Vim notes

Markdown support

https://secluded.site/vim-as-a-markdown-editor/

Plugins

Managing plugins in Vim

Other

-Building a Note-taking System with Vanilla Vim

My Basic config

syntax on
colorscheme peachpuff
set autoindent
set hlsearch

"Move line up & down"
nmap <C-UP> :m-2<CR>  
nmap <C-DOWN> :m+1<CR>

Cheatsheet

Cursor movement (Inside command/normal mode)

The four directions in Vim, keys h, j, k, and l.

w - jump by start of words (punctuation considered words)
W - jump by words (spaces separate words)
e - jump to end of words (punctuation considered words)
E - jump to end of words (no punctuation)
b - jump backward by words (punctuation considered words)
B - jump backward by words (no punctuation)
0 - (zero) start of line
^ - first non-blank character of line (same as 0w)
$ - end of line
Advanced (in order of what I find most useful)
    Ctrl+d - move down half a page
    Ctrl+u - move up half a page
    } - go forward by paragraph (the next blank line)
    { - go backward by paragraph (the next blank line)
    gg - go to the top of the page
    G - go the bottom of the page
    : [num] [enter] - Go to that line in the document
    Searching
        f [char] - Move to the next char on the current line after the cursor
        F [char] - Move to the next char on the current line before the cursor
        t [char] - Move to before the next char on the current line after the cursor
        T [char] - Move to before the next char on the current line before the cursor
        All these commands can be followed by ; (semicolon) to go to the next searched item, and , (comma) to go the previous searched item

Insert/Appending/Editing Text

Results in Insert mode
    i - start insert mode at cursor
    I - insert at the beginning of the line
    a - append after the cursor
    A - append at the end of the line
    o - open (append) blank line below current line (no need to press return)
    O - open blank line above current line
    cc - change (replace) an entire line
    c [movement command] - change (replace) from the cursor to the move-to point.
    ex. ce changes from the cursor to the end of the cursor word
Esc or Ctrl+[ - exit insert mode
r [char] - replace a single character with the specified char (does not use Insert mode)
d - delete
    d - [movement command] deletes from the cursor to the move-to point.
    ex. de deletes from the cursor to the end of the current word
dd - delete the current line
Advanced
    J - join line below to the current one

Marking text (visual mode)

v - starts visual mode
    From here you can move around as in normal mode (h, j, k, l etc.) and can then do a command (such as y, d, or c)
V - starts linewise visual mode
Ctrl+v - start visual block mode
Esc or Ctrl+[ - exit visual mode
Advanced
    O - move to other corner of block
    o - move to other end of marked area

Visual commands

Type any of these while some text is selected to apply the action

y - yank (copy) marked text
d - delete marked text
c - delete the marked text and go into insert mode (like c does above)

(Copy from terminal to linux clipboard: Select with mouse and then Ctrl+Shift+C)

Cut and Paste

yy - yank (copy) a line
p - put (paste) the clipboard after cursor
P - put (paste) before cursor
dd - delete (cut) a line
x - delete (cut) current character
X - delete previous character (like backspace)

Exiting

:w - write (save) the file, but don’t exit
:wq - write (save) and quit
:q - quit (fails if anything has changed)
:q! - quit and throw away changes

Search/Replace

/pattern - search for pattern
?pattern - search backward for pattern
n - repeat search in same direction
N - repeat search in opposite direction
:%s/old/new/g - replace all old with new throughout file (gn is better though)
:%s/old/new/gc - replace all old with new throughout file with confirmations

Working with multiple files

:e filename - Edit a file
:tabe - Make a new tab
gt - Go to the next tab
gT - Go to the previous tab
Advanced
    :vsp - vertically split windows
    ctrl+ws - Split windows horizontally
    ctrl+wv - Split windows vertically
    ctrl+ww - switch between windows
    ctrl+wq - Quit a window

Marks

Marks allow you to jump to designated points in your code.

m{a-z} - Set mark {a-z} at cursor position
A capital mark {A-Z} sets a global mark and will work between files
‘{a-z} - move the cursor to the start of the line where the mark was set
‘’ - go back to the previous jump location

General

u - undo
Ctrl+r - redo
. - repeat last command

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