Vim Configuration files

Notes

In general, a couple of rules are used:

All custom keybindings start with <Leader>.
<Leader>x is used as an 'extension' to provide more options for bindings.
In some cases, multiple bindings are used for a single letter (e.g. <Leader>q and <Leader>Q). In those cases, the capitalized version is always used for commands that have more side-effects (e.g. <Leader>q closes one window, <Leader>Q closes all windows).

General

; - The Leader key. Used in any binding where "<Leader>" is present.
e.g. in Command-T below, where <Leader>t is listed, that is (by default) a mapping for ";t". The Leader key can be changed in ~/.vimrc.

<Leader>ss - start spelling on buffer.

<Leader>q - quit the current window.
<Leader>Q - quit all windows (exit this vim session)

<Leader>w - write the current buffer (save).
<Leader>W - write the current buffer and quit the current window.

<Leader>h - move to the window to the left of the current window.
<Leader>j - move to the window below the current window.
<Leader>k - move to the window above the current window.
<Leader>l - move to the window to the right of the current window.

Visual

<ctrl>x - cut
<ctrl>c - copy
<ctrl>v - paste
<ctrl>s - save
<ctrl>z - undo
<ctrl>y - redo
<ctrl>a - select all

Ack.vim

<Leader>a - Prompt you for a string to :Ack!

Ctrlp.vim

<Leader>b - display the buffers list

Fugitive

<Leader>gs - Display git status.
<Leader>gb - Display git blame.
<Leader>gl - Display git log.
<Leader>gd - Display git diff.
<Leader>gnc - Git svn dcommit.
<Leader>gnr - Git svn rebase.

Gundo.vim

<Leader>u - Toggle Gundo

NERDTree

<Leader>d - Toggle NERDTree

Prefixr.vim

<Leader>p - Run :Prefixr on the selection

Rails.vim

<Leader>rc - runs script/console
<Leader>rg - runs script/generate
<Leader>rs - runs script/server (or restarts it as necessary)

<Leader>ri - runs the migration inversion command

<Leader>ra - open an "alternate" file
<Leader>rr - open a "related" file

Surround.vim

cs'" - e.g. replace surrounding single-quotes (') with double-quotes (").
ds" - e.g. remove the surrounding double-quotes (").
ys[motion]" - e.g. surround the text identified by [motion] with double-quotes ("). ¹

Snipmate.vim

<Leader>s - expands snippets that start by current word

Tagbar.vim

<Leader>t - Toggle Tagbar

Tasklist.vim

<Leader>tl - Scan for Tasks

W3Cvalidate.vim

<Leader>v - to validate the current buffer

use :help text-objects for more information about available motions. ↩

alexsancho/vim