Text Editor Evaluation

What is the most important shortcuts?

File mangement

• Create New File

  • E: C-x C-f <new>
  • V: ...

• Open File

  • E: C-x C-f <file>
  • V: ...

• To File (TextMate specific)

  • E: ...
  • V: ...

• Open File Browser

  • E: ...
  • V: :Te (open file in new tab)

• Save File

  • E: C-x C-s
  • V: :w

• Close Buffer (Close Editor if last buffer)

  • E: C-x C-c
  • V: :q

Moving Around

• Move to Top

  • E: M-<
  • V: gg

• Move to Bottom

  • E: M->
  • V: G

• Move Char (Back/Forward)

  • E: Lt/Rt
  • V: Lt/Rt or h/l

• Move Word (Back/Forward)

  • E: M-b/M-f
  • V: ...

• Move Row (Up/Down)

  • E: Up/Dn
  • V: Up/Dn or j/k

• Move Section (Back/Forward)

  • E: M-{/M-}
  • V: { }

• Move Screen (Back/Forward)

  • E: M-v/C-v
  • V: ...

• Move to End of Line (Back/Forward)

  • E: C-a C-e
  • V: 0/$ or 0/9

• Move to Symbol (TextMate specific)

  • E: ...
  • V: ...

Selection

• Select + Movement

  • E: ...
  • V: v (select)

• Column Select + Movement

  • E: ...
  • V: ...

Collapse

• Collapse Section

  • E: ...
  • V: ...

• Expand Section

  • E: ...
  • V: ...

Copy and Paste

• Copy

  • E: M-w
  • V: y

• Cut

  • E: C-w
  • V: d

• Cut Line(s)

  • E: C-k
  • V: dd

• Paste (Cut or Copied)

  • E: C-y
  • V: p

Completion

• Complete Command

  • E: ...
  • V: ...

• Show Possible Commands

  • E: ...
  • V: ...

Undo

• Undo

  • E: C-x u
  • V: u

• Redo

  • E: C-x u
  • V: U

• Abort command (vi/emacs specific)

  • E: C-g
  • V: ESC

Search and Replace

• Search in File (Options: Replace, Regexp, Direction, All)

  • E: C-s (normal), C-M-s (regexp), M-p (prev), M-n (next), RET (abort)
  • V: ...

• Search in Project (Options: Replace, Regexp, Direction, All)

  • E: ...
  • V: ...

Formatting

• Intendent Selection (Back/Forward)

  • E: ...
  • V: ...

• Toggle Comment on Selection

  • E: ...
  • V: ...

Buffer

• Switch Buffer (Back/Forward)

  • E: C-x 2 (split horizontally), C-x 3 (split vertically), C-x o (switch buffer), C-x 1 (close split)
  • V: ...

Help

• Open Help

  • E: C-h, C-x 1 (close help)
  • V: ...

Vim tricks

Color schemes: Vibrant Inc, Vivid Chalk

References

Vim

• solarized - color scheme

• Vim Color Scheme Test

• Kevin’s Vim Tips and Tricks

• Vim Surround

• Fuzzy File Finder, cmd-T

• Ways to avoid ESC key

• Ultimate .vimrc

• åäö with xmodmap

• NerdTree - works with tabsabout](http://www.catonmat.net/blog/vim-plugins-surround-vim/)

• My VIM cheat sheet

• VIM introduction and tutorial

• VIM Command Ref

• 25 Vim Tutorials

• VIM tips for rails

• VIM QRef

• TextMate to VIM training wheels

• Vi complete key binding list

• molokai color scheme

• taglist

• vimgrep and cousins

• autotag, Browsing with tagsd

• vim-endwize

• A Starting Guide to VIM from Textmate

• Editors

  • GMate
  • Scribes
  • RedCar
  • Sublime Text - Developed by a Google Engineer, cross platform.

• Vim Ref Card

• ScrotWM - Tiling Window Manager

• Vim Tips - Vim Poster

• A Modern Vim Config with Pathogen