vim

plugins
delimitMate	autocompletion of quotes, parentheses, brackets, etc.
NERDTree	tree explorer
airline	status bar
gitgutter	git diff, hunk staging and preview
goyo	distraction-free writing mode
move	move lines and selections
plug	plugin manager
wiki	personal wiki

osseus

Osseus loads templates (stored in ~/.osseus/) into vim. It works with dmenu and can be summoned with <leader>+m.

function Osseus(template)
  :1,$d
  execute ':read ' . '~/.osseus/' . a:template
endfunction

function OsseusMenu()
  :1,$d
  :read ! cat ~/.osseus/$(ls -1 ~/.osseus | dmenu)
endfunction

nmap <leader>m :call OsseusMenu()<CR>

bits

Purge trailing whitespace on save

au BufWritePre 1 %s/\s\+$//e

Reload .vimrc on save

au! BufWritePost .vimrc so ~/.vimrc

I also use a similar command to the one above to rebuild Arachne after saving a .tome. ara build here is just a shell script.

au! BufWritePost *tome :silent !ara build > /dev/null

Return to last edit position

au BufReadPost * if line("'\"") > 1 && line("'\"") <= line("$") | exe "normal! g'\"" | endif

Turn current word into HTML tag

imap <C-t> <></><Esc>5hdiwp3lpT>i

Start vim in edit mode immediately:

vim '+ normal GA' +startinsert file.txt

nav

`0`	to line start
`$`	to line end
`^`	to first non-space character on the line
`g_`	to last non-space character on the line
`gg`	to first line
`G`	to last line
`g;`	to last edit
`12G`	to line 12
`Ctrl` + `e`	scroll one line down
`Ctrl` + `y`	scroll one line up
`H`	to viewport head
`M`	to viewport middle
`L`	to viewport bottom

word nav

`w`	to next word’s beginning
`e`	to next word’s end
`b`	to previous word’s beginning
`ge`	to previous word’s end

substitution

command mode:

`:s/chard/silverbeet/g`	sub chard with silverbeet in a line
`:%s/chard/silverbeet/g`	sub in all lines
`:16,18s/chard/silverbeet/g`	sub in lines 16–18

search

`/mieu`	search forward for mieu
`?mieu`	search backward
`/\cmieu`	search and ignore cases
`/\<mieu\>`	search for exact match

misc

commands

`:w`	save, write changes to file
`:update`	save only if there are changes
`:x`	exit
`:q`	quit

modes

normal

`x`	cut a character
`dd`	cut a line
`daw`	cut current word with spaces
`yy`	copy line
`y$`	copy to line’s end
`yiw`	copy current word sans spaces
`p`	paste after
`P`	paste before
`gp`	paste after and move cursor after pasted text
`u`	undo
`Ctrl` + `r`	redo
`Ctrl` + `a`	increase number (on cursor)
`Ctrl` + `x`	decrease number (on cursor)

insert

`i`	insert at cursor
`a`	insert after cursor (append)
`I`	insert at current line’s start
`A`	insert at current line’s end
`o`	insert new line below current line
`O`	insert new line above current line
`s`	delete character under cursor
`S`	delete all text on line
`cw`	delete to current word’s end
`C`	delete from cursor to line’s end

visual

`v`	highlight
`V`	highlight line
`Ctrl` + `v`	highlight block
`d`	delete (cut)
`y`	yank (copy)
`p`	put (paste)

resources

Effective VimScript by Martin Tournoij (2019)
Seven habits of effective text editing by Bram Moolenaar (2000)
Vim anti-patterns by Tom Ryder (2012)
Vim scripting cheatsheet
Vim Tips Wiki
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