I cant live without vim. Today is the day I understand this and have install vim on my home windows:) I hope that no one will start it accidently.

Ok. Here i will keep track of the commands that I use in vim.

Here is more on the topic

Open many files in tabs: vim -p file*
Search & Replace: %s/something/nothing/g
cntrl-space in vim is: cntr-n / cntrl-p
load words from all pl/pm files: ctags *.p?
windows: :split / :vsplit
cntr-w – switch
:close
:only
tabs:
set tabstop=2set autoindent << >> size is controller:shiftwidth=4

VimDiff

Keyboard Shortcuts:

do – Get changes from other window into the current window.

dp – Put the changes from current window into the other window.

]c – Jump to the next change.

[c – Jump to the previous change.

Ctrl W + Ctrl W – Switch to the other split window.

3 Comments

guda (Post author)

wrap long lines in vim:
:set wrap

guda (Post author)

set encoding=”utf8″
set background=dark /light

guda (Post author)

Replacing special characters:

Putting this line in your .vimrc or .exrc file.
:set magic

Next, do:
:s/,/,^M/g

To get the ^M character, type ctrl-v and hit enter.

guda (Post author)
J August, 2008 at 9:18 am

wrap long lines in vim:
:set wrap
guda (Post author)
J October, 2008 at 1:36 pm

set encoding=”utf8″
set background=dark /light
guda (Post author)
J October, 2008 at 2:41 pm

Replacing special characters:

Putting this line in your .vimrc or .exrc file.
:set magic

Next, do:
:s/,/,^M/g

To get the ^M character, type ctrl-v and hit enter.

Gudasoft