What is the difference between the remap, noremap, nnoremap and vnoremap mapping commands in Vim? 4 remap is an option that makes mappings work recursively. By default it is on and I’d recommend you leave it that way. The rest are mapping commands, described below: :map and :noremap are recursive and non-recursive versions of the … Read more
I know how to generally move around in command mode, specifically, jumping to lines, etc. But what is the command to jump to the end of the line that I am currently on? 1 15 Just the $ (dollar sign) key. You can use A to move to the end of the line and switch … Read more
How do I make vi-Vim never use tabs (converting spaces to tabs, bad!), makes the tab key == 4 spaces, and automatically indent code after curly brace blocks like Emacs does? Also, how do I save these settings so I never have to input them again? I’ve seen other questions related to this, but it … Read more
I am making the effort to learn Vim. When I paste code into my document from the clipboard, I get extra spaces at the start of each new line: line line line I know you can turn off auto indent but I can’t get it to work because I have some other settings conflicting or … Read more
I have a Ruby code file open in vi, there are lines commented out with #: class Search < ActiveRecord::Migration def self.up # create_table :searches do |t| # t.integer :user_id # t.string :name # t.string :all_of # t.string :any_of # t.string :none_of # t.string :exact_phrase # # t.timestamps # end end def self.down # drop_table … Read more
Many of you have probably seen the command that allows you to write on a file that needs root permission, even when you forgot to open vim with sudo: :w !sudo tee % The thing is that I don’t get what is exactly happening here. I have already figured this: w is for this *:w_c* … Read more
How do I duplicate a whole line in Vim in a similar way to Ctrl+D in IntelliJ IDEA/ Resharper or Ctrl+Alt+↑/↓ in Eclipse? 2 21 yy or Y to copy the line (mnemonic: yank) or dd to delete the line (Vim copies what you deleted into a clipboard-like “register”, like a cut operation) then p … Read more
I’d like to search for an upper case word, for example COPYRIGHT in a file. I tried performing a search like: /copyright/i # Doesn’t work but it doesn’t work. I know that in Perl, if I give the i flag into a regex it will turn the regex into a case-insensitive regex. It seems that … Read more
Want to improve this post? Provide detailed answers to this question, including citations and an explanation of why your answer is correct. without enough detail may be edited or deleted. After doing a search in Vim, I get all the occurrences highlighted. How can I disable that? I now do another search for something gibberish … Read more
I’m trying to replace each , in the current file by a new line: :%s/,/\n/g But it inserts what looks like a ^@ instead of an actual newline. The file is not in DOS mode or anything. What should I do? If you are curious, like me, check the question Why is \r a newline … Read more