Vim

<leader> with default configuration is key \, so when you see <leader>-W means pressing \W

1. Vim RC

Read "A good vimrc" for more information.

/usr/share/vim/vimrc

System wide Vim initializations.

~/.vimrc

Your personal Vim initializations.

Copy vimrc skeleton example, so that each user have a base to start personalizing it;

        $ sudo cp ~/sysdoc/conf/etc/skel/.vimrc /etc/skel/
        $ sudo mkdir /etc/skel/.vim
        $ sudo mkdir /etc/skel/.vim/swap
        $ sudo mkdir /etc/skel/.vim/views
        $ sudo mkdir /etc/skel/.vim/undodir
        $ sudo mkdir /etc/skel/.vim/backup
        $ wget -O wombat2mod.vim  http://www.vim.org/scripts/download_script.php?src_id=40
        $ mv wombat2mod.vim /usr/share/vim/colors/
        

2. Color schemes

Default vimrc skeleton is configured to use wombat2mod, which is installed by adduser skeleton.

3. Split and tab

Horizontal split;

        :sp
        

Vertical split;

        :vsp
        

Change horizontal to vertical

        ctrl+w H
        

Change vertical to horizontal

        ctrl+w J
        

Move between window splits;

        ctrl+w (k,j,l,h)
        

4. Editing files

Come from background;

        $ fg
        

Moving in vim

Moving page up and page down;

[Control][b]

Move back one full screen

[Control][f]

Move forward one full screen

[Control][d]

Move forward 1/2 screen

[Control][u]

Move back (up) 1/2 screen

How to use vim

In vim you can apply predefined number of times to a operator, selection or object. For example to delete the next two words press: d + 2 + w. List of important operators objects, selections;

        operator + count + object
        

Operator;

d

Delete

c

Change (d + i)

y

Copy

v

Visual Select

Objects;

w

Word

s

Sentences

p

Paragraphs

t

Tags

Selections are like objects, for example d + i + w will delete "inner" word, c + a + w do the same plus the space;

a

All

i

in

t

Until

f

Find forward

F

Find backward

Selection of useful combinations;

vat

Select whole tag block.

cit

Change inside tag.

yat

Copy whole tag.

vip$A,

Select a paragraph (vip), switch to visual block mode (CTRL V), append to all lines ($A) a comma (,), press esc to confirm.

vip<C-V>I,<Esc>

Select a paragraph (vip), switch to visual block mode (CTRL V), insert to all lines (