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Commands:
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ZZ -- write out and exit
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75 i ! <Esc> -- insert "!" 75 times
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75 a ! <Esc> -- append "!" 75 times
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Ctrl-] -- move to |hyperlink|
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Ctrl-O -- come back from hyperlink
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Help:
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:help index -- complete index of all Vim commands
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:help Ctrl-W -- find help with window management command
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:help usr_toc.txt -- all user manuals breef look
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Word / file navigation (3):
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fh | 3fl -- move cursor to the "h" letter of the current line
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f<Esc> -- aborts search
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Fh | 3Fl -- like above, but searches to the left
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tl | 3tl -- like fh, but cursor stops before the letter
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Tl | 3Tl -- like above, but searches to the left
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ge -- moves to the previous end of the word
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$ | 5$ -- to the end of the line
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^ -- to begin of the first word in line
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0 -- to begin of the line
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25% -- moves you to the 1/4 of the file
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H -- move cursor to the top line of the current window
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M -- move cursor to the middle line of the current window
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L -- move cursor to the bottom line of the current window
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Ctrl-G -- get where you are in the file
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zt -- like below, but to the top
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zz -- moves context to the middle of the current cursor pos
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zt -- like above, but to the bottom
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* -- finds word under cursor in the file
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# -- same like above, but to the other direction
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/the\> -- finds only words that ends in "the "
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/\<the\> -- finds only " the " matches
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`` -- go to the prev position (mark, mark -- pos before jump)
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Ctrl-O -- go to the previous jump (mark)
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Ctrl-I -- go to the next jump (mark)
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m[a-z] -- set mark with letter name
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'[a-z] -- move to the row with the mark
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`[a-z] -- move to the row and column with the mark
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:set hlsearch -- will highlight all matches
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:set ignorecase -- to ignore letter case during searches
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:set number -- show line numbers
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:set nonumber -- unshow line numbers
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:set ruler -- show in the bottom right corner where is your cursor
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:marks -- see all available marks
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:marks p -- to see where mark are specified
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:marks pF -- to see where several marks are specified
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Making small changes (4):
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d$ -- deletes to the end of the line
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cc -- like dd, but changes line
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c$ -- changes all to the end of the line
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X -- delete prev symbol
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D -- delete to the end of the line
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C -- change to end of the line
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s -- change one character
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S -- change a whole line
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r | 4rx -- replace current symbol, not enters in insert mode
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. -- repeat the change
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O | o -- in visual mode goes to the other corner of selected
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y -- yank operator. yw - yank word, y2w - yank 2 words
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Y | yy -- yank whole line
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y$ -- yank to the end of the line
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iw | aw -- Call to word text object. iw - "Inner word",
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aw - "A word" (Try to use in visual mode or delete).
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daw -- delete a word. You can use it even in a mid of the word
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is | as -- Call to sentence text object. "as" includes space after
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is - "Inner Sentence", as - "A Sentence"
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cis -- change whole sentence
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R -- enter in replace mode. backspace works like undo.
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~ -- Change case of the character under cursor
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I -- insert to the begin of the line
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A -- append to the end of the line
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Editing more than one file (7):
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:edit foo.txt -- opens other file instead of current
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:write -- save current file delta
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:edit! foo.txt -- force to discard your changes
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vim one.c two.c three.c -- open a sequence of files
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:next -- switch to next file
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:next! -- like above, but not save changes
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:wnext -- like above, but save changes
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:args -- see the files you started Vim with
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:previous
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:wprevious
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:last
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:first
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:2next
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:set autowrite -- always write to modified files after switch
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:set noautowrite -- turn off write to modified files
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:args one.c six.c -- redefine the list of files without the need to
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exit Vim and start it again
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:args! -- abandon the changes
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Ctrl-^ -- back to previous file
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`. -- jump to position where you did the last change
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"fyas -- use f register for yank to in sentence
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"l3Y -- yank three whole lines to the l register
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"fp -- put register buffer to the cursor position
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"wdaw -- delete text to register
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:write >> myfile -- append current file to another file. To append only
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few lines do it in visual mode.
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vim -R file -- open file in readonly mode. Can edit it by appending
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! to the write command
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vim -M file -- do it to forbid making any changes in a file
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:saveas move.c -- to save current file to the other file and start
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edit other file
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Splitting windows (8). Skipped 8.07 about vimdiff:
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Always starts from Ctrl-W
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Ctrl-W h -- to the left window
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Ctrl-W j -- to the bottom window
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Ctrl-W l -- to the top window
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Ctrl-W l -- to the right window
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Ctrl-H H -- move window to left
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Ctrl-H J -- move window to bottom
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Ctrl-H K -- move window to top
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Ctrl-H L -- move window to right
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:qall -- close all winfows
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:wall -- write all changes
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:wqall -- write and close all files
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:qall -- close Vim and throw all changes
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vim -o|-O -- open several files in split mode
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:[vertical] all -- open args files in split mode
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vimdiff one.c two.c -- open in diff mode
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:leftabove {cmd} -- left or above the current window
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:aboveleft {cmd} -- idem
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:rightbelow {cmd} -- right or below the current window
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:belowright {cmd} -- idem
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:topleft {cmd} -- at the top or left of the Vim window
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:botright {cmd} -- at the bottom or right of the Vim window
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:tabedit -- open another file in tabe mode
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gt -- go to the next tab
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gT -- go to the previous tab
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:tabonly -- to close all other tabs
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Making big changes (10):
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q[a-z] -- start and end record commands
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@[a-z] -- execute recorded command
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@@ -- execute previous executed recorded command
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Example:
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qa Start recording a macro in register a.
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^ Move to the beginning of the line.
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i#include "<Esc> Insert the string #include " at the beginning
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of the line.
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$ Move to the end of the line.
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a"<Esc> Append the character double quotation mark (")
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to the end of the line.
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j Go to the next line.
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q Stop recording the macro.
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You can paste command records and edit them, than yank them to register
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again.
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You can append to a register by using uppercase letter. "aY "AY
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:s/x/y -- substitute first occurrence on current line
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:s/x/y/g -- substitute every occurence on the current line
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:%s -- substitute on all lines
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:%s/x/y/c -- ask about any substitution
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:%s/x/y/p -- print out last line, that this command changes
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:s+one/two+one or two+ -- use "+" delimiter in substution
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Command ranges:
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:1,5s/this/that/g -- substitute on 1-5 lines. Line 5 is included
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:54s/this/that/ -- substitute on one line
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:.write otherfile -- write only current string to file
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:.,$s/yes/no -- substitute in the lines from the cursor to the end
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:?^Chapter?,/^Chapter/s=grey=gray=g -- substitute in range between word
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"Chapter"
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There is also offsets before and after the word
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:'t,'b -- you can also use marks as the range borders
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:5 -- change current and next 4 lines
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:[range]global/{pattern}/{command} | g:
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Find a match for a pattern and execute command there.
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g+//+s/foobar/barfoo/g -- replace word in all lines with // (C++ style)
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Ctrl-V A -- append text after visual block
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Ctrl-V $A -- append text in the end of every string in visual blck
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Ctrl-V C -- change text
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Ctrl-V ~ -- swap case
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Ctrl-V U -- make uppercase
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Ctrl-V u -- make lowercase
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Ctrl-V r -- fill the whole block with one character
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:read file.txt -- the file named "file.txt" will be inserted in cursor
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place
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gUw -- make word all uppercase
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guw -- make word all lowercase
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gUU -- make whole line uppercase
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guu -- make all line lowercase
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g~~ -- switch case in whole line
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:read !ls -- read the contents of the current directory to the
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cursor
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Ctrl-L -- redrow the screen
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Clever tricks (12):
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Doe, John => John Doe -- :%s/\([^,]*\), \(.*\)/\2 1/
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VISUAL SELECT -> :!sort -- will sort lines
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K -- opens "man" program on the word
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:%s/\s\+$// -- deletes white spaces in the end of lines
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vim `grep -l frame_counter *.c -- open files with "frame_counter" var
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use :next and :first to browse through the files
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:grep error_string *.c -- open files with concrete variable.
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use :cn(ext), :cp(rev), :cl(ist), :copen, :cfirst, :clast, :ccNUM goto
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Typing command-line commands quickly (20):
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qwe
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Hints:
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There is lowercase and uppercase marks. Uppercase marks are global, they
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can help you to switch between the files. Lowercase marks are local for
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one file.
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