1. Advanced
Vim
Tips / Technique / Shortcuts
Settings / Scripts
2013-09-22
Thai Pangsakulyanont
@ BarCamp Bangkhen 4
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2. Me
• Thai Pangsakulyanont
• Software and Knowledge Engineering
Undergraduate Student,
Kasetsart University
• @dtinth
• http://dt.in.th/
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3. • http://bit.ly/bcbk4vim
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4. Outline
• A Quick Demonstration
• Built-In Features
• Shortcut, Tips & Trick, Settings
• Vundle
• Plugins
• More Resources
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5. A Quick
Demonstration!
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6. .vimrc Settings
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7. Most Important
Don’t stay in INSERT mode
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8. Disable Arrow Keys
in Insert Mode
• inoremap <Up> <NOP>
• inoremap <Down> <NOP>
• inoremap <Left> <NOP>
• inoremap <Right> <NOP>
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9. &
--NORMAL--
o O
• Begin a new line (below/above) the
cursor and insert text.
Open Below Open Above
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10. &
--NORMAL--
i a
Insert Append
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11. &
• Insert text before the first non-blank
in the line.
• Append text at the end of the line.
--NORMAL--
I A
INSERT APPEND
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12. --NORMAL--
• Search for pattern
Search
/
Previous
N
Next
n
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13. • Repeat last change
--NORMAL--
.
Repeat
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14. --NORMAL-- and --VISUAL--
J
• Join multiple lines into 1 line.
Join
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15. • Replace the character under the cursor
without entering the insert mode.
--NORMAL--
r
Replace
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16. &
• Add to the number.
• Subtract from the number.
--NORMAL--
^a ^x
Add Subtract
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17. Completion
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18. • Next match / previous match.
• Keyword Completion.
--INSERT--
&^n ^p
Next Previous
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19. • File Name Completion.
--INSERT--
^x ^f ^f ^f
Complete File (next) (next)
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20. • Omni Completion (context-sensitive).
--INSERT--
^x ^o ^o ^o
Complete Omni (next) (next)
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21. Text Objects
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22. --NORMAL--
c d v
Change Delete Visual
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23. iw aw
i( a(
i{ a{
i[ a[
i< a<
i" a"
i' a'
it at
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24. "ic
Change Inside "
--NORMAL--
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25. c
Change A "
"a
--NORMAL--
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26. In Visual Mode...
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27. --VISUAL--
c
Change
• Puts the deleted text into
register.
• So you can paste later.
• Ex. Extract to Variable
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28. Visual·Line Mode
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29. V
Visual
(Linewise)
--NORMAL--
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30. --VISUAL·LINE--
<
Outdent
>
Indent
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31. --VISUAL--
p
Paste
• Replaces the selected text.
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32. System Clipboard
Register
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33. --NORMAL--
p
Paste
• Paste from Default (Internal) Register
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34. --NORMAL--
p
Paste
• Paste from System Clipboard
+
System
Clipboard
Select
Register
"
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35. More Shortcuts
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36. --INSERT--
^h
Remove Character
^w
Remove Word
h is the 8th letter of the English alphabet.
ASCII code 8 is for “Backspace”.
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37. Vundle
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38. Vundle
The Plugin Manager for Vim
https://github.com/gmarik/vundle
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39. Vim Plugins
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40. Lokaltog/vim-easymotion
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41. <Leader>
:let mapleader=”<key to use>”
• <Leader> is a key reserved for plugins.
• Default key is Backslash ()
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42. <Leader> <Leader>
f
<Leader> <Leader>
F
--NORMAL--
{char}
{char}
EasyMotion Find Character
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43. kana/vim-arpeggio
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44. Arpeggio inoremap fun function
Arpeggio inoremap () ()<Left>
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45. Arpeggio inoremap sd <Backspace>
Arpeggio inoremap kl <Backspace>
Arpeggio nnoremap sdf ciw
Arpeggio nnoremap jkl ciw
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46. kien/ctrlp.vim
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47. scrooloose/syntastic
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48. justincampbell/vim-eighties
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49. tpope/vim-surround
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50. sc
Change Surrounding " into '
" '
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51. sd
Delete Surrounding Tag
t
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52. sy
Wrap Inside Word
wi
<span class="sharp">
With <div class="x">
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53. dtinth/vim-colors-dtinth256
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54. ervandew/supertab
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55. More Resources
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56. • http://usevim.com/
A Vim Blog (← Recommended!)
• http://vim.wikia.com/
Vim Tips Wiki
• http://www.vim.org/scripts/
Official Script Repository
• http://vim-scripts.org/
Git Mirror of the above
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57. Q/A
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58. Thank You!
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