VIM - Tips

MAPPING

# mapping ESC key to F5

:imap <f5> <esc>

SEARCH

# search white space 15 or more

/\s\{15,}

# searches for trailing white space and deletes it everywhere in the buffer

:%s/\s\+$//e

:%s/\s\+$ or :%s/\s\+$//

The "e" flag tells ":substitute" that not finding a match is not an error.

# selected ares, search _eng, add # in the beginning of the line

:'<,'>g/\%V_eng/s/^/#/

# Visual Select

:'<,'>s/\%V1/0/g

selected area, replace 1 to 0

# replace selected lines

:'<,'>s/eqr/pattern":"fsfpb0ph","

:'<,'>s/\%V-/ /g

#replace "-" with " " in selected area

#replace space with new line

:%s/ /\r/g

# To change to the directory of the currently open file for all windows

:cd %:p:h

# To change to the directory only for the current window

:lcd %:p:h

     % gives the name of the current file,

     %:p gives its full path,

     %:p:h gives its directory (the "head" of the full path).

# replace " " with a new line

:%s/ /\r/g

# combine multiple lins to one line

%j

# Find each occurrence of 'foo' (in all lines), and replace it with 'bar'.

:%s/foo/bar/g

# Find each occurrence of 'foo' (in the current line only), and replace it with 'bar'.

:s/foo/bar/g

# search [00:49:33.151] with any number

/[..:..:..\....\]

zz - move current line to the middle of the screen

zt - move current line to the top of the screen

zb - move current line to the bottom of the screen

z<enter> - move current line to the bottom of the screen

# Show all tabs:

/\t

# Show spaces before a tab:

/ \+\ze\t

# Convert tabs to space

:retab

# Show trailing whitespace:

/\s\+$

# Show trailing whitespace only after some text (ignores blank lines):

/\S\zs\s\+$

# ignore case

:set ignorecase

:set ic

# consider case

se noic

# search a pattern and add a character at the beginning of the line

:%g/_eng/substitute/^/#/

Recording macro

Each register is identified by a letter a to z.

# To enter a macro, type:

q<letter><commands>q

# To execute the macro

 <number> times (once by default), type:

<number>@<letter>

# So, the complete process looks like:

qd  start recording to register d

... your complex series of commands

q   stop recording

@d  execute your macro

@@  execute your macro again

# end of recording macro #

# to join all lines in a file into a single line

# "ggVG" visually selects all lines, and "J" joins them.

ggVGJ

# Align Colmun

:%!column -t #Align Colmun

# search square bracket of "A" char

/\["A", *[0-9-e.]*\]                                                                                                                                          2230,461      44%

# search square bracket of "A" char and replace

:%s/\["A", *[0-9-e.]*\]/["A", "auto"]/

# align column for selected column

:'<,'>%!column -t

# select columbn and override it

???

# split window horizontal

:sp filename

# split window vertical

:vs filename

# grep file names and open it

gvim `grep tmLatchTrim patterns/* -l`

# Switching case of characters

Toggle case "HellO" to "hELLo" with g~ then a movement.

Uppercase "HellO" to "HELLO" with gU then a movement.

Lowercase "HellO" to "hello" with gu then a movement.