From Augix' Wiki

Contents 1 Learning Vim 2 Tips 3 Files and Tabs 4 Plugins 5 Vim with Python 6 Write .vim file 7 Send selected lines to a screen

Learning Vim

• [Graphical vi-vim Cheat Sheet and Tutorial http://www.viemu.com/a_vi_vim_graphical_cheat_sheet_tutorial.html]

• [vim使用进阶: 目录 http://easwy.com/blog/archives/advanced-vim-skills-catalog/]

• indent in multiple lines
  • way1: enter visual mode, use ">" or "<" to increase or decrease indent
  • way2: use "==" to give indent to the current line, use "n==", n is a number: to give indent to the following lines until line number n.

• #

the # key create a motion jumping from the current word to the same word in the current buffer

Tips

• To change to the directory of the current file:

:cd %:h

• To show the key mappings

:map

• Moving around, scroll up and down the screen

CTRL-F CTRL-B CTRL-U CTRL-D CTRL-E CTRL-Y

• Jumping

One can use CTRL-O or CTRL-I jumping to older cursor position or newer position. One can also use

:ju

to print the jump list.

• Show invisible characters

:set list

• Hide invisible characters

: set nolist

• Disable all blinking:

:set guicursor+=a:blinkon0

Files and Tabs

• create a new tab

:tabnew

• switch to next tab

gt

or

:tabn

Plugins

• How to install a Vimball plugin (with .vba extension)?

Open the vba file with vim, and type the :source % command right there. The % refers to the current file

• install Taglist plugin: http://vim-taglist.sourceforge.net/installation.html
• to use TagList correctly, one has to correctly point out the folder contain 'ctags'. For example:

    let g:Tlist_Ctags_Cmd='~/bin/ctags/bin/ctags'

• folding: http://blog.csdn.net/wooin/archive/2007/12/30/2004470.aspx

• echo function: http://blog.csdn.net/wooin/archive/2007/12/30/2004470.aspx

$ ctags -R --fields=+lS . /picb/home5/augix/Programming/ /picb/compbio5/augix/cDNA/

• the ctgas command line I used in MPI-EVA

$ ctags -R ./Programming/ ./Research/

• gvim color scheme, in ~/.gvimrc

" by augix
" color scheme: desert
colorscheme desert

• python debugger

runscript

• VOoM

Show outline table on the left

• VimWiki

personal wiki with vim.

Vim with Python

• 增强gvim适合python开发的相关配置
• 用vim搭建python开发环境
• Debugging Python in VIM
• checking errors: pyflakes.vim : PyFlakes on-the-fly Python code checking
• Vim as Python IDE

Write .vim file

• stop loading the current .vim file

" disable it in MacVim
if has('gui_macvim')
	finish
endif

Send selected lines to a screen

• Install

One only need to copy send.vim and send2screen.py to the right directory.

http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2104

http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1048

http://users.physik.fu-berlin.de/~mgoerz/blog/2008/09/integrating-vim-with-ipython/