vim¶

I'll never get used to it. Let's get started and learn..

save with sudo¶

I need it every day, I just can't remember it. needs to be on the top. when you get this (opening and editing a file as a regular user but the file is owned by someone else): 'readonly' option is set (add ! to override), do this:

:w !sudo tee %

indent multiple lines by `n` spaces¶

n is 2 in this example

set shiftwidth=2

select multiple lines with v (visual mode) and do > or < to go the other way

another way:

select the lines you want with V, hit : and do le4 where 4 is the number of spaces

Vjj:le4

(V for visual mode, jj for selecting two lines (you can also use your arrow keys), :le4 to indent by 4 spaces)

prepend text / multiple cursors¶

press control + v to go into visual block mode
select your lines, either with the arrow keys or j / k
press shift + i start whatever you want to prepend, like # to comment something out
press ESC

convert tabs to spaces¶

that's correct.

:set tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 expandtab

create new file¶

vim file.md

create new file while vim is open:

:e other-filename.md

paste from external clipboard¶

Ctrl + Shift + V

thank you.

vertical highlighting¶

ctrl + v

thank you.

search¶

search and replace within the whole document:

%s/search-term/replace-term/g

search and replace interactively term by term:

%s/search-term/replace-term/gc

useful plugins¶

nerdtree¶

cool vim tree explorer plugin

switch to nerdtree window¶

ctrl + ww

toggle nerdtree window¶

open, close, open, close. bed up, bed down, bed up, bed down

that's the default:

:NERDTreeToggle

add something like this to your `~/.vimrc`` file

nnoremap <Leader>f :NERDTreeToggle<Enter>

with this line you can toggle nerdtree with \f given that \ is your leader key.

reload tree¶

or reload the whole folder structure:

vimwiki¶

a plain text wiki for vim including a diary function, kinda cool.

vimwiki docs

key bindings¶

I need to learn and remember them! <Leader> is \

<Leader>ww -- Open default wiki index file.
<Leader>wt -- Open default wiki index file in a new tab.
<Leader>ws -- Select and open wiki index file.
<Leader>wd -- Delete wiki file you are in.
<Leader>wr -- Rename wiki file you are in.
<Enter> -- Follow/Create wiki link
<Shift-Enter> -- Split and follow/create wiki link
<Ctrl-Enter> -- Vertical split and follow/create wiki link
<Backspace> -- Go back to parent(previous) wiki link
<Tab> -- Find next wiki link
<Shift-Tab> -- Find previous wiki link

diary key bindings:

<Leader>w<Leader>w - create new diary file with current date
<Leader>wi - go to diary index
<Leader>w<Leader>i - update diary index

vim-markdown¶

vim-markdown docs - until I've learned it by myself

vimoutliner¶

vimoutliner docs here - until i've learned it
vimoutliner cheat sheet - they're really tricking you in reading the README to find the cheat sheet!

convert newline to unix¶

:%s/\r//g