fortunes/vimtips

zz to center the cursor vertically on your screen. useful when you 250gzz, for instance.
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git config --global core.editor "gvim --nofork"
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ci" inside a " " will erase everything between "" and place you in insertion mode.
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:set guifont=* in gvim or MacVim to get a font selection dialog. Useful while giving presentations.
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:h slash<CTRL-d> to get a list of all help topics containing the word 'slash'.
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guu converts entire line to lowercase. gUU converts entire line to uppercase. ~ inverts case of current character.
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<CTRL-o> : trace your movements backwards in a file. <CTRL-i> trace your movements forwards in a file.
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:ju(mps) : list your movements {{help|jump-motions}}
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:history lists the history of your recent commands, sans duplicates.
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"+y to copy to the X11 (or Windows) clipboard. "+p to paste from it.
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noremap ' ` and noremap ` ' to make marks easier to navigate. Now ` is easier to reach!
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2f/ would find the second occurrence of '/' in a line.
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:tab sball will re-tab all files in the buffers list.
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:%s/joe|fred/jerks/g will replace both 'fred' and 'joe' with 'jerks'.
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* # g* g# each searches for the word under the cursor (forwards/backwards)
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:vimgrep pattern **/*.txt will search all *.txt files in the current directory and its subdirectories for the pattern.
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== will auto-indent the current line.  Select text in visual mode, then = to auto-indent the selected lines.
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Count the number of occurences of a word in a file with :%s/<word>//gn
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:set foldmethod=syntax to make editing long files of code much easier.  zo to open a fold.  zc to close it.  See more http://is.gd/9clX
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Need to edit and run a previous command?  q: then find the command, edit it, and Enter to execute the line.
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@: to repeat the last executed command.
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:e $MYVIMRC to directly edit your vimrc.  :source $MYVIMRC to reload.  Mappings may make it even easier.
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g<CTRL-G> to see technical information about the file, such as how many words are in it, or how many bytes it is.
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gq{movement} to wrap text, or just gq while in visual mode. gqap will format the current paragraph.
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:E to see a simple file explorer.  (:Ex will too, if that's easier to remember.)
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:vimgrep pattern *.txt will search all .txt files in the current directory for the pattern.
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:match ErrorMsg '\%>80v.\+' uses matching to highlight lines longer than 80 columns.
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:%s/\r//g to remove all those nasty ^M from a file, or :%s/\r$//g for only at the end of a line.
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% matches opening and closing chars (){}[], and with matchit.vim, def/end, HTML tags, etc. as well!
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<CTRL-n><CTRL-p> offers word-completion while in insert mode.
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<CTRL-x><CTRL-l> offers line completion in insert mode.
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/<CTRL-r><CTRL-w> will pull the word under the cursor into search.
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gf will open the file under the cursor.  (Killer feature.)
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Ctrl-a, Ctrl-x will increment and decrement, respectively, the number under the cursor. May be precede by a count.
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:scriptnames will list all plugins and _vimrcs loaded.
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:tabdo [some command] will execute the command in all tabs.  Also see windo, bufdo, argdo.
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:vsplit filename will split the window vertically and open the file in the left-hand pane.  Great when writing unit tests!
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qa starts a recording in register 'a'. q stops it. @a repeats the recording. 5@a repeats it 5 times.
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:%s/\v(.*\n){5}/&\r will insert a blank line every 5 lines
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Ctrl-c to quickly get out of command-line mode.  (Faster than hitting ESC a couple times.)
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Use '\v' in your regex to set the mode to 'very magic', and avoid confusion. (:h \v for more info.)
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; is a motion to repeat last find with f. f' would find next quote. c; would change up to the next '
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/\%>80v.\+ with search highlighting (:set hlsearch) will highlight any text after column 80.
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ga will display the ASCII, hex, and octal value of the character under the cursor.
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:%s/[.!?]\_s\+\a/\U&\E/g will uppercase the first letter of each sentence (except the very first one).
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:r !date will insert the current date/time stamp (from the 'date' command -- a bit OS-specific).
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:lcd %:p:h will change to the directory of the current file.
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% matches brackets {} [] (), and with matchit.vim, also matches def/end, < ?php/?>, < p>/< /p>, etc.
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:g/search_term/# display each line containing 'search_term' with line numbers.
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:%s/<!--\_.\{-}-->// will delete HTML comments, potentially spanning multiple lines.
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'. jumps to the last modified line. `. jumps to the exact position of last modification
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[I (that's bracket open, capital i) show lines containing the word under the cursor.
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:%s/\\/\//g replaces all backslashes with forward slashes
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:vimgrep /stext/ **/*.txt | :copen searches for stext recursively in *.txt files and show results in separate window
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ysiw' to surround current word with ',cs' {changes word to {word}} using the surround plugin: http://t.co/7QnLiwP3
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use \v in your regex to set the mode to 'very magic' and avoid confusion (:h \v for more info) http://t.co/KWtRFNPI
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in gvim, change the cursor depending on what mode you are (normal, insert, etc...) http://is.gd/9dq0
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In visual mode, use " to surround the selected text with " using the surround plugin http://is.gd/fpwJQ
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:tabo closes all tabs execpt the current one.
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<C-U> / <C-D> move the cursor up/down half a page (also handy :set nosol)
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:set titlestring=%f set the file name as the terminal title.
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p / P paste after/before the cursor. Handy when inserting lines.
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daw/caw deletes/changes the word under the cursor.
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vim -d file1 file2 shows the differences between two files.
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:set smartcase case sensitive if search contains an uppercase character and ignorecase is on.
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:sh or :shell to open a console (then exit to come back to vim).
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= : re-indent (e.g. == to re-indent the current line).
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:%y c copies the entire buffer into register c. "cp inserts the content of register c in the current document.
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ctrl-v blockwise visual mode (rectangular selection).
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I/A switch to insert mode before/after the current line.
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o/O insert a new line after/before the current line and switch to insert mode.
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I/A in visual blockwise mode (ctrl-v) insert some text at the star/end of each line of the block text.
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Need to edit a file in hex ? :help hex-editing gives you the manual.
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Ctrl + o : Execute a command while in insert mode, then go back to insert mode. e.g. ctrl+o, p; paste without exiting insert mode
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ctrl-r x (insert mode): insert the contents of buffer x. For example: "ctrl-r +" would insert the contents of the clipboard.
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ctrl-r ctrl-w: Pull the word under the cursor in a : command. eg. :s/ctrl-r ctrl-w/foo/g
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':%y c': yank entire file into register c. '"cp': Paste contents of c into document.
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a/A : append at the cursor position / at the end of the line (enters insert mode)
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ctrl-x ctrl-f (insert mode): complete with the file names in the current directory (ctrl-p/n to navigate through the candidates)
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set mouse=a - enable mouse in terminal (selection, scroll, window resizing, ...).
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J: join two lines
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gg/G: go to start/end of file.
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Ctrl-y (insert mode): insert character which is on the line above cursor. example: handy to initialize a structure.
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:set nowrap - disable line wrapping
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vim -p <files> - load all files listed in separate tabs. e.g. vim -p *.c
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vmap out "zdmzO#if 0<ESC>"zp'zi#endif<CR><ESC> - macro to comment out a block of code using #if 0
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<CTRT-W>v == :vsplit like <CTRL-w>s == :split
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If gvim is started from a terminal it opens at the same width as the terminal. To prevent this, add "set columns=80" to ~/.vimrc
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Prefixing G or gg (command mode) with a number will cause vim to jump to that line number.
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set showbreak - set characters to prefix wrapped lines with. e.g. ":set showbreak=+++\ " (white space must be escaped)
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When editing multiple files (e.g. vim *.c), use :n to move to the next file and :N to move to the previous file. :ar shows the list of files
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:split - split the current window in two
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vim --remote <file> - open a file in an existing vim session
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A - enter insert mode at the end of the line (Append); I - insert before the first non-blank of the line
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%< - resolves the current filename without extension. e.g. :e %<.h - open the header file for the current file
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:set softtabstop <n> - set the number of spaces to insert when using the tab key (converted to tabs and spaces if expandtab is off).
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:set expandtab - use spaces rather than the tab character to insert a tab.
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:set guioptions - set various GUI vim options. e.g. to remove the menubar and toolbar, :set guioptions-=Tm
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"vim - " - start vim and read from standard input. e.g. with syntax enabled, get a coloured diff from git: git diff | vim -
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set mousemodel=popup - enable a popup menu on right click in GUI vim
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r!cat - reads into the buffer from stdin and avoids using :set paste (use ctrl-d to finish)
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:set title - display info in terminal title. Add let &titleold=getcwd() to .vimrc to set it to something useful on quit
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:set pastetoggle=key - specify a key sequence that toggles the paste option, e.g. set pastetoggle=<F2>
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:set paste - allows you to paste from the clipboard correctly, especially when vim is running in a terminal
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substitute flag 'n' - count how many substitutions would be made, but don't actually make any 
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set wildmenu - enhanced filename completion. left and right navigates matches; up and down navigates directories
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zt, zz, zb: scroll so that the current position of the cursor is moved to the top, middle or bottom of the screen
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[range]sort - sort the lines in the [range], or all lines if [range] is not given. e.g. :'<,'>sort - sort the current visual selection
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%:exec ":new ".(substitute(expand("%"), ".c$", ".h", "")) - open the associated .h file for the current .c file in a new window; more concisely :new %:p:r.h
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noh - stop highlighting the current search (if 'hlsearch' is enabled). Highlighting is automatically restored for the next search.
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when substituting, \u makes just first character upper (like \l for lower) and \U is upper equivalent for \L
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:retab <ts> - convert strings of white-space containing <Tab> with new strings using the <ts> value if given or current value of 'tabstop'
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ctrl-v u <hex code> - enter a unicode character in insert mode
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:set laststatus=2 - always show the status line (0 = never, 1 = (default) only if there are two or more windows, 2 = always)
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b - go back a word (opposite of w)
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} - move to the next blank line ( { - move to previous blank line)
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s - delete characters and start insert mode (s stands for Substitute). e.g. 3s - delete three characters and start insert mode.
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0 - Move to the first character of the line
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:set columns=X - set the width of the window to X columns. For GUI vim, this is limited to the size of the screen
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:only - close all windows except the current one (alternatives: ctrl-w ctrl-o or :on)
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ctrl-<pagedown> / ctrl-<pageup> - switch to next/previous tab. (alternatives: gt/gT, :tabn/:tabp, etc)
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:tabe <filename> - open <filename> in a new tab (same as :tabedit and :tabnew)
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Ctrl-T and Ctrl-D - indent and un-indent the current line in insert mode
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vim +<num> - start vim and place the cursor on line <lnum>. If lnum is not specified, start at the end of the file
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gj, gk (or g<Up> g<Down>) - move up or down a display line (makes a difference for wrapped lines)
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>{motion} and <{motion} - (normal mode) increase/decrease the current indent. e.g. << - decrease the indent of the current line
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"+ and "* - clipboard and current selection registers under X. e.g. "+p to paste from the clipboard and "+y to copy to the clipboard
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:r!<cmd> - insert the result of <cmd> into the current buffer at the cursor. e.g. :r!ls *.h
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& - re-run last :s command (&& to remember flags)
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set wildignore - ignore matching files when using tab complete on filenames. e.g. :set wildignore=*.o,*.lo
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CTRL-V <tab> - in insert mode, enters a real tab character, disregarding tab and indent options
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CTRL-U/CTRL-D - scroll up/down, moving the cursor the same number of lines if possible (unlike <PageUp>/<PageDown>)
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:set cursorline - Highlight the current line under the cursor
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:set showcmd - show the number of lines/chacters in a visual selection
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:x is like ":wq", but write only when changes have been made
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ctrl-b / ctrl-f : page up / page down
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ctrl-clic / ctrl-t : go to symbol definition (= ctrl-]) (using tags) and back. You can use "make tags" autotooled projects to create tags
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0/joe/+3 -- find joe move cursor 3 lines down
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/^joe.*fred.*bill/ -- find joe AND fred AND Bill (Joe at start of line)
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/^[A-J]/ -- search for lines beginning with one or more A-J
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/begin\_.*end -- search over possible multiple lines
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/fred\_s*joe/ -- any whitespace including newline [C]
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/fred\|joe -- Search for FRED OR JOE
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/.*fred\&.*joe -- Search for FRED AND JOE in any ORDER!
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/\<fred\>/ -- search for fred but not alfred or frederick [C]
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/\<\d\d\d\d\> -- Search for exactly 4 digit numbers
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/\D\d\d\d\d\D -- Search for exactly 4 digit numbers
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/\<\d\{4}\> -- same thing
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/\([^0-9]\|^\)%.*% -- Search for absence of a digit or beginning of line
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/^\n\{3} -- find 3 empty lines -- finding empty lines
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/^str.*\nstr -- find 2 successive lines starting with str
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/\(^str.*\n\)\{2} -- find 2 successive lines starting with str
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/\(fred\).*\(joe\).*\2.*\1 -- using rexexp memory in a search find fred.*joe.*joe.*fred *C*
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/^\([^,]*,\)\{8} -- Repeating the Regexp (rather than what the Regexp finds)
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:vmap // y/<C-R>"<CR> -- search for visually highlighted text -- visual searching
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:vmap <silent> //    y/<C-R>=escape(@", '\\/.*$^~[]')<CR><CR> -- with spec chars
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/<\zs[^>]*\ze> -- search for tag contents, ignoring chevrons -- \zs and \ze regex delimiters :h /\zs
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/<\@<=[^>]*>\@= -- search for tag contents, ignoring chevrons -- zero-width :h /\@=
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/<\@<=\_[^>]*>\@= -- search for tags across possible multiple lines
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/<!--\_p\{-}--> -- search for multiple line comments -- searching over multiple lines \_ means including newline
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/fred\_s*joe/ -- any whitespace including newline *C*
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/bugs\(\_.\)*bunny -- bugs followed by bunny anywhere in file
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:h \_ -- help
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:nmap gx yiw/^\(sub\<bar>function\)\s\+<C-R>"<CR> -- search for declaration of subroutine/function under cursor
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:bufdo /searchstr/ -- use :rewind to recommence search -- multiple file search
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:bufdo %s/searchstr/&/gic -- say n and then a to stop -- multiple file search better but cheating
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?http://www.vim.org/ -- (first) search BACKWARDS!!! clever huh!  -- How to search for a URL without backslashing
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/\c\v([^aeiou]&\a){4} -- search for 4 consecutive consonants -- Specify what you are NOT searching for (vowels)
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/\%>20l\%<30lgoat -- Search for goat between lines 20 and 30 [N]
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/^.\{-}home.\{-}\zshome/e -- match only the 2nd occurence in a line of "home" [N]
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:%s/home.\{-}\zshome/alone -- Substitute only the occurrence of home in any line [N]
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^\(.*tongue.*\)\@!.*nose.*$ -- find str but not on lines containing tongue
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\v^((tongue)@!.)*nose((tongue)@!.)*$
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.*nose.*\&^\%(\%(tongue\)\@!.\)*$ 
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:v/tongue/s/nose/&/gic
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:%s/fred/joe/igc -- general substitute command -- *best-substitution*
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:%s//joe/igc -- Substitute what you last searched for [N]
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:%s/~/sue/igc -- Substitute your last replacement string [N]
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:%s/\r//g -- Delete DOS returns ^M
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:%s/\r/\r/g -- Turn DOS returns ^M into real returns -- Is your Text File jumbled onto one line? use following
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:%s=  *$== -- delete end of line blanks
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:%s= \+$== -- Same thing
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:%s#\s*\r\?$## -- Clean both trailing spaces AND DOS returns
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:%s#\s*\r*$## -- same thing
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:%s/^\n\{3}// -- delete blocks of 3 empty lines -- deleting empty lines
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:%s/^\n\+/\r/ -- compressing empty lines
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:%s#<[^>]\+>##g -- delete html tags, leave text (non-greedy)
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:%s#<\_.\{-1,}>##g -- delete html tags possibly multi-line (non-greedy)
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:%s#.*\(\d\+hours\).*#\1# -- Delete all but memorised string (\1) [N]
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%s#><\([^/]\)#>\r<\1#g -- split jumbled up XML file into one tag per line [N]
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:'a,'bg/fred/s/dick/joe/igc -- VERY USEFUL -- VIM Power Substitute
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:%s= [^ ]\+$=&&= -- duplicate end column -- duplicating columns
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:%s= \f\+$=&&= -- same thing
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:%s= \S\+$=&& -- usually the same
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:%s#example#& = &#gic -- duplicate entire matched string [N] -- memory
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:%s#.*\(tbl_\w\+\).*#\1# -- extract list of all strings tbl_* from text  [NC]
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:s/\(.*\):\(.*\)/\2 -- \1/   : reverse fields separated by :
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:%s/^\(.*\)\n\1$/\1/ -- delete duplicate lines
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:%s/^\(.*\)\(\n\1\)\+$/\1/ -- delete multiple duplicate lines [N]
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:%s/^.\{-}pdf/new.pdf/ -- delete to 1st occurence of pdf only (non-greedy) -- non-greedy matching \{-}
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:%s#\<[zy]\?tbl_[a-z_]\+\>#\L&#gc -- lowercase with optional leading characters -- use of optional atom \?
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:%s/<!--\_.\{-}-->// -- delete possibly multi-line comments -- over possibly many lines
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:help /\{-} -- help non-greedy
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:s/fred/<c-r>a/g -- sub "fred" with contents of register "a" -- substitute using a register
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:s/fred/<c-r>asome_text<c-r>s/g  
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:s/fred/\=@a/g -- better alternative as register not displayed (not *) [C]
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:%s/\f\+\.gif\>/\r&\r/g | v/\.gif$/d | %s/gif/jpg/ -- multiple commands on one line
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:%s/a/but/gie|:update|:next -- then use @: to repeat
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:%s/goat\|cow/sheep/gc -- ORing (must break pipe) -- ORing
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:'a,'bs#\[\|\]##g -- remove [] from lines between markers a and b [N]
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:%s/\v(.*\n){5}/&\r -- insert a blank line every 5 lines [N]
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:s/__date__/\=strftime("%c")/ -- insert datestring -- Calling a VIM function
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:inoremap \zd <C-R>=strftime("%d%b%y")<CR> -- insert date eg 31Jan11 [N]
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:%s:\(\(\w\+\s\+\)\{2}\)str1:\1str2: -- Working with Columns sub any str1 in col3
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:%s:\(\w\+\)\(.*\s\+\)\(\w\+\)$:\3\2\1: -- Swapping first & last column (4 columns)
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:%s#\<from\>\|\<where\>\|\<left join\>\|\<\inner join\>#\r&#g -- format a mysql query 
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:redir @*|sil exec 'g#<\(input\|select\|textarea\|/\=form\)\>#p'|redir END -- filter all form elements into paste register
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:nmap ,z :redir @*<Bar>sil exec 'g@<\(input\<Bar>select\<Bar>textarea\<Bar>/\=form\)\>@p'<Bar>redir END<CR>
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:%s/^\(.\{30\}\)xx/\1yy/ -- substitute string in column 30 [N]
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:%s/\d\+/\=(submatch(0)-3)/ -- decrement numbers by 3
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:g/loc\|function/s/\d/\=submatch(0)+6/ -- increment numbers by 6 on certain lines only
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:%s#txtdev\zs\d#\=submatch(0)+1#g -- better
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:h /\zs
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:%s/\(gg\)\@<=\d\+/\=submatch(0)+6/ -- increment only numbers gg\d\d  by 6 (another way)
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:h zero-width
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:let i=10 | 'a,'bg/Abc/s/yy/\=i/ |let i=i+1 # convert yy to 10,11,12 etc -- rename a string with an incrementing number
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:let i=10 | 'a,'bg/Abc/s/xx\zsyy\ze/\=i/ |let i=i+1 # convert xxyy to xx11,xx12,xx13 -- as above but more precise
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:%s/"\([^.]\+\).*\zsxx/\1/ -- find replacement text, put in memory, then use \zs to simplify substitute
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:nmap <leader>z :%s#\<<c-r>=expand("<cword>")<cr>\># -- Pull word under cursor into LHS of a substitute
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:vmap <leader>z :<C-U>%s/\<<c-r>*\>/ -- Pull Visually Highlighted text into LHS of a substitute
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:'a,'bs/bucket\(s\)*/bowl\1/gic   [N] -- substitute singular or plural
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:%s,\(all/.*\)\@<=/,_,g -- replace all / with _ AFTER "all/"
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:s#all/\zs.*#\=substitute(submatch(0), '/', '_', 'g')# -- Same thing
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:s#all/#&^M#|s#/#_#g|-j!  -- Substitute by splitting line, then re-joining
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:%s/.*/\='cp '.submatch(0).' all/'.substitute(submatch(0),'/','_','g')/ -- Substitute inside substitute
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:g/gladiolli/# -- display with line numbers (YOU WANT THIS!) -- *best-global* command 
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:g/fred.*joe.*dick/ -- display all lines fred,joe & dick
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:g/\<fred\>/ -- display all lines fred but not freddy
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:g/^\s*$/d -- delete all blank lines
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:g!/^dd/d -- delete lines not containing string
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:v/^dd/d -- delete lines not containing string
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:g/joe/,/fred/d -- not line based (very powerfull)
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:g/fred/,/joe/j -- Join Lines [N]
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:g/{/ ,/}/- s/\n\+/\r/g -- Delete empty lines but only between {...}
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:v/\S/d -- Delete empty lines (and blank lines ie whitespace)
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:v/./,/./-j -- compress empty lines
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:g/^$/,/./-j -- compress empty lines
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:g/<input\|<form/p -- ORing
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:g/^/put_ -- double space file (pu = put)
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:g/^/m0 -- Reverse file (m = move)
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:g/^/m$ -- No effect! [N]
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:'a,'bg/^/m'b -- Reverse a section a to b
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:g/^/t. -- duplicate every line
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:g/fred/t$ -- copy (transfer) lines matching fred to EOF
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:g/stage/t'a -- copy (transfer) lines matching stage to marker a (cannot use .) [C]
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:g/^Chapter/t.|s/./-/g -- Automatically underline selecting headings [N]
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:g/\(^I[^^I]*\)\{80}/d -- delete all lines containing at least 80 tabs
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:g/^/ if line('.')%2|s/^/zz / -- perform a substitute on every other line
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:'a,'bg/somestr/co/otherstr/ -- co(py) or mo(ve)
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:'a,'bg/str1/s/str1/&&&/|mo/str2/ copy or move or substitute
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:%norm jdd -- delete every other line
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:.,$g/^\d/exe "norm! \<c-a>" -- increment numbers
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:'a,'bg/\d\+/norm! ^A -- increment numbers
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:g/fred/y A -- append all lines fred to register a
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:g/fred/y A | :let @*=@a -- put into paste buffer
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:let @a=''|g/Barratt/y A |:let @*=@a
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:'a,'bg/^Error/ . w >> errors.txt -- filter lines to a file (file must already exist)
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:g/./yank|put|-1s/'/"/g|s/.*/Print '&'/ -- duplicate every line in a file wrap a print '' around each duplicate
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:g/^MARK$/r tmp.txt | -d -- replace string with contents of a file, -d deletes the "mark"
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:g/<pattern>/z#.5 -- display with context -- display prettily
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:g/<pattern>/z#.5|echo "==========" -- display beautifully
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:g/|/norm 2f|r* -- replace 2nd | with a star -- Combining g// with normal mode commands
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:nmap <F3>  :redir @a<CR>:g//<CR>:redir END<CR>:new<CR>:put! a<CR><CR> -- send output of previous global command to a new window
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:'a,'bg/fred/s/joe/susan/gic --  can use memory to extend matching -- *Best-Global-combined-with-substitute* (*power-editing*)
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:/fred/,/joe/s/fred/joe/gic --  non-line based (ultra)
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:/biz/,/any/g/article/s/wheel/bucket/gic:  non-line based [N]
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:/fred/;/joe/-2,/sid/+3s/sally/alley/gIC -- Find fred before beginning search for joe
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:g/^/exe ".w ".line(".").".txt" -- create a new file for each line of file eg 1.txt,2.txt,3,txt etc
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:.g/^/ exe ".!sed 's/N/X/'" | s/I/Q/    [N] -- chain an external command
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d/fred/                                :delete until fred -- Operate until string found [N]
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y/fred/                                :yank until fred
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c/fred/e                               :change until fred end
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.      last edit (magic dot) -- Summary of editing repeats [N]
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:&     last substitute
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:%&    last substitute every line
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:%&gic last substitute every line confirm
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g%     normal mode repeat last substitute
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g&     last substitute on all lines
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@@     last recording
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@:     last command-mode command
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:!!    last :! command
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:~     last substitute
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:help repeating
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;      last f, t, F or T -- Summary of repeated searches
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,      last f, t, F or T in opposite direction
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n      last / or ? search
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N      last / or ? search in opposite direction
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* # g* g# -- find word under cursor (<cword>) (forwards/backwards)
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% -- match brackets {}[]()
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. -- repeat last modification 
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@: -- repeat last : command (then @@)
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matchit.vim -- % now matches tags <tr><td><script> <?php etc
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<C-N><C-P> -- word completion in insert mode
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<C-X><C-L> -- Line complete SUPER USEFUL
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/<C-R><C-W> -- Pull <cword> onto search/command line
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/<C-R><C-A> -- Pull <CWORD> onto search/command line
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:set ignorecase -- you nearly always want this
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:set smartcase -- overrides ignorecase if uppercase used in search string (cool)
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:syntax on -- colour syntax in Perl,HTML,PHP etc
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:set syntax=perl -- force syntax (usually taken from file extension)
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:h regexp<C-D> -- type control-D and get a list all help topics containing regexp (plus use TAB to Step thru list)
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:nmap ,s :source $VIM/_vimrc -- MAKE IT EASY TO UPDATE/RELOAD _vimrc
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:nmap ,v :e $VIM/_vimrc
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:e $MYVIMRC -- edits your _vimrc whereever it might be  [N]
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:vsplit other.php       # vertically split current file with other.php [N] -- splitting windows
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:vmap sb "zdi<b><C-R>z</b><ESC> -- wrap <b></b> around VISUALLY selected Text
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:vmap st "zdi<?= <C-R>z ?><ESC> -- wrap <?=   ?> around VISUALLY selected Text
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vim -p fred.php joe.php -- open files in tabs
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:tabe fred.php -- open fred.php in a new tab
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:tab ball -- tab open files
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:close -- close a tab but leave the buffer *N*
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:nnoremap gf <C-W>gf -- vim 7 forcing use of tabs from .vimrc
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:cab      e  tabe
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:tab sball -- retab all files in buffer (repair) [N]
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:e . -- file explorer -- Exploring
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:Exp(lore) -- file explorer note capital Ex
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:Sex(plore) -- file explorer in split window
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:browse e -- windows style browser
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:ls -- list of buffers
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:cd .. -- move to parent directory
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:args -- list of files
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:pwd -- Print Working Directory (current directory) [N]
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:args *.php -- open list of files (you need this!)
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:lcd %:p:h -- change to directory of current file
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:autocmd BufEnter * lcd %:p:h -- change to directory of current file automatically (put in _vimrc)
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guu -- lowercase line -- Changing Case
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gUU -- uppercase line
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Vu -- lowercase line
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VU -- uppercase line
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g~~ -- flip case line
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vEU -- Upper Case Word
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vE~ -- Flip Case Word
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ggguG -- lowercase entire file
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vmap ,c :s/\<\(.\)\(\k*\)\>/\u\1\L\2/g<CR> -- Titlise Visually Selected Text (map for .vimrc)
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vnoremap <F6> :s/\%V\<\(\w\)\(\w*\)\>/\u\1\L\2/ge<cr> [N] -- Title Case A Line Or Selection (better)
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nmap ,t :s/.*/\L&/<bar>:s/\<./\u&/g<cr>  [N] -- titlise a line
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:%s/[.!?]\_s\+\a/\U&\E/g -- Uppercase first letter of sentences
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gf -- open file name under cursor (SUPER)
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:nnoremap gF :view <cfile><cr> -- open file under cursor, create if necessary
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ga -- display hex,ascii value of char under cursor
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ggg?G -- rot13 whole file (quicker for large file)
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:8 | normal VGg? -- rot13 from line 8
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:normal 10GVGg? -- rot13 from line 8
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<C-A>,<C-X> -- increment,decrement number under cursor
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win32 users must remap CNTRL-A
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<C-R>=5*5 -- insert 25 into text (mini-calculator)
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:h 42 -- also http://www.google.com/search?q=42 -- Make all other tips superfluous
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:h holy-grail
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:h!
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ggVGg? -- rot13 whole file (toggles) -- disguise text (watch out) [N]
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:set rl! -- reverse lines right to left (toggles)
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:g/^/m0 -- reverse lines top to bottom (toggles)
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:%s/\(\<.\{-}\>\)/\=join(reverse(split(submatch(1), '.\zs')), '')/g -- reverse all text *N*
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g; -- cycle thru recent changes (oldest first)
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g, -- reverse direction 
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:changes
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:h changelist -- help for above
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:help jump-motions
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:history -- list of all your commands
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:his c -- commandline history
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:his s -- search history
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q/ -- Search history Window (puts you in full edit mode) (exit CTRL-C)
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q: -- commandline history Window (puts you in full edit mode) (exit CTRL-C)
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:<C-F> -- history Window (exit CTRL-C)
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:map   <f7>   :'a,'bw! c:/aaa/x -- save text to file x
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:map   <f8>   :r c:/aaa/x -- retrieve text 
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:map   <f11>  :.w! c:/aaa/xr<CR> -- store current line
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:map   <f12>  :r c:/aaa/xr<CR> -- retrieve current line
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:ab php -- list of abbreviations beginning php
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:map , -- list of maps beginning ,
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set wak=no -- :h winaltkeys -- allow use of F10 for mapping (win32)
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<CR> -- carriage Return for maps -- For use in Maps
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<ESC> -- Escape
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<LEADER> -- normally \
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<BAR> -- | pipe
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<BACKSPACE> -- backspace
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<SILENT> -- No hanging shell window
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:nmap <leader>c :hi Normal guibg=#<c-r>=expand("<cword>")<cr><cr> -- display RGB colour under the cursor eg #445588
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map <f2> /price only\\|versus/ :in a map need to backslash the \
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imap ,,, <esc>bdwa<<esc>pa><cr></<esc>pa><esc>kA -- type table,,, to get <table></table>       ### Cool ###
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:for i in range(1, 12) | execute("map <F".i.">") | endfor   [N] -- list current mappings of all your function keys
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:cab ,f :for i in range(1, 12) \| execute("map <F".i.">") \| endfor -- for your .vimrc
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iab phpdb exit("<hr>Debug <C-R>a  "); -- Simple PHP debugging display all variables yanked into register a
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:let @m=":'a,'bs/" -- Using a register as a map (preload registers in .vimrc)
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:let @s=":%!sort -u"
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"ayy@a -- execute "Vim command" in a text file -- Useful tricks
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yy@" -- same thing using unnamed register
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u@. -- execute command JUST typed in
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"ddw -- store what you delete in register d [N]
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"ccaw -- store what you change in register c [N]
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:r!ls -R -- reads in output of ls -- Get output from other commands (requires external programs)
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:put=glob('**') -- same as above                 [N]
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:r !grep "^ebay" file.txt -- grepping in content   [N]
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:20,25 !rot13 -- rot13 lines 20 to 25   [N]
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!!date -- same thing (but replaces/filters current line)
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:%!sort -u -- use an external program to filter content -- Sorting with external sort
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:'a,'b!sort -u -- use an external program to filter content
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!1} sort -u -- sorts paragraph (note normal mode!!)
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:g/^$/;/^$/-1!sort -- Sort each block (note the crucial ;)
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:sort /.*\%2v/ -- sort all lines on second column [N] -- Sorting with internal sort
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:new | r!nl #                  [N] -- number lines  (linux or cygwin only)
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:bn -- goto next buffer -- Multiple Files Management (Essential)
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:bp -- goto previous buffer
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:wn -- save file and move to next (super)
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:wp -- save file and move to previous
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:bd -- remove file from buffer list (super)
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:bun -- Buffer unload (remove window but not from list)
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:badd file.c -- file from buffer list
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:b3 -- go to buffer 3 [C]
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:b main -- go to buffer with main in name eg main.c (ultra)
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:sav php.html -- Save current file as php.html and "move" to php.html
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:sav! %<.bak -- Save Current file to alternative extension (old way)
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:sav! %:r.cfm -- Save Current file to alternative extension
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:sav %:s/fred/joe/ -- do a substitute on file name
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:sav %:s/fred/joe/:r.bak2 -- do a substitute on file name & ext.
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:!mv % %:r.bak -- rename current file (DOS use Rename or DEL)
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:help filename-modifiers
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:e! -- return to unmodified file
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:w c:/aaa/% -- save file elsewhere
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:e # -- edit alternative file (also cntrl-^)
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:rew -- return to beginning of edited files list (:args)
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:brew -- buffer rewind
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:sp fred.txt -- open fred.txt into a split
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:sball,:sb -- Split all buffers (super)
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:scrollbind -- in each split window
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:map   <F5> :ls<CR>:e # -- Pressing F5 lists all buffer, just type number
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:set hidden -- Allows to change buffer w/o saving current buffer
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map <C-J> <C-W>j<C-W>_ -- Quick jumping between splits
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map <C-K> <C-W>k<C-W>_
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@@ -- Repeat a macro
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5@@ -- Repeat a macro 5 times
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qQ@qq -- Make an existing recording q recursive [N]
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"qp --display contents of register q (normal mode) -- editing a register/recording
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<ctrl-R>q --display contents of register q (insert mode)
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"qdd --put changed contacts back into q -- you can now see recording contents, edit as required
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v -- enter visual mode
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V -- visual mode whole line
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<C-V> -- enter VISUAL BLOCKWISE mode (remap on Windows to say C-Q *C*
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gv -- reselect last visual area (ultra)
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o -- navigate visual area
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"*y or "+y -- yank visual area into paste buffer  [C]
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V% -- visualise what you match
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V}J -- Join Visual block (great)
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V}gJ -- Join Visual block w/o adding spaces
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`[v`] -- Highlight last insert
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:%s/\%Vold/new/g -- Do a substitute on last visual area [N]
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08l<c-v>10j2ld  (use Control Q on win32) [C] -- Delete 8th and 9th characters of 10 successive lines [C]
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<C-V> then select "column(s)" with motion commands (win32 <C-Q>)
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daW -- delete contiguous non whitespace -- text objects :h text-objects                                     [C]
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di<   yi<  ci< -- Delete/Yank/Change HTML tag contents
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da<   ya<  ca< -- Delete/Yank/Change whole HTML tag
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dat   dit -- Delete HTML tag pair
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diB   daB -- Empty a function {}
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das -- delete a sentence
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:imap <TAB> <C-N> -- set tab to complete [N] -- _vimrc essentials
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:set incsearch -- jumps to search word as you type (annoying but excellent)
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:set wildignore=*.o,*.obj,*.bak,*.exe -- tab complete now ignores these
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:set shiftwidth=3 -- for shift/tabbing
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:set vb t_vb=". -- set silent (no beep)
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:set browsedir=buffer -- Maki GUI File Open use current directory
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:nmap ,f :update<CR>:silent !start c:\progra~1\intern~1\iexplore.exe file://%:p<CR> -- launching Win IE
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:nmap ,i :update<CR>: !start c:\progra~1\intern~1\iexplore.exe <cWORD><CR>
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cmap ,r  :Nread ftp://209.51.134.122/public_html/index.html -- FTPing from VIM
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cmap ,w  :Nwrite ftp://209.51.134.122/public_html/index.html
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gvim ftp://www.somedomain.com/index.html # uses netrw.vim
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"a5yy10j"A5yy
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[I -- show lines matching word under cursor <cword> (super)
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:'a,'b>> -- Conventional Shifting/Indenting
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:vnoremap < <gv -- visual shifting (builtin-repeat)
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:vnoremap > >gv
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>i{ -- Block shifting (magic)
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>a{ -- Block shifting (magic)
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>% and <% -- Block shifting (magic)
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== -- index current line same as line above [N]
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:redir @* -- redirect commands to paste buffer -- Redirection & Paste register *
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:redir END -- end redirect
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:redir >> out.txt -- redirect to a file
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"*yy -- yank curent line to paste -- Working with Paste buffer
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"*p -- insert from paste buffer
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:'a,'by* -- Yank range into paste -- yank to paste buffer (ex mode)
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:%y* -- Yank whole buffer into paste
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:.y* -- Yank Current line to paster -- filter non-printable characters from the paste buffer -- useful when pasting from some gui application
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:nmap <leader>p :let @* = substitute(@*,'[^[:print:]]','','g')<cr>"*p
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:set paste -- prevent vim from formatting pasted in text
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gq} -- Format a paragraph -- Re-Formatting text
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gqap -- Format a paragraph
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ggVGgq -- Reformat entire file
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Vgq -- current line
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:s/.\{,69\};\s*\|.\{,69\}\s\+/&\r/g -- break lines at 70 chars, if possible after a ;
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:argdo %s/foo/bar/e -- operate on all files in :args -- Operate command over multiple files
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:bufdo %s/foo/bar/e -- operate on all files in :args -- Operate command over multiple files
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:windo %s/foo/bar/e -- operate on all files in :args -- Operate command over multiple files
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:argdo exe '%!sort'|w! -- include an external command
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:bufdo exe "normal @q" | w -- perform a recording on open files
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:silent bufdo !zip proj.zip %:p -- zip all current files
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gvim -h -- help -- Command line tricks
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ls | gvim - -- edit a stream!!
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cat xx | gvim - -c "v/^\d\d\|^[3-9]/d -- -- filter a stream
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gvim -o file1 file2 -- open into a horizontal split (file1 on top, file2 on bottom) [C]
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gvim -O file1 file2 -- open into a vertical split (side by side,for comparing code) [N]
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gvim.exe -c "/main" joe.c -- Open joe.c & jump to "main" -- execute one command after opening file
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vim -c "%s/ABC/DEF/ge | update" file1.c -- execute multiple command on a single file
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vim -c "argdo %s/ABC/DEF/ge | update" *.c -- execute multiple command on a group of files
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vim -c "argdo /begin/+1,/end/-1g/^/d | update" *.c -- remove blocks of text from a series of files
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vim -s "convert.vim" file.c -- Automate editing of a file (Ex commands in convert.vim)
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gvim -u NONE -U NONE -N -- load VIM without .vimrc and plugins (clean VIM) e.g. for HUGE files
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gvim -c 'normal ggdG"*p' c:/aaa/xp -- Access paste buffer contents (put in a script/batch file)
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gvim -c 's/^/\=@*/|hardcopy!|q!' -- print paste contents to default printer
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:!grep somestring *.php -- creates a list of all matching files [C] -- gvim's use of external grep (win32 or *nix)
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:h grep -- use :cn(ext) :cp(rev) to navigate list
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:vimgrep /keywords/ *.php -- Using vimgrep with copen                              [N]
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:copen
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gvim -d file1 file2 -- vimdiff (compare differences) -- GVIM Difference Function (Brilliant)
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dp -- "put" difference under cursor to other file
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do -- "get" difference under cursor from other file
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:1,2yank a | 7,8yank b -- complex diff parts of same file [N]
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:tabedit | put a | vnew | put b
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:windo diffthis 
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In regular expressions you must backslash + (match 1 or more) -- Vim traps
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In regular expressions you must backslash | (or)
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In regular expressions you must backslash ( (group)
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In regular expressions you must backslash { (count)
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/fred\+/ -- matches fred/freddy but not free
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/\(fred\)\{2,3}/ -- note what you have to break
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/codes\(\n\|\s\)*where -- normal regexp -- \v or very magic (usually) reduces backslashing
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/\vcodes(\n|\s)*where -- very magic
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<C-R><C-W> -- pull word under the cursor into a command line or search -- pulling objects onto command/search line (SUPER)
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<C-R><C-A> -- pull WORD under the cursor into a command line or search
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<C-R>- -- pull small register (also insert mode)
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<C-R>[0-9a-z] -- pull named registers (also insert mode)
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<C-R>% -- pull file name (also #) (also insert mode)
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<C-R>=somevar -- pull contents of a variable (eg :let sray="ray[0-9]")
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:reg -- display contents of all registers -- List your Registers
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:reg a -- display content of register a
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:reg 12a -- display content of registers 1,2 & a [N]
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"5p -- retrieve 5th "ring" 
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"1p.... -- retrieve numeric registers one by one
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:let @y='yy@"' -- pre-loading registers (put in .vimrc)
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qqq -- empty register "q"
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qaq -- empty register "a"
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:reg .-/%:*" -- the seven special registers [N]
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:reg 0 -- what you last yanked, not affected by a delete [N]
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"_dd -- Delete to blackhole register "_ , don't affect any register [N]
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:let @a=@_ -- clear register a -- manipulating registers
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:let @a="" -- clear register a
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:let @a=@" -- Save unnamed register [N]
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:let @*=@a -- copy register a to paste buffer
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:let @*=@: -- copy last command to paste buffer
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:let @*=@/ -- copy last search to paste buffer
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:let @*=@% -- copy current filename to paste buffer
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:h quickref -- VIM Quick Reference Sheet (ultra) -- help for help (USE TAB)
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:h tips -- Vim's own Tips Help
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:h visual<C-D><tab> -- obtain  list of all visual help topics
%
 -- Then use tab to step thru them
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:h ctrl<C-D> -- list help of all control keys
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:helpg uganda -- grep HELP Files use :cn, :cp to find next
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:helpgrep edit.*director: grep help using regexp
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:h :r -- help for :ex command
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:h CTRL-R -- normal mode
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:h /\r -- what's \r in a regexp (matches a <CR>)
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:h \\zs -- double up backslash to find \zs in help
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:h i_CTRL-R -- help for say <C-R> in insert mode
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:h c_CTRL-R -- help for say <C-R> in command mode
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:h v_CTRL-V -- visual mode
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:h tutor -- VIM Tutor
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<C-[>, <C-T> -- Move back & Forth in HELP History
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gvim -h -- VIM Command Line Help
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:cabbrev h tab h -- open help in a tab [N]
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:scriptnames -- list all plugins, _vimrcs loaded (super) -- where was an option set
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:verbose set history? -- reveals value of history and where set
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:function -- list functions
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:func SearchCompl -- List particular function
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:helptags /vim/vim64/doc -- rebuild all *.txt help files in /doc -- making your own VIM help
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:help add-local-help
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:sav! $VIMRUNTIME/doc/vimtips.txt|:1,/^__BEGIN__/d|:/^__END__/,$d|:w!|:helptags $VIMRUNTIME/doc -- save this page as a VIM Help File [N]
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map   <f9>   :w<CR>:!c:/php/php.exe %<CR> -- running file thru an external program (eg php)
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map   <f2>   :w<CR>:!perl -c %<CR>
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:new | r!perl # -- opens new buffer,read other buffer -- capturing output of current script in a separate buffer
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:new! x.out | r!perl # -- same with named file
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:new+read!ls
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:new +put q|%!sort -- create a new buffer, paste a register "q" into it, then sort new buffer
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:%s/$/\<C-V><C-M>&/g --  that's what you type -- Inserting DOS Carriage Returns
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:%s/$/\<C-Q><C-M>&/g --  for Win32
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:%s/$/\^M&/g --  what you'll see where ^M is ONE character
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autocmd BufRead * silent! %s/[\r \t]\+$// -- automatically delete trailing Dos-returns,whitespace
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autocmd BufEnter *.php :%s/[ \t\r]\+$//e
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autocmd VimEnter c:/intranet/note011.txt normal! ggVGg?  -- perform an action on a particular file or file type
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autocmd FileType *.pl exec('set fileformats=unix')
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i<c-r>: -- Retrieving last command line command for copy & pasting into text
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i<c-r>/ -- Retrieving last Search Command for copy & pasting into text
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<C-X><C-F>                        :insert name of a file in current directory -- more completions
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:'<,'>s/Emacs/Vim/g -- REMEMBER you dont type the '<.'>
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gv -- Re-select the previous visual area (ULTRA)
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:g/^/exec "s/^/".strpart(line(".")."    ", 0, 4) -- inserting line number into file
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:%s/^/\=strpart(line(".")."     ", 0, 5)
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:%s/^/\=line('.'). ' '
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:set number -- show line numbers -- *numbering lines VIM way*
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:map <F12> :set number!<CR> -- Show linenumbers flip-flop
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:%s/^/\=strpart(line('.')."        ",0,&ts)
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:'a,'b!perl -pne 'BEGIN{$a=223} substr($_,2,0)=$a++' -- numbering lines (need Perl on PC) starting from arbitrary number -- Produce a list of numbers -- Type in number on line say 223 in an empty file
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qqmnYP`n^Aq -- in recording q repeat with @q
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:.,$g/^\d/exe "normal! \<c-a>" -- increment existing numbers to end of file (type <c-a> as 5 characters)
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http://vim.sourceforge.net/tip_view.php?tip_id=150 -- advanced incrementing
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let g:I=0
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:let I=223 -- eg create list starting from 223 incrementing by 5 between markers a,b
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:'a,'bs/^/\=INC(5)/
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cab viminc :let I=223 \| 'a,'bs/$/\=INC(5)/ -- create a map for INC
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o23<ESC>qqYp<C-A>q40@q -- *generate a list of numbers*  23-64
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<C-U> -- delete all entered -- editing/moving within current insert (Really useful)
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<C-W> -- delete last word
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<HOME><END> -- beginning/end of line
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<C-LEFTARROW><C-RIGHTARROW> -- jump one word backwards/forwards
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<C-X><C-E>,<C-X><C-Y> -- scroll while staying put in insert
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#encryption (use with care: DON'T FORGET your KEY)
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:X -- you will be prompted for a key
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:h :X
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// vim:noai:ts=2:sw=4:readonly: -- modeline (make a file readonly etc) must be in first/last 5 lines
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:h modeline -- vim:ft=html: -- says use HTML Syntax highlighting
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amenu  Modeline.Insert\ a\ VIM\ modeline <Esc><Esc>ggOvim:ff=unix ts=4 ss=4<CR>vim60:fdm=marker<esc>gg -- Creating your own GUI Toolbar entry
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map ,p :call SaveWord()
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endfunction
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:g/^/ call Del()
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:digraphs -- display table -- Digraphs (non alpha-numerics)
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:h dig -- help
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i<C-K>e' -- enters é
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i<C-V>233 -- enters é (Unix)
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i<C-Q>233 -- enters é (Win32)
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ga -- View hex value of any character
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#Deleting non-ascii characters (some invisible)
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:%s/[\x00-\x1f\x80-\xff]/ /g -- type this as you see it
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:%s/[<C-V>128-<C-V>255]//gi -- where you have to type the Control-V
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:%s/[-ÿ]//gi -- Should see a black square & a dotted y
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:%s/[<C-V>128-<C-V>255<C-V>01-<C-V>31]//gi -- All pesky non-asciis
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:exec "norm /[\x00-\x1f\x80-\xff]/" -- same thing
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#Pull a non-ascii character onto search bar
yl/<C-R>"                         :
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/[^a-zA-Z0-9_[:space:][:punct:]] -- search for all non-ascii
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:e main_<tab> -- tab completes -- All file completions grouped (for example main_c.c)
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gf -- open file under cursor  (normal)
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main_<C-X><C-F> -- include NAME of file in text (insert mode)
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:%s/\<\(on\|off\)\>/\=strpart("offon", 3 * ("off" == submatch(0)), 3)/g
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:vnoremap <C-X> <Esc>`.``gvP``P -- swap two words
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nmap <silent> gw    "_yiw:s/\(\%#\w\+\)\(\_W\+\)\(\w\+\)/\3\2\1/<cr><c-o><c-l> [N] -- Swap word with next word
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:runtime! syntax/2html.vim -- convert txt to html -- Convert Text File to HTML
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:h 2html
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:grep some_keyword *.c -- get list of all c-files containing keyword -- VIM has internal grep
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:cn -- go to next occurrence
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:set syntax=perl -- Force Syntax coloring for a file that has no extension .pl
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:set syntax off -- Remove syntax coloring (useful for all sorts of reasons)
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:colorscheme blue -- change coloring scheme (any file in ~vim/vim??/colors)
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:colorscheme morning -- good fallback colorscheme *N*
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# vim:ft=html: -- Force HTML Syntax highlighting by using a modeline
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au BufRead,BufNewFile */Content.IE?/* setfiletype html -- Force syntax automatically (for a file with non-standard extension)
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:set noma (non modifiable) -- Prevents modifications
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:set ro (Read Only) -- Protect a file from unintentional writes
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gvim file1.c file2.c lib/lib.h lib/lib2.h -- load files for "session" -- Sessions (Open a set of files)
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:mksession -- Make a Session file (default Session.vim)
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:mksession MySession.vim -- Make a Session file named file [C]
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:q
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gvim -S -- Reload all files (loads Session.vim) [C]
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gvim -S MySession.vim -- Reload all files from named session [C]
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#tags (jumping to subroutines/functions)
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taglist.vim -- popular plugin
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:Tlist -- display Tags (list of functions)
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<C-]> -- jump to function under cursor
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:let width = 20 -- columnise a csv file for display only as may crop wide columns
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:let fill=' ' | while strlen(fill) < width | let fill=fill.fill | endwhile
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:%s/\([^;]*\);\=/\=strpart(submatch(1).fill, 0, width)/ge
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:%s/\s\+$//ge
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command! -nargs=1 Csv :call CSVH(<args>)
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:Csv 5 -- highlight fifth column -- call with
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zf1G -- fold everything before this line [N]
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zf} -- fold paragraph using motion -- folding : hide sections to allow easier comparisons
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v}zf -- fold paragraph using visual
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zf'a -- fold to mark
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zo -- open fold
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zc -- re-close fold
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:help folding -- also visualise a section of code then type zf [N]
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zfG -- fold everything after this line [N]
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:set list -- displaying "non-asciis"
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:h listchars
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:norm qqy$jq -- How to paste "normal vim commands" w/o entering insert mode
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:h filename-modifiers -- help -- manipulating file names
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:w % -- write to current file name
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:w %:r.cfm -- change file extention to .cfm
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:!echo %:p -- full path & file name
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:!echo %:p:h -- full path only
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:!echo %:t -- filename only
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:reg % -- display filename
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<C-R>% -- insert filename (insert mode)
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"%p -- insert filename (normal mode)
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/<C-R>% -- Search for file name in text
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"_d -- what you've ALWAYS wanted -- delete without destroying default buffer contents
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"_dw -- eg delete word (use blackhole)
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nnoremap <F2> :let @*=expand("%:p")<cr> :unix -- pull full path name into paste buffer for attachment to email etc
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nnoremap <F2> :let @*=substitute(expand("%:p"), "/", "\\", "g")<cr> :win32
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$ vim -- Simple Shell script to rename files w/o leaving vim
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:r! ls *.c
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:%s/\(.*\).c/mv & \1.bla
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:w !sh
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:q!
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g<C-G>                                 # counts words -- count words/lines in a text file
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:echo line("'b")-line("'a")            # count lines between markers a and b [N]
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:'a,'bs/^//n                           # count lines between markers a and b
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:'a,'bs/somestring//gn                 # count occurences of a string
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:syn match DoubleSpace --  -- " example of setting your own highlighting
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:hi def DoubleSpace guibg=#e0e0e0
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imap ]  @@@<ESC>hhkyWjl?@@@<CR>P/@@@<CR>3s -- reproduce previous line word by word
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nmap ] i@@@<ESC>hhkyWjl?@@@<CR>P/@@@<CR>3s
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:autocmd bufenter *.tex map <F1> :!latex %<CR> -- Programming keys depending on file type
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:autocmd bufenter *.tex map <F2> :!xdvi -hush %<.dvi&<CR>
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:autocmd bufenter *.php :set iskeyword+=\$ -- allow yanking of php variables with their dollar [N]
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:autocmd BufReadPre *.doc set ro -- reading Ms-Word documents, requires antiword (not docx)
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:autocmd BufReadPre *.doc set hlsearch!
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:autocmd BufReadPost *.doc %!antiword "%"
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"act< --  Change Till < [N] -- store text that is to be changed or deleted in register a
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vim -c ":%s%s*%Cyrnfr)fcbafbe[Oenz(Zbbyranne%|:%s)[[()])-)Ig|norm Vg?" -- *Just Another Vim Hacker JAVH*
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zz to center the cursor vertically on your screen. Useful when you 250Gzz, for instance.
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CTRL-w | and CTRL-W _ maximize your current split vertically and horizontally, respectively. CTRL-W = equalizes 'em.
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%s/^\n// to delete all empty lines
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:g/_pattern_/s/^/#/g will comment out lines containing _pattern_ (if '#' is your comment character/sequence)
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vim -c [command] will launch vim and run a -- command at launch, e.g. "vim -c NERDTree."
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CTRL-w s CTRL-w T will open current buffer in new tab
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CTRL-w K will switch vertical split into horizontal, CTRL-w H will switch a horizontal into a vertical.
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:w !sudo tee % will use sudo to write the open file (have you ever forgotten to `sudo vim /path/to/file`?)
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K runs a prgrm to lookup the keyword under the cursor. If writing C, it runs man. In Ruby, it (should) run ri, Python (perhaps) pydoc.
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Edit and encrypt a file: vim -x filename
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:%s//joe/igc substitute your last search with joe.
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/fred\_s*joe/ will search for fred AND joe with whitespace (including newline) in between.
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From a command-line, vim scp://username@host//path/to/file to edit a remote file locally.
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/fred|joe/ will search for either fred OR joe.
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/.*fred&.*joe/ will search for fred AND joe, in any order.
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/<fred>/ will search for fred, but not alfred or frederick.
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/joe/e will search for joe and place the cursor at the end of the match.
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/joe/e+1 will search for joe and place the cursor at the end of the match, plus on character.
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/joe/s-2 will search for joe and place the cursor at the start of the match, minus two characters.
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/joe/+3 will search for joe and place the cursor three lines below the match.
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/joe.*fred.*bill/ will search for joe AND fred AND bill, in that order.
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/begin\_.*end will search for begin AND end over multiple lines.
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:s/\(.*\):\(.*\)/\2 -- \1/ will reverse fields separated by ':'
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%s/<C-R>a/bar/g will place the contents of register 'a' in the search, and replace it with 'bar'.
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Edit a command output in Vim as a file:
$ command | vim -
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ggVG= will auto-format the entire document
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'0 opens the last modified file ('1 '2 '3 works too)
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[I (big i) shows lines containing the word under the cursor
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In insert mode do Ctrl+r=53+17<Enter>. This way you can do some calcs with vim.
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"_d will delete the selection without adding it to the yanked stack (sending it to the black hole register).
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Basic commands 'f' and 't' (like first and 'til) are very powerful. See :help t or :help f.
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:40,50m30 will move lines 40 through 50 to line 30. Most visual mode commands can be used with line numbers.
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To search for a URL without backslashing, search backwards! Example: ?http://somestuff.com
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:%s/~/sue/igc substitute your last replacement string with 'sue'.
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g; will cycle through your recent changes (or g, to go in reverse).
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:%s/^\n\{3}// will delete a block of 3 empty lines.
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:%s/^\n\+/\r/ will compress multiple empty lines into one.
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:%s#<[^>]\+>##g will remove HTML tags, leaving the text. (non-greedy)
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:%s#.*(hours).*#1# will delete everything on a line except for the string 'hours'.
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"2p will put the second to last thing yanked, "3p will put the third to last, etc.
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:wa will save all buffers. :xa will save all buffers and exit Vim.
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After performing an undo, you can navigate through the changes using g- and g+. Also, try :undolist to list the changes.
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You probably know that 'u' is undo. Do you know that Ctrl-R is redo?
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ci{ â change text inside {} block. Also see di{, yi{, ci( etc.
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:set autochdir instead of :lcd %:p:h in your vimrc to change directories upon opening a file.
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:read [filename] will insert the contents of [filename] at the current cursor position 
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to use gvim to edit your git messages set git's core editor as follows:
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:set foldmethod=syntax to make editing long files of code much easier.  zo to open a fold.  zc to close it.  See more
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:%s/\ r//g to remove all those nasty ^M from a file, or :%s/\ r$//g for only at the end of a line.
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Ctrl-a, Ctrl-x will increment and decrement, respectively, the number under the cursor.
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You can use the environment variable 'SHLVL' to check if you are within a vim subshell or not.
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