🍒 This is my .vimrc file with focus on front-end development. Its based on L0stSoul file and some tricks and tips that I'll include as time goes by.
- :e filename Open filename for edition
- :w Save file
- :q Exit Vim
- :q! Quit without saving
- :x Write file (if changes has been made) and exit
- :sav filename Saves file as filename
- . Repeats the last change made in normal mode
- 5. Repeats 5 times the last change made in normal mode
- k or Up Arrow move the cursor up one line
- j or Down Arrow move the cursor down one line
- e move the cursor to the end of the word
- b move the cursor to the begining of the word
- 0 move the cursor to the begining of the line
- G move the cursor to the end of the file
- gg move the cursor to the begining of the file
- L move the cursor to the bottom of the screen
- :59 move cursor to line 59. Replace 59 by the desired line number.
- 20| move cursor to column 20.
- % Move cursor to matching parenthesis
- [[ Jump to function start
- [{ Jump to block start
- y Copy the selected text to clipboard
- p Paste clipboard contents
- dd Cut current line
- yy Copy current line
- y$ Copy to end of line
- D Cut to end of line
- :set autoindent Turn on auto-indent
- :set smartindent Turn on intelligent auto-indent
- :set shiftwidth=4 Defines 4 spaces as indent size
- ctrl-t, ctrl-d Indent/un-indent in insert mode
- >> Indent
- << Un-indent
- =% Indent the code between parenthesis
- 1GVG= Indent the whole file
- /word Search word from top to bottom
- ?word Search word from bottom to top
- ***** Search the word under cursor
- /\cstring Search STRING or string, case insensitive
- /jo[ha]n Search john or joan
- /< the Search the, theatre or then
- /the> Search the or breathe
- /< the> Search the
- /< ¦.> Search all words of 4 letters
- // Search fred but not alfred or frederick
- /fred|joe Search fred or joe
- /<\d\d\d\d> Search exactly 4 digits
- /^\n{3} Find 3 empty lines
- :bufdo /searchstr/ Search in all open files
- bufdo %s/something/somethingelse/g Search something in all the open buffers and replace it with somethingelse
- :%s/old/new/g Replace all occurences of old by new in file
- :%s/onward/forward/gi Replace onward by forward, case unsensitive
- :%s/old/new/gc Replace all occurences with confirmation
- :2,35s/old/new/g Replace all occurences between lines 2 and 35
- :5,$s/old/new/g Replace all occurences from line 5 to EOF
- :%s/^/hello/g Replace the begining of each line by hello
- :%s/$/Harry/g Replace the end of each line by Harry
- :%s/onward/forward/gi Replace onward by forward, case unsensitive
- *:%s/ $//g Delete all white spaces
- :g/string/d Delete all lines containing string
- :v/string/d Delete all lines containing which didn’t contain string
- :s/Bill/Steve/ Replace the first occurence of Bill by Steve in current line
- :s/Bill/Steve/g Replace Bill by Steve in current line
- :%s/Bill/Steve/g Replace Bill by Steve in all the file
- :%s/^M//g Delete DOS carriage returns (^M)
- :%s/\r/\r/g Transform DOS carriage returns in returns
- :%s#<[^>]+>##g Delete HTML tags but keeps text
- :%s/^(.*)\n\1$/\1/ Delete lines which appears twice
- Ctrl+a Increment number under the cursor
- Ctrl+x Decrement number under cursor
- ggVGg? Change text to Rot13
- Vu Lowercase line
- VU Uppercase line
- g~~ Invert case
- vEU Switch word to uppercase
- vE~ Modify word case
- ggguG Set all text to lowercase
- gggUG Set all text to uppercase
- :set ignorecase Ignore case in searches
- :set smartcase Ignore case in searches excepted if an uppercase letter is used
- :%s/<./\u&/g Sets first letter of each word to uppercase
- :%s/<./\l&/g Sets first letter of each word to lowercase
- :%s/.*/\u& Sets first letter of each line to uppercase
- :%s/.*/\l& Sets first letter of each line to lowercase
- :1,10 w outfile Saves lines 1 to 10 in outfile
- :1,10 w >> outfile Appends lines 1 to 10 to outfile
- :r infile Insert the content of infile
- :23r infile Insert the content of infile under line 23
- :e . Open integrated file explorer
- :Sex Split window and open integrated file explorer
- :Sex! Same as :Sex but split window vertically
- :browse e Graphical file explorer
- :ls List buffers
- :cd .. Move to parent directory
- :args List files
- *:args .php Open file list
- *:grep expression .php Returns a list of .php files contening expression
- gf Open file name under cursor
- :!pwd Execute the pwd unix command, then returns to Vi
- !!pwd Execute the pwd unix command and insert output in file
- :sh Temporary returns to Unix
- $exit Retourns to Vi
- :%!fmt Align all lines
- !}fmt Align all lines at the current position
- 5!!fmt Align the next 5 lines
- :tabnew Creates a new tab
- gt Show next tab
- :tabfirst Show first tab
- :tablast Show last tab
- :tabm n(position) Rearrange tabs
- :tabdo %s/foo/bar/g Execute a command in all tabs
- :tab ball Puts all open files in tabs
- :new abc.txt Edit abc.txt in new window
- :e filename Edit filename in current window
- :split filename Split the window and open filename
- ctrl-w up arrow Puts cursor in top window
- ctrl-w ctrl-w Puts cursor in next window
- ctrl-w_ Maximize current window vertically
- ctrl-w| Maximize current window horizontally
- ctrl-w= Gives the same size to all windows
- 10 ctrl-w+ Add 10 lines to current window
- :vsplit file Split window vertically
- :sview file Same as :split in readonly mode
- :hide Close current window
- :nly Close all windows, excepted current
- :b 2 Open #2 in this window
- Ctrl+n Ctrl+p (in insert mode) Complete word
- Ctrl+x Ctrl+l Complete line
- :set dictionary=dict Define dict as a dictionnary
- Ctrl+x Ctrl+k Complete with dictionnary
- m {a-z} Marks current position as {a-z}
- ' {a-z} Move to position {a-z}
- '' Move to previous position
- :ab mail mail@provider.org Define mail as abbreviation of mail@provider.org
- :syntax on Turn on syntax highlighting
- :syntax off Turn off syntax highlighting
- :set syntax=perl Force syntax highlighting