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Move

• h j k l
• Move to file begin
  
  gg
  
• Move to file end
  
  G
• Move to line 3
  
  :3
  

Copy & Paste

• Copy
  
  y
  
• Cut
  
  d
  
• Paste
  
  p
  

Search & Replace

• Search
  
  /Apple
  
• Search by word
  
  /\<Apple\>
  
• Search ignorecase
  
  /Apple\c
  
• Replace in lines
  
  :1,10s/Apple/Banana
  
• Replace in a file
  
  :%s/Apple/Banana/g
  
• Count items
  
  :%s/Apple/&/gn
  
• Search in files
  
  vimgrep /Apple/ *.txt
  grep -R . --include='*.cxx' -i -e 'Apple' (You can open the quickfix list by :copen)
  

• kingcomputerservices articles (part 1, part 2)
  

Align several lines

1. Go to first line and enter Visual Mode by CRTL-v
2. Move to the last line and select the lines by SHIFT-v
3. Align the lines to have 4 spaces in the left by entering :'<,'>left 4
   (You may need enable ":set expandtab" to insert tab by spaces.)
   

Undo & Redo

• Undo
  
  u
  
• Redo
  
  CTRL-r
  

New Window & Split Window

• New window
  
  :new
  
• Switch between windows
  
  CTRL-w CTRL-w
  CTRL-w h (or j, k, l)
  
• Split horizontal window
  
  CTRL-w s
  
• Split vertical window
  
  CTRL-w v
• Close a window
  
  :q
• Close other windows
  
  CTRL-w o
  

Display

• Display line number
  :set number
  
• Set tab stop
  
  :set tabstop=4
  
• Insert space to tab
  
  :set expandtab (reversely, :set noexpandtab)
  
• Highlight cursor line and column
  
  :set cursorline
  :set cursorcolumn
  
• Folding with marker
  
  :set foldenable
  :set foldmethod=marker
  :set foldmarker={{{,}}}
  (Then you can wrap the sections with {{{ and }}} to create folders and sub-folders. You can add comments after {{{ to add the folder comment)
  Close a folder by zc
  Open a folder by zo
  

Tag

• Generate tag file
  
  ctags --extra=+q -R .
  ctags -R --c++-kinds=+p --fields=+iaS --extra=+q .
  
• Install taglist (http://vim-taglist.sourceforge.net/installation.html)
  
• Show tag list
  
  :Tlist
  
• Go to a tag
  
  :ta class::member
  :ta class.member
  :ta /disp*
  CTRL-] (go to tag)
  CTRL-T (go back)
  
• Set Multiple Tag files
  
  :set tags:=~/a/tags;~/b/tags
  :set tags+=/my/path/to/tags
  
• Set Tag Files Recursively
  
  :set tags=./tags;/.

Cscope

• Generate cscope file
  
  find . -name '*.hxx' -print > cscope.files
  find . -name '*.cxx' -print >> cscope.files
  cscope -b
  
• Find functions calling this function
  
  :cs find c foo
  
• Find a function definition and show the result in a newly splitted window
  
  :scs find g foo
  
• Show cscope file (up to 8)
  
  :cs show
  
• Add a cscope file
  
  :cs add yourfile
• Add the line to your ~/.vimrc to map "cscope find e" to Ctrl-\
  
  nmap <C-\> :cs find e <C-R>=expand("<cword>")<CR><CR>

Word Completion

• C-x C-n