dot_vim

**my .vim setup ** to use

git clone https://github.com/nyimbi/dot_vim.git ~/.vim

optimized for editing LaTeX sources, node, typescript, python and other programming languages.

I have adapted ProVim setting and added a couple of bundles vim-latex etc

Here is a really great synopsis of how to use Vim http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5400806/what-are-the-most-used-vim-commands-keypresses?lq=1

General

Nearly all commands can be preceded by a number for a repeat count. eg. 5dd delete 5 lines
gets you out of any mode and back to command mode
Commands preceded by : are executed on the command line at the bottom of the screen
:help help with any command Navigation
Cursor movement: ←h ↓j ↑k l→
By words:
- w next word (by punctuation); W next word (by spaces)
- b back word (by punctuation); B back word (by spaces)
- e end word (by punctuation); E end word (by spaces)
By line:
- 0 start of line; ^ first non-whitespace
- $ end of line
By paragraph:
- { previous blank line; } next blank line
By file:
- gg start of file; G end of file
- 123G go to specific line number
By marker:
- mx set mark x; 'x go to mark x
- '. go to position of last edit
- ' ' go back to last point before jump
Scrolling:
- ^F forward full screen; ^B backward full screen
- ^D down half screen; ^U up half screen
- ^E scroll one line up; ^Y scroll one line down
- zz centre cursor line Editing
u undo; ^R redo
. repeat last editing command Inserting All insertion commands are terminated with to return to command mode.
i insert text at cursor; I insert text at start of line
a append text after cursor; A append text after end of line
o open new line below; O open new line above Changing
r replace single character; R replace multiple characters
s change single character
cw change word; C change to end of line; cc change whole line
c changes text in the direction of the motion
ci( change inside parentheses (see text object selection for more examples) Deleting
x delete char
dw delete word; D delete to end of line; dd delete whole line
d deletes in the direction of the motion Cut and paste
yy copy line into paste buffer; dd cut line into paste buffer
p paste buffer below cursor line; P paste buffer above cursor line
xp swap two characters (x to delete one character, then p to put it back after the cursor position) Blocks
v visual block stream; V visual block line; ^V visual block column
- most motion commands extend the block to the new cursor position
- o moves the cursor to the other end of the block
d or x cut block into paste buffer
y copy block into paste buffer
indent block; < unindent block
gv reselect last visual block Global
:%s/foo/bar/g substitute all occurrences of "foo" to "bar"
- % is a range that indicates every line in the file
- /g is a flag that changes all occurrences on a line instead of just the first one Searching
/ search forward; ? search backward
- search forward for word under cursor; # search backward for word under cursor
n next match in same direction; N next match in opposite direction
fx forward to next character x; Fx backward to previous character x
; move again to same character in same direction; , move again to same character in opposite direction Files
:w write file to disk
:w name write file to disk as name
ZZ write file to disk and quit
:n edit a new file; :n! edit a new file without saving current changes
:q quit editing a file; :q! quit editing without saving changes
:e edit same file again (if changed outside vim)
:e . directory explorer Windows
^Wn new window
^Wj down to next window; ^Wk up to previous window
^W_ maximise current window; ^W= make all windows equal size
^W+ increase window size; ^W- decrease window size Source Navigation
% jump to matching parenthesis/bracket/brace, or language block if language module loaded
gd go to definition of local symbol under cursor; ^O return to previous position
^] jump to definition of global symbol (requires tags file); ^T return to previous position (arbitrary stack of positions maintained)
^N (in insert mode) automatic word completion