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...