Vim Tips

Setup

Install nvim
- Fedora: should come with nvim pre-installed but in case you don't have it: sudo dnf install neovim
- MacOS:
  - MacPorts: port install neovim
  - Homebrew: brew install neovim
- Windows WSL (Ubuntu LTS)
  - Download the nvim source:
```
     git clone git@github.com:neovim/neovim.git
     cd neovim
     git checkout stable
```
  - Install prerequisites:
    - build-essential
    - cmake
    - pkg-config
    - libtool
    - libtool-bin
    - m4
    - autotools-dev
    - automake
    - gettext
  - make
  - sudo make install
  - You'll also need to configure the XDG_CONFIG_HOME variable
    - In your ~/.bashrc add: export XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/home/quanticle/.config
Install the vim-plug plugin manager
- curl -fLo $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/nvim/autoload/plug.vim --create-dirs https://raw.githubusercontent.com/junegunn/vim-plug/master/plug.vim
Set up vim-plug
- :exe 'edit '.stdpath('data').'/init.vim'
  - Add call plug#begin(stdpath('data').'/plugged') to the top of the file
  - Then add your plugins with Plug '<plugin name>'
  - Finally start vim-plug with call plug#end()
- Restart nvim
- Run :PlugUpdate to install and update your plugins
Allow switching buffers without saving: set hidden
Enable auto-complete on command and switching buffers by name:
- set wildmenu
- set wildmode=list:longest
Disable autoindent: filetype indent off
Make search case insensitive: set ignorecase
Enable line numbers: set number
Prevent vim from changing the terminal's cursor type: set guicursor=

My Plugins

jnurmine/Zenburn: Zenburn color scheme
yuezk/vim-js: Better Javascript support
HerringtonDarkholme/yats.vim: Typescript support
maxmellon/vim-jsx-pretty: React JSX support
guns/vim-clojure-static: Clojure syntax highlighting

Basic Controls

Movement
```
      k
    h-|-l
      j
```
Start of line: 0
End of line: $
Start of file: gg
End of file: G
Forward one word: w
Back one word: b
Insert before: i
Insert after: a
Replace: s
Insert at start of line: I
Insert at end of line: A
Insert line above: o
Insert line below: O
Cut: x
Copy: y
Paste: p
Selection
- Visual mode: v
- Visual line: V
Jump to matching brace/parenthesis: %
Reload file: :e
Indent/Unindent
- Indent region: >
- Unindent region: <
- Indent line: >>
- Unindent line: <<
Page up/Page Down
- Ctrl-b: full page up
- Ctrl-u: half page up
- Ctrl-f: full page down
- Ctrl-d: half page down

Find/Replace

Make search case insensitive: set ignorecase
To search forwards: /
To search backwards: ?
To replace: :s/<search regexp>/<replacement>/g
- The g replaces every instance on a line rather than just the first instance
Clear search highlighting: :noh

Set colorscheme

colorscheme <colorscheme name>
- colorscheme zenburn

Pipe contents of buffer into shell command

:w !<command>
Example: copy the buffer into the clipboard: :w !xsel -ib (Linux)

Replace buffer contents with output of shell command

:%!<cmd>
Example: :%!xsel -ob to replace the buffer with the contents of the clipboard

Copy and paste into system clipboard

Copy into system clipboard: "+y
Paste from system clipboard: "+p

Tabs vs. Spaces

To use spaces instead of tabs:

  :set ts=<width>
  :set sw=<width>
  :set expandtab

To use tabs instead of spaces
- Set ts and sw as above
- :set noexpandtab

Splits

Split horizontally: :split
Split vertically: :vsplit
Jump between splits: Ctrl-w <direction>
Close a split: :q

Highlight current line

To highlight the current line: set cursorline

Vim Tips

Contents

Setup

My Plugins

Basic Controls

Find/Replace

Set colorscheme

Pipe contents of buffer into shell command

Replace buffer contents with output of shell command

Copy and paste into system clipboard

Tabs vs. Spaces

Splits

Highlight current line