Vim

• 02-Vim
• ranger

Vim

Text

• daw delete word under cursor
• d/cib - delete a block surrounded by (
• d/ciB - delete a block surrounded by {
• d/cas - delete a sentence
• d/cap - delete a paragraph
• Visual select the text, then U for uppercase or u for lowercase. To swap all casing in a visual selection, press ~ (tilde).

Windows

CTRL-W= equal size
CTRL-W- decreases the current window
:vsp vertically split windows
:e edit new file in current buffer
<C-^> quickly switch buffer (this and before, only 2 buffers will be loaded)

Dot .

Can be used only after text is changed

Macros

Macros | Vim Tips Wiki | Fandom
q<letter><commands>q where letter is a-z
<number>@<letter> to use

Movements

JK move 5 lines
R replace more char
HL move to beginning or end, equivalent to ^$

Indent

<G / >G to indent (. to repeat)

Tricks

• Write as sudo

  • :w !sudo tee%

• Set - as a word

  • set iskeyword+=-

• Neovim Plugins

Vim Surround

Surround Command	Description
y s <motion> <desired>	Add desired surround around text defined by <motion>
d s <existing>	Delete existing surround
c s <existing> <desired>	Change existing surround to desired
S <desired>	Surround when in visual modes (surrounds full selection)

Some examples:

• "test" with cursor inside quotes type cs"' to end up with 'test'
• "test" with cursor inside quotes type ds" to end up with test
• "test" with cursor inside quotes type cs"t and enter 123> to end up with <123>test</123>