Vi: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 20:56, 9 September 2008

General
- My links on vi on del.icio.us.
- Official vim homepage.
Fun
- Vi would not be vi without a bit of fun...
Guides & Cheat sheets
- Very good post explaining why vi is superior and defeating common misconception (with examples) [1].
- Very good graphical cheatsheet
  - Direct links: overview and per-lesson.

! If keys HJKLM have been remapped to MHKJL, shortcut below must be changed accordingly !

Shortcut	Description	Custom
Ctrl+`[`	Same effect as Esc, but a bit faster/easier to type. Also works on AZERTY keyboard (but apparently not for AndLinux, snif!)
*``**	Search next occurence of word under cursor (Here more like this...)
`#`	Search previous occurence of word under cursor
`gd`	Search first occurence of current search

(remarks: command in ~/vimrc file must not be prefixed with a colon :)

syntax enable
set bg=light          " Use set bg=dark if console background color is dark
set number

To remap movement key bindings to JKLM (instead of HJKL, so that they are right under right hand fingers on AZERTY keyboards) and inverting K and L (so that up arrow is under major finger as on a normal arrow pad). Commands on key 'M' are now on key 'H'.

nnoremap j h
nnoremap l j
"nnoremap k k
nnoremap m l
nnoremap h m
vnoremap j h
vnoremap l j
"vnoremap k k
vnoremap m l
vnoremap h m

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 ** Official '''vim''' [http://www.vim.org/ homepage].
 * Fun
-** Vi would not be vi without a bit of fun...
+** Vi would not be vi without a bit of [http://www.dina.kvl.dk/~abraham/religion/index.html fun]...
-** Very funny material related to emacs vs. vi [http://www.dina.kvl.dk/~abraham/religion/index.html].
 * Guides & Cheat sheets
 ** Very good post explaining why vi is superior and defeating common misconception (with examples) [http://www.viemu.com/a-why-vi-vim.html].