal mode repeat last substitute

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g& last substitute on all lines

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@@ last recording

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@: last command-mode command

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:!! last :! command

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:~ last substitute

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:help repeating

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; last f, t, F or T -- Summary of repeated searches

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, last f, t, F or T in opposite direction

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n last / or ? search

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N last / or ? search in opposite direction

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* # g* g# -- find word under cursor (<cword>) (forwards/backwards)

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% -- match brackets {}[]()

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. -- repeat last modification

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@: -- repeat last : command (then @@)

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matchit.vim -- % now matches tags <tr><td><script> <?php etc

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<C-N><C-P> -- word completion in insert mode

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<C-X><C-L> -- Line complete SUPER USEFUL

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/<C-R><C-W> -- Pull <cword> onto search/command line

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/<C-R><C-A> -- Pull <CWORD> onto search/command line

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:set ignorecase -- you nearly always want this

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:set smartcase -- overrides ignorecase if uppercase used in search string (cool)

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:syntax on -- colour syntax in Perl,HTML,PHP etc

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:set syntax=perl -- force syntax (usually taken from file extension)

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:h regexp<C-D> -- type control-D and get a list all help topics containing regexp (plus use TAB to Step thru list)

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:nmap ,s :source $VIM/_vimrc -- MAKE IT EASY TO UPDATE/RELOAD _vimrc

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:nmap ,v :e $VIM/_vimrc

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:e $MYVIMRC -- edits your _vimrc whereever it might be [N]

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:vsplit other.php # vertically split current file with other.php [N] -- splitting windows

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:vmap sb "zdi<b><C-R>z</b><ESC> -- wrap <b></b> around VISUALLY selected Text

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:vmap st "zdi<?= <C-R>z ?><ESC> -- wrap <?= ?> around VISUALLY selected Text

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vim -p fred.php joe.php -- open files in tabs

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:tabe fred.php -- open fred.php in a new tab

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:tab ball -- tab open files

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:close -- close a tab but leave the buffer *N*

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:nnoremap gf <C-W>gf -- vim 7 forcing use of tabs from .vimrc

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:cab e tabe

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:tab sball -- retab all files in buffer (repair) [N]

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:e . -- file explorer -- Exploring

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:Exp(lore) -- file explorer note capital Ex

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:Sex(plore) -- file explorer in split window

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:browse e -- windows style browser

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:ls -- list of buffers

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:cd .. -- move to parent directory

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:args -- list of files

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:pwd -- Print Working Directory (current directory) [N]

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:args *.php -- open list of files (you need this!)

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:lcd %:p:h -- change to directory of current file

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:autocmd BufEnter * lcd %:p:h -- change to directory of current file automatically (put in _vimrc)

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guu -- lowercase line -- Changing Case

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gUU -- uppercase line

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Vu -- lowercase line

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VU -- uppercase line

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g~~ -- flip case line

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vEU -- Upper Case Word

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vE~ -- Flip Case Word

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ggguG -- lowercase entire file

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vmap ,c :s/\<\(.\)\(\k*\)\>/\u\1\L\2/g<CR> -- Titlise Visually Selected Text (map for .vimrc)

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vnoremap <F6> :s/\%V\<\(\w\)\(\w*\)\>/\u\1\L\2/ge<cr> [N] -- Title Case A Line Or Selection (better)

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nmap ,t :s/.*/\L&/<bar>:s/\<./\u&/g<cr> [N] -- titlise a line

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:%s/[.!?]\_s\+\a/\U&\E/g -- Uppercase first letter of sentences

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gf -- open file name under cursor (SUPER)

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:nnoremap gF :view <cfile><cr> -- open file under cursor, create if necessary

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ga -- display hex,ascii value of char under cursor

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ggg?G -- rot13 whole file (quicker for large file)

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:8 | normal VGg? -- rot13 from line 8

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:normal 10GVGg? -- rot13 from line 8

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<C-A>,<C-X> -- increment,decrement number under cursor

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win32 users must remap CNTRL-A

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<C-R>=5*5 -- insert 25 into text (mini-calculator)

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:h 42 -- also http://www.google.com/search?q=42 -- Make all other tips superfluous

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:h holy-grail

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:h!

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ggVGg? -- rot13 whole file (toggles) -- disguise text (watch out) [N]

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:set rl! -- reverse lines right to left (toggles)

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:g/^/m0 -- reverse lines top to bottom (toggles)

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:%s/\(\<.\{-}\>\)/\=join(reverse(split(submatch(1), '.\zs')), '')/g -- reverse all text *N*

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g; -- cycle thru recent changes (oldest first)

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g, -- reverse direction

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:changes

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:h changelist -- help for above

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:help jump-motions

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:history -- list of all your commands

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:his c -- commandline history

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:his s -- search history

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q/ -- Search history Window (puts you in full edit mode) (exit CTRL-C)

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q: -- commandline history Window (puts you in full edit mode) (exit CTRL-C)

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:<C-F> -- history Window (exit CTRL-C)

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:map <f7> :'a,'bw! c:/aaa/x -- save text to file x

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:map <f8> :r c:/aaa/x -- retrieve text

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:map <f11> :.w! c:/aaa/xr<CR> -- store current line

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:map <f12> :r c:/aaa/xr<CR> -- retrieve current line

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:ab php -- list of abbreviations beginning php

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:map , -- list of maps beginning ,

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set wak=no -- :h winaltkeys -- allow use of F10 for mapping (win32)

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<CR> -- carriage Return for maps -- For use in Maps

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<ESC> -- Escape

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<LEADER> -- normally \

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<BAR> -- | pipe

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<BACKSPACE> -- backspace

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<SILENT> -- No hanging shell window

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:nmap <leader>c :hi Normal guibg=#<c-r>=expand("<cword>")<cr><cr> -- display RGB colour under the cursor eg #445588

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map <f2> /price only\\|versus/ :in a map need to backslash the \

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imap ,,, <esc>bdwa<<esc>pa><cr></<esc>pa><esc>kA -- type table,,, to get <table></table> ### Cool ###

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:for i in range(1, 12) | execute("map <F".i.">") | endfor [N] -- list current mappings of all your function keys

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:cab ,f :for i in range(1, 12) \| execute("map <F".i.">") \| endfor -- for your .vimrc

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iab phpdb exit("<hr>Debug <C-R>a "); -- Simple PHP debugging display all variables yanked into register a

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:let @m=":'a,'bs/" -- Using a register as a map (preload registers in .vimrc)

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:let @s=":%!sort -u"

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"ayy@a -- execute "Vim command" in a text file -- Useful tricks

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yy@" -- same thing using unnamed register

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u@. -- execute command JUST typed in

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"ddw -- store what you delete in register d [N]

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"ccaw -- store what you change in register c [N]

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:r!ls -R -- reads in output of ls -- Get output from other commands (requires external programs)

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:put=glob('**') -- same as above [N]

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:r !grep "^ebay" file.txt -- grepping in content [N]

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:20,25 !rot13 -- rot13 lines 20 to 25 [N]

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!!date -- same thing (but replaces/filters current line)

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:%!sort -u -- use an external program to filter content -- Sorting with external sort

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:'a,'b!sort -u -- use an external program to filter content

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!1} sort -u -- sorts paragraph (note normal mode!!)

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:g/^$/;/^$/-1!sort -- Sort each block (note the crucial ;)

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:sort /.*\%2v/ -- sort all lines on second column [N] -- Sorting with internal sort

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:new | r!nl # [N] -- number lines (linux or cygwin only)

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:bn -- goto next buffer -- Multiple Files Management (Essential)

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:bp -- goto previous buffer

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:wn -- save file and move to next (super)

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:wp -- save file and move to previous

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:bd -- remove file from buffer list (super)

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:bun -- Buffer unload (remove window but not from list)

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:badd file.c -- file from buffer list

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:b3 -- go to buffer 3 [C]

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:b main -- go to buffer with main in name eg main.c (ultra)

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:sav php.html -- Save current file as php.html and "move" to php.html

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:sav! %<.bak -- Save Current file to alternative extension (old way)

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:sav! %:r.cfm -- Save Current file to alternative extension

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:sav %:s/fred/joe/ -- do a substitute on file name

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:sav %:s/fred/joe/:r.bak2 -- do a substitute on file name & ext.

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:!mv % %:r.bak -- rename current file (DOS use Rename or DEL)

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:help filename-modifiers

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:e! -- return to unmodified file

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:w c:/aaa/% -- save file elsewhere

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:e # -- edit alternative file (also cntrl-^)

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:rew -- return to beginning of edited files list (:args)

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:brew -- buffer rewind

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:sp fred.txt -- open fred.txt into a split

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:sball,:sb -- Split all buffers (super)

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:scrollbind -- in each split window

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:map <F5> :ls<CR>:e # -- Pressing F5 lists all buffer, just type number

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:set hidden -- Allows to change buffer w/o saving current buffer

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map <C-J> <C-W>j<C-W>_ -- Quick jumping between splits

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map <C-K> <C-W>k<C-W>_

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@@ -- Repeat a macro

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5@@ -- Repeat a macro 5 times

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qQ@qq -- Make an existing recording q recursive [N]

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"qp --display contents of register q (normal mode) -- editing a register/recording

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<ctrl-R>q --display contents of register q (insert mode)

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"qdd --put changed contacts back into q -- you can now see recording contents, edit as required

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v -- enter visual mode

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V -- visual mode whole line

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<C-V> -- enter VISUAL BLOCKWISE mode (remap on Windows to say C-Q *C*

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gv -- reselect last visual area (ultra)

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o -- navigate visual area

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"*y or "+y -- yank visual area into paste buffer [C]

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V% -- visualise what you match

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V}J -- Join Visual block (great)

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V}gJ -- Join Visual block w/o adding spaces

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`[v`] -- Highlight last insert

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:%s/\%Vold/new/g -- Do a substitute on last visual area [N]

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08l<c-v>10j2ld (use Control Q on win32) [C] -- Delete 8th and 9th characters of 10 successive lines [C]

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<C-V> then select "column(s)" with motion commands (win32 <C-Q>)

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daW -- delete contiguous non whitespace -- text objects :h text-objects [C]

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di< yi< ci< -- Delete/Yank/Change HTML tag contents

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da< ya< ca< -- Delete/Yank/Change whole HTML tag

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dat dit -- Delete HTML tag pair

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diB daB -- Empty a function {}

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das -- delete a sentence

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:imap <TAB> <C-N> -- set tab to complete [N] -- _vimrc essentials

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:set incsearch -- jumps to search word as you type (annoying but excellent)

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:set wildignore=*.o,*.obj,*.bak,*.exe -- tab complete now ignores these

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:set shiftwidth=3 -- for shift/tabbing

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:set vb t_vb=". -- set silent (no beep)

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:set browsedir=buffer -- Maki GUI File Open use current directory

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:nmap ,f :update<CR>:silent !start c:\progra~1\intern~1\iexplore.exe file://%:p<CR> -- launching Win IE

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:nmap ,i :update<CR>: !start c:\progra~1\intern~1\iexplore.exe <cWORD><CR>

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cmap ,r :Nread ftp://209.51.134.122/public_html/index.html -- FTPing from VIM

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cmap ,w :Nwrite ftp://209.51.134.122/public_html/index.html

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gvim ftp://www.somedomain.com/index.html # uses netrw.vim

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"a5yy10j"A5yy

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[I -- show lines matching word under cursor <cword> (super)

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:'a,'b>> -- Conventional Shifting/Indenting

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:vnoremap < <gv -- visual shifting (builtin-repeat)

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:vnoremap > >gv

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>i{ -- Block shifting (magic)

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>a{ -- Block shifting (magic)

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>% and <% -- Block shifting (magic)

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== -- index current line same as line above [N]

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:redir @* -- redirect commands to paste buffer -- Redirection & Paste register *

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:redir END -- end redirect

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:redir >> out.txt -- redirect to a file

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"*yy -- yank curent line to paste -- Working with Paste buffer

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"*p -- insert from paste buffer

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:'a,'by* -- Yank range into paste -- yank to paste buffer (ex mode)

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:%y* -- Yank whole buffer into paste

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:.y* -- Yank Current line to paster -- filter non-printable characters from the paste buffer -- useful when pasting from some gui application

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:nmap <leader>p :let @* = substitute(@*,'[^[:print:]]','','g')<cr>"*p

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:set paste -- prevent vim from formatting pasted in text

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gq} -- Format a paragraph -- Re-Formatting text

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gqap -- Format a paragraph

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ggVGgq -- Reformat entire file

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Vgq -- current line

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:s/.\{,69\};\s*\|.\{,69\}\s\+/&\r/g -- break lines at 70 chars, if possible after a ;

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:argdo %s/foo/bar/e -- operate on all files in :args -- Operate command over multiple files

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