Vim

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.vimrc contains customisations.

Commands

Insert Mode Commands

• :version Displays all the files that vim is using.

• :echo $MYVIMRC Prints the location of the .vimrc file.

• I - insert at the beginning of the line

• A - insert at the end of a line

• ZZ - Quits Vim.

• D - Deletes the whole current line.

• ctrl + n - autocomplete for key words.

Non-Insert Node Commands

• u - undo

• ctrl + r - redo

• ctrl + n - switch between relative and absolute line numbering.

• [relative line number] + j - jumps to the relative line number forward

• [relative line number] + k - jumps to the relative line number backward

• shift + arrows Moves the cursor to the next or previous word

• Search:

  • / : searches forward
  • / : searches backwards
  • n : repeat forward search
  • N : repeat backwards search
  • * : search for the word currently under the cursor
  • :%s/search_for_this/replace_with_this/c : search and replace with confirm.

• saveas <filename> Creates a new file with the given name in the current folder.

• gg This will move the cursor to the beginning of the file. Note that it will not appear on the screen, which took me a little by surprise.

• dG This will delete the whole file.

• dd This will delete the line under the cursor.

• yy

Similarly, to copy five lines in vim, use the yank command again, but precede it with the number 5:

Vim-Latex Commands

• :ver - Check the version

• \rf - Folds all the sections in the file up.

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Other

I downloaded pathogen. This means that any plugins you wish to install can be extracted to a subdirectory under ~/.vim/bundle, and they will be added to the 'runtimepath'. Observe:

cd ~/.vim/bundle && \
git clone https://github.com/tpope/vim-sensible.git

Now sensible.vim is installed.