Vim Configuration - This is a description of the shortcuts I use the most in my vim configuration. Note that some of this shortcuts might have been remaped and might not work in a vanilla vim configuration unless the .vimrc is changed accordingly.
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h, j, k, l
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left, up, down, right
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Ctrl + U/D
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move a bunch of lines up/down
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w, W
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jump forwards to the start of a word (can contain punctuation)
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e, E
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jump forwards to the end of a word (can contain punctuation)
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b, B
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jump backwards to the start of a word (can contain punctuation)
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^
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jump to first non-blank character of the line
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0, $
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jump to start/end of line
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gg, G
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go to first/last line of the file
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5G
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go to line 5
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i
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insert before the cursor
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I
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insert at the beggining of the line
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a
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append text after cursor
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A
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append text at end of line
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o
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open a new line below current line
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O
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open a new line above current line
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v
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start visual mode
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V
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linewise visual mode
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Ctrl+v
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start visual block mode
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o
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move to the other end of marked area
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O
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move to other corner of block
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ab / aB
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mark a block with () / {}
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ib / iB
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mark inner block with () / {}
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Tab / S-Tab
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shift text right / left
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y
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yank text (copy)
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d
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delete text
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~
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switch case
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r
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replace a single character
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J
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join line below to current one
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cc
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change entire line
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cw
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change to end of the word
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c$
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change to end of line
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cib/B
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change inside () / {}
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cab/B
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change () / {} whole block
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s
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delete character and substitute text
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S
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same as cc
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u / Ctrl-r
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undo / redo
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.
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repeat last command
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S-Up / S-Down
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move current line up / down
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yy
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yank a line
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yw
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yank a word
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y$
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yank until end of line
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p / P
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paste after/before cursor
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dd
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delete a line
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dw
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delete a word
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D
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delete to the end of the line
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x
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delete single character
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/pattern
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search pattern
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?pattern
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search pattern backwards
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n / N
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repeat search in same / opposite direction
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<Leader>h
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clear search highlight
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:%s/old/new/g
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replace
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:%s/old/new/gc
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replace with confirmations
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Ctrl + i/j/k/l
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move between splits
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<Leader> +/-
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increase / decrease current split vertical size
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<Leader> </>
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decrease / increase current split horizontal size
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<Leader> <<
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set horizontal size to 85 (ideal for 80 characters long lines)
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<Leader> mm
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maximize current buffer vertically
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Ctrl+w =
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equalize sizes
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:sp file/path
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open file in new horizontal split
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:vsp file/path
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open file in new vertical split
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, / ;
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they input :, so we don't need to shift
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:h/:help Name
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open docs about Name
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Ctrl+5
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follow hyperlink
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Ctrl+t
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go back from hyperlink jump
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zc/zo/za
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close/open/toggle fold
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zC/zO/zA
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close/open/toggle fold on all levels
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zR
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set fold level to 0 (unfold everything)
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F2
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pastetoggle
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F3
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NERDTree toggle
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F4
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SyntasticCheck
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F5
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Gundo Toogle
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F9
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Run script
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:tabedit {file}
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open file in new tab
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:tabfind {file}
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find file in current path and open it in a new tab
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:tabclose
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close current tab
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:tabclose {i}
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close ith tab
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:tabonly
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close all tabs except current one
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gt / gT
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go to next / previous tab
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{i}gt
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go to ith tab
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:tabm {i}
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move current tab to ith position
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:tabs
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list all tabs and the files they include
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<Leader>kk
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Change word under the cursor / visually selected variable from under_score_name to underScoreName
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"{regname}y
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yank into {regname} register. {regname} can be any letter.
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"{regname}p
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paste from {regname} register.
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0 register
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only populated whenever you yank smth, not when you delete
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Ctrl-j
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expand snippet
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:UltiSnipsEdit
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edit snipets
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:Tabularize /pattern
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use pattern to align text
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Ctrl-p
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enter fuzzy search mode
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F5
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reload cache
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Ctrl-d
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switch to search filenames mode
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Ctrl-r
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switch to regex mode
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Ctrl-j / Ctrl-k
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navigate search results
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Ctrl-t
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open result in new tab
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Ctrl-x / Ctrl-v
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open result in horizontal / vertical split
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Ctrl-f
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change mode ('line' for searching inside files, 'dir' for searching directories)
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:NERDTree [directory]
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open the directory tree
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:NERDTreeClose
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close it
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[g]o
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[leave cursor in tree] open files / directories
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[g]i
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[leave cursor in tree] open file in horizontal split
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[g]s
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[leave cursor in tree] open file in vertical split
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e
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edit current directory
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P
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jump to root node
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p
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jump to parent node
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I
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toggle display hidden files
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m
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open menu (create files/dirs, etc)
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<Leader>c<Leader>
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toggle comment
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<Leader>cc
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force comment
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<Leader>cA
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add a comment at the end of the line
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<Leader>c$
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comment from cursor position to the end of line
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all shortcuts
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<LL>rf
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start R
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<LL>ss
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send selection to R (quiet)
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<LL>se
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send selection to R (echo the code)
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<LL>sa
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send selection to R (echo it) and then move down
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<LL>l
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send line to R
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<LL>d
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send line to R and then move down
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<LL>aa
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send whole file to r
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<LL>ae
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send whole file to R (echo it)
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<LL>ro
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show/update object browser
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:SessionSave {name}
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saves session
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:SessionOpen {name}
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opens session (has tab completion)
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:SessionClose
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closes current opened session
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:DeleteSession {name}
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deletes a saved session
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vim --servername {name}
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opens session on vim opening
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<Ctrl>_
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close last opened html/xml tag
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:setfiletype htmldjango
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change current file syntax to django
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cx{motion}
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On the first use, define the first {motion} to exchange. On the second use, define the second {motion} and perform the exchange.
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X
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cx for visual mode
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cxc
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clear current marked motion
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.
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Repeats first exchange {motion}
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cs{symbol1}{symbol2}
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Change surroundings of current word from {symbol1} to {symbol2}. Ej: cs"', from "word" to 'word'.
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ds{symbol}
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Remove surrounding {symbol} from current word. Eg. ds" "word" -> word
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ys{textobject}{symbol}
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Surround word selected by {textobject} with {symbol}. Eg. ysiw" on Hel|lo world = "Hello" world
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ctrl+n
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place a cursor, repeat for placing another cursor to next occurrence of the word. In visual mode, place a cursor per line.
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v
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after using ctrl+n, insert commands to edit all cursors at the same time. Multiletter commands such as dw or ciw don't work.
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