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--- vim:cheatsheet [2021/02/16 10:39] – peter
+++ vim:cheatsheet [2021/02/16 10:50] (current) – peter
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 [[VIM:Cheatsheet:Cut and paste|Cut and paste]]
+[[VIM:Cheatsheet:Diff|Diff]]
 [[VIM:Cheatsheet:Editing|Editing]]
+[[VIM:Cheatsheet:Exiting|Exiting]]
 [[VIM:Cheatsheet:Indent text|Indent text]]
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 [[VIM:Cheatsheet:Registers|Registers]]
-[[VIM:Cheatsheet:Visual commands|Visual commands]]
+[[VIM:Cheatsheet:Search and replace|Search and replace]]
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+[[VIM:Cheatsheet:Tabs|Tabs]]
+[[VIM:Cheatsheet:Visual commands|Visual commands]]
+[[VIM:Cheatsheet:Working with multiple files|Working with multiple files]]
-Exiting
+----
-    :w - write (save) the file, but don't exit
-    :w !sudo tee % - write out the current file using sudo
-    :wq or :x or ZZ - write (save) and quit
-    :q - quit (fails if there are unsaved changes)
-    :q! or ZQ - quit and throw away unsaved changes
-    :wqa - write (save) and quit on all tabs
-Search and replace
-    /pattern - search for pattern
-    ?pattern - search backward for pattern
-    \vpattern - 'very magic' pattern: non-alphanumeric characters are interpreted as special regex symbols (no escaping needed)
-    n - repeat search in same direction
-    N - repeat search in opposite direction
-    :%s/old/new/g - replace all old with new throughout file
-    :%s/old/new/gc - replace all old with new throughout file with confirmations
-    :noh[lsearch] - remove highlighting of search matches
-Search in multiple files
-    :vim[grep] /pattern/ {`{file}`} - search for pattern in multiple files
-e.g. :vim[grep] /foo/ **/*
-    :cn[ext] - jump to the next match
-    :cp[revious] - jump to the previous match
-    :cope[n] - open a window containing the list of matches
-    :ccl[ose] - close the quickfix window
-Tabs
-    :tabnew or :tabnew {page.words.file} - open a file in a new tab
-    Ctrl + wT - move the current split window into its own tab
-    gt or :tabn[ext] - move to the next tab
-    gT or :tabp[revious] - move to the previous tab
-    #gt - move to tab number #
-    :tabm[ove] # - move current tab to the #th position (indexed from 0)
-    :tabc[lose] - close the current tab and all its windows
-    :tabo[nly] - close all tabs except for the current one
-    :tabdo command - run the command on all tabs (e.g. :tabdo q - closes all opened tabs)
-Working with multiple files
-    :e[dit] file - edit a file in a new buffer
-    :bn[ext] - go to the next buffer
-    :bp[revious] - go to the previous buffer
-    :bd[elete] - delete a buffer (close a file)
-    :b[uffer]# - go to a buffer by index #
-    :b[uffer] file - go to a buffer by file
-    :ls or :buffers - list all open buffers
-    :sp[lit] file - open a file in a new buffer and split window
-    :vs[plit] file - open a file in a new buffer and vertically split window
-    :vert[ical] ba[ll] - edit all buffers as vertical windows
-    :tab ba[ll] - edit all buffers as tabs
-    Ctrl + ws - split window
-    Ctrl + wv - split window vertically
-    Ctrl + ww - switch windows
-    Ctrl + wq - quit a window
-    Ctrl + wx - exchange current window with next one
-    Ctrl + w= - make all windows equal height & width
-    Ctrl + wh - move cursor to the left window (vertical split)
-    Ctrl + wl - move cursor to the right window (vertical split)
-    Ctrl + wj - move cursor to the window below (horizontal split)
-    Ctrl + wk - move cursor to the window above (horizontal split)
-Diff
-    zf - manually define a fold up to motion
-    zd - delete fold under the cursor
-    za - toggle fold under the cursor
-    zo - open fold under the cursor
-    zc - close fold under the cursor
-    zr - reduce (open) all folds by one level
-    zm - fold more (close) all folds by one level
-    zi - toggle folding functionality
-    ]c - jump to start of next change
-    [c - jump to start of previous change
-    do or :diffg[et] - obtain (get) difference (from other buffer)
-    dp or :diffpu[t] - put difference (to other buffer)
-    :diffthis - make current window part of diff
-    :dif[fupdate] - update differences
-    :diffo[ff] - switch off diff mode for current window
-Tip The commands for folding (e.g. za) operate on one level. To operate on all levels, use uppercase letters (e.g. zA).
-Tip To view the differences of files, one can directly start Vim in diff mode by running vimdiff in a terminal. One can even set this as git difftool.