Files and Windows

Question 1

zf{textobject}

Answer 1

manually create a fold around the text object

Question 2

zo

Answer 2

manually open a fold

Question 3

zc

Answer 3

manually close a fold

Question 4

Start Vim with a list of files to edit

Answer 4

$vim file1 file2 etc

Question 5

:args

Answer 5

Show on the status line the files open for editing. The current file is surrounded by brackets.

Question 6

:n[ext]

Answer 6

Move to the next file.

Question 7

:wnext

Answer 7

Write the current file and move to the next file

Question 8

:next!

Answer 8

Move to the next file, abandoning changes to the current file.

Question 9

:prev[ious]

Answer 9

Move the previous file.

Question 10

:first

Answer 10

move to the first file

Question 11

:last

Answer 11

move to the last file

Question 12

:set (no)autowrite

Answer 12

Turn (off) on autowriting - when moving from file to file Vim will automatically write any changes.

Question 13

CTRL-^

Answer 13

Jump between current file and the previously edited (the ‘alternate’) file

Question 14

:edit filename

Answer 14

Opens file ‘filename’ for editing.

Question 15

“{a-z}[ypd]

Answer 15

Perform the y, p or d operation (followed by each operations motion arguments) on the register specified by a single character from a to z.

Question 16

Append to file

Answer 16

:write&raquo_space; newfile

Question 17

Append selection to file

Answer 17

Use visual mode to select a block of text. Then do

:write&raquo_space; newfile

Question 18

vim -R file

Answer 18

Open the file in Vim as read-only, ! will override

Question 19

view file

Answer 19

Open the file in Vim as read-only, ! will override

Question 20

vim -M file

Answer 20

Open the file in Vim as read-only, cannot be overridden.

Question 21

:saveas name

Answer 21

Saves the current file as a new file named ‘name’

Question 22

:(count)split

Answer 22

Split the (current) window horizontally, gives new window the height specified by count

Question 23

CTRL-W w

Answer 23

Jump to another window

Question 24

:close

Answer 24

Close the current window

Question 25

:only

Answer 25

Close all windows but the current window

Question 26

:split filename

Answer 26

Opens filename for editing in the split window

Question 27

:new

Answer 27

Opens a window on a new, empty file

Question 28

CTR-W +

Answer 28

Increase size of window

Question 29

CTRL-W -

Answer 29

Decrease size of window

Question 30

(count) CTRL-W _

Answer 30

Set window to size specified by count

Question 31

‘v’ before a window split command

Answer 31

Does the split vertically :vsplit (file), :vnew

Question 32

CTRL-W [hjkltb]

Answer 32

Move TO the window left, above, down, right, top or bottom.

Question 33

CTRL-W [HJKL]

Answer 33

Move the window itself to the far left, top, bottom, or right.

Question 34

:[wq!]all

Answer 34

Writes or quits all open windows, overridden as needed by !.

Question 35

The -o flag

Answer 35

Opens all arguments as horizontally split windows

Question 36

The -O flag

Answer 36

Opens all arguments as vertically split windows

Question 37

:all and :vertical all

Answer 37

Opens all arguments in windows from within vim.

Question 38

:tab filename

Answer 38

Open filename in a new tab

Question 39

:tab split

Answer 39

Open a new tab editing the same buffer

Question 40

:tab

Answer 40

In general, can be prepended to any Ex command that would open a file or window and will open the file or window in a new tab

Question 41

:tabonly

Answer 41

close all other tabs

Question 42

(count)gt

Answer 42

Goto Tab (next tab is default, can be specified by the count)

Question 43

q{register}… q

Answer 43

Begin recording a macro in {register} == [a-z]

…. the ‘q’uit recording.

Question 44

@{register}

Answer 44

Execute the macro in {register}. May take a count.

Question 45

@@

Answer 45

Execute the last @{register} command used. May take a count.

Question 46

Y

Answer 46

== yy. I.e, yank the whole line

Question 47

Appending to a register

Answer 47

Type out the command as normal but instead of the lowercase letter referencing the register, use an uppercase letter. Example:
qA[commands]q will append [commands] to register a, which is then executed ‘@a’.