This document provides an overview of Vim text editor customization and tips. It discusses installing Vim, compiling Vim with additional features, basic editing commands, options for customizing Vim's appearance and behavior, using buffers, windows, and tabpages, solving common problems through plugins, Vim scripting, and selected help topics and resources for learning more.

1. OSSF
Vim Hacks
(Cornelius)
cornelius.howl@gmail.com
http://c9s.blogspot.com/
c9s@(plurk|twitter).com

2. Demo

3. To get Vim installed
• on Debian/Ubuntu: $ sudo apt-get install
vim vim-gnome
• on MacOS: $ sudo port install vim vim-app

4. To compile your Vim
• some ./configure options:
• --with-features=tiny,normal,big,huge
• --enable-perlinterp
• --enable-rubyinterp
• --enable-pythoninterp
• --enable-multibyte
• --enable-gui , --enable-cscope etc ...

5. To compile your Vim
$ ./configure --prefix=/opt/local
--enable-rubyinterp
--enable-perlinterp
--with-features=huge
--enable-multibyte
--enable-cscope
--enable-mzschemeinterp
$ make
$ make install

6. Basic Editing
Normal Mode
ESC
Command Mode (start with ‘:’)
Insert Mode (i,o,a)
Visual Mode (v,V,c-v)

7. Basic Editing
1. $ vim file
2. type h,j,k,l to move around.
3. type i to insert some text
4. <ESC> to go back normal mode
5. :w to save file.
6. repeat 3-5 step
7. :wq

8. Edit your .vimrc file
$ vim ~/.vimrc
“iset nu<ESC>”
“:wq”
$ vim ~/.vimrc

9. Basic Options
set nocompatible
syntax on
filetype on
filetype plugin on
filetype indent on
set nu
set wrap
set shiftwidth=4
set tabstop=4

10. Basic GUI Options (.gvimrc)
set langmenu=en_US.utf-8
language mes en_US.UTF-8
if has('gui_mac') && has(‘gui_running’)
set gfn=Monaco:h12
else
"set gfn=Dejavu Sans Mono 9
"set gfn=Andale Mono:h14
set gfn=Bitstream Vera Sans Mono 10
endif
set guioptions+=c “use console dialog instead
set guioptions-=e “no gui tab
set guioptions-=T “no Toolbar
set guioptions-=m “no menu
set guioptions-=r “no right-hand scrollbar
" downlaod a colorscheme you like to ~/.vim/colors/
" colors billw

11. Insert Mode
• iI
• aA
• oO

12. Visual Mode
•v
•V
• Ctrl-v

13. Basic Motion
C-d (half-page down)
C-u (half-page up)
C-f (full-page down)
C-b (full-page up)
gg (goto the first line)
G (goto the last line)
30gg
:10
10%

14. Basic Motion
b,w,e
B,W,E
f[x] F[x] ; ,
( ) sentence
{ } paragraph
[ ] section

15. Buffer

16. $ vim file1 file2 file3

17. :bufdo tab split

18. :bufdo %s!pattern!string!g

19. :bufdo mkview

20. :[n]buffer
:bn
:bp
:sb
:buffers
:buffers!

21. Window

22. Ctrl-W v Ctrl-W _
Ctrl-W s Ctrl-W |
Ctrl-W h Ctrl-W q
Ctrl-W j
Ctrl-W k :wincmd w
Ctrl-W l :wincmd v
Ctrl-W x :wincmd s
Ctrl-W w

23. For
MacOS
nmap <silent> <D--> :resize -5<CR>
nmap <silent> <D-=> :resize +5<CR>
nmap <silent> <D-]> :vertical resize +5<CR>
nmap <silent> <D-[> :vertical resize -5<CR>
For Unix-like
set winaltkeys=yes
nmap <silent> <M--> :resize -5<CR>
nmap <silent> <M-=> :resize +5<CR>
nmap <silent> <M-]> :vertical resize +5<CR>
nmap <silent> <M-[> :vertical resize -5<CR>

24. Tabpage

25. :[n]tabdo :tabnew
:tabn :tabclose
:tabp :tabfirst
:sb :tabfind
:tabs :tablast
:tabs!

26. nmap tn :tabnew<CR>
nmap tl gt
nmap th gT
nmap te :tabedit
“ split current buffer to tabpage
nnoremap <silent> ty :tab split<CR>
nnoremap <silent> td :exec 'tabedit '.expand('%')<CR>
“ close tab ( equal to <C-w>q )
nnoremap <silent> tq :tabclose<CR>
“ open new tab
nnoremap <silent> tn :tabnew<CR>

27. “ open help in new page
nnoremap <silent> th :tab help<CR>
“ move tab
nnoremap <silent> tmh
:exec ':tabmove ' . ( tabpagenr()-2 )<CR>
nnoremap <silent> tml
:exec ':tabmove ' . tabpagenr()<CR>

28. Syntax
syntax.txt

29. Macro
*macro*

30. Mapping
map.txt

31. Autocommand
autocmd.txt

32. Cases

33. Case 1: Copy & Paste
• copy text between terminal vim and gui
• Solution: fakeclip plugin

34. Case 2: Browsing File
• Solution: nerd tree plugin
• e to open nerd tree window

35. Case 3: Switching Buffer
• Solution: bufexplorer.zip
• be to open buffer explorer

36. Case 4: reformating code
• Problem: Coding Style Problem
• Solution: ‘equalprg’ option
• setlocal equalprg=/path/to/your/format_prg

37. Case 5: code snippets
• Problem:
• Solution: snipmate.vim

38. Case 6: completion
• Problem: C-x C-n
completion
• Solution: autocomplpop.vim

39. VimL

40. • variable
• function
• condition
• looping
• vim built-in functions
• command

41. • vim runtime path
• $VIM/
• $VIMRUNTIME/

42. See Also
• Vim.org
• Vim Tips wiki
• :tab help

43. Utilities
• Vimana
• VIM::Packager

44. Selected Help Section
• ‘C-editing’
• ‘completion’
• ‘tips.txt’
• ‘autocmd’
• ‘eval.txt’

45. vim script authors
on github.com
• http://github.com/c9s
• http://github.com/kana
• http://github.com/mattn
• http://github.com/tpope
• etc...