remap is an option that makes mappings work recursively. By default it is on and I’d recommend you leave it that way. The rest are mapping commands, described below: :map and :noremap are recursive and non-recursive versions of the various mapping commands. For example, if we run: :map j gg (moves cursor to first line) … Read more
In :w !sudo tee %… % means “the current file” As eugene y pointed out, % does indeed mean “the current file name”, which is passed to tee so that it knows which file to overwrite. (In substitution commands, it’s slightly different; as :help :% shows, it’s equal to 1,$ (the entire file) (thanks to … Read more
VIM has basically two modes: Command Mode (called also “Normal Mode” below) and Insert Mode. Most likely you are in “insert mode” which does (not surprisingly) insert what you type, while in “command mode” it would try to execute the commands you give (such as :quit). However VIM indicates when it is in insert mode … Read more
As ZyX said on #vim, this question sounds like “Why do Vim experts prefer tasty over warm?”. “Vim experts” don’t prefer buffers over tabs: they use buffers as the file proxies they are and tab pages as the workspaces they are. Buffers and tab pages have different purposes so preferring one to the other makes … Read more
To turn off highlighting until the next search: :noh Or turn off highlighting completely: set nohlsearch Or, to toggle it: set hlsearch! nnoremap <F3> :set hlsearch!<CR>
I find the safest alternative is to use an expression abbreviation: cnoreabbrev <expr> x getcmdtype() == “:” && getcmdline() == ‘x’ ? ‘bd’ : ‘x’ This will ensure the abbreviation will only be expanded to bd when 😡 is used otherwise just expand to x. For more help: :h map-<expr> :h getcmdtype() :h getcmdline() Upon … Read more
Yes. Hit Ctrl–R then “. If you have literal control characters in what you have yanked, use Ctrl–R, Ctrl–O, “. Here is an explanation of what you can do with registers. What you can do with registers is extraordinary, and once you know how to use them you cannot live without them. Registers are basically … Read more
Ctrl+] – go to definition Ctrl+T – Jump back from the definition. Ctrl+W Ctrl+] – Open the definition in a horizontal split Add these lines in vimrc map <C-\> :tab split<CR>:exec(“tag “.expand(“<cword>”))<CR> map <A-]> :vsp <CR>:exec(“tag “.expand(“<cword>”))<CR> Ctrl+\ – Open the definition in a new tab Alt+] – Open the definition in a vertical split … Read more
Stop, stop, stop. This is not how Vim’s tabs are designed to be used. In fact, they’re misnamed. A better name would be “viewport” or “layout”, because that’s what a tab is—it’s a different layout of windows of all of your existing buffers. Trying to beat Vim into 1 tab == 1 buffer is an … Read more
Be aware that copying/pasting from the system clipboard will not work if :echo has(‘clipboard’) returns 0. In this case, vim is not compiled with the +clipboard feature and you’ll have to install a different version or recompile it. Some linux distros supply a minimal vim installation by default, but if you install the vim-gtk or … Read more