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1
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:e filename

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Open filename for edition

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:w

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Save file

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:q

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Exit Vim

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:q!

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Quit without saving

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:x

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Write file (if changes has been made) and exit

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:sav

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filename Saves file as filename

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.

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Repeats the last change made in normal mode

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5.

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Repeats 5 times the last change made in normal mode

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k or Up Arrow

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move the cursor up one line

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j or Down Arrow

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move the cursor down one line

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e

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move the cursor to the end of the word

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b

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move the cursor to the beginning of the word

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0

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move the cursor to the beginning of the line

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G

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move the cursor to the end of the file

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gg

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move the cursor to the beginning of the file

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L

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move the cursor to the bottom of the screen

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:59

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move cursor to line 59. Replace 59 by the desired line number.

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20|

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move cursor to column 20.

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%

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Move cursor to matching parenthesis

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20
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[[

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Jump to function start

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21
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[{

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Jump to block start

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22
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y

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Copy the selected text to clipboard

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23
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p

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Paste clipboard contents

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24
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dd

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Cut current line

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25
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yy

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Copy current line

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y$

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Copy to end of line

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D

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Cut to end of line

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28
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/word

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Search word from top to bottom

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?word

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Search word from bottom to top

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*

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Search the word under cursor

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/\cstring

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Search STRING or string - case insensitive

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/jo[ha]n

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Search john or joan

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/< the

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Search the or theater or then

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34
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/the>

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Search the or breathe

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35
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/< the>

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Search the

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36
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/< ¦.>

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Search all words of 4 letters

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37
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/\/

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Search fred but not alfred or frederick

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38
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/fred|joe

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Search fred or joe

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39
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/\

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Search exactly 4 digits

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40
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/^\n{3}

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Find 3 empty lines

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41
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:bufdo /searchstr/

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Search in all open files

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bufdo %s/something/somethingelse/g

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Search something in all the open buffers and replace it with somethingelse

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:%s/old/new/g

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Replace all occurrences of old by new in file

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44
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:%s/onward/forward/gi

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Replace onward by forward - case insensitive

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45
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:%s/old/new/gc

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Replace all occurrences with confirmation

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:%s/^/hello/g

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Replace the beginning of each line by hello

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:%s/$/Harry/g

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Replace the end of each line by Harry

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48
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:%s/onward/forward/gi

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Replace onward by forward - case insensitive

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49
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:%s/ *$//g

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Delete all white spaces

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:g/string/d

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Delete all lines containing string

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51
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:v/string/d

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Delete all lines containing which didn’t contain string

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52
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:s/Bill/Steve/

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Replace the first occurrence of Bill by Steve in current line

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53
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:s/Bill/Steve/g

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Replace Bill by Steve in current line

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54
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:%s/Bill/Steve/g

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Replace Bill by Steve in all the file

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55
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:%s/^M//g

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Delete DOS carriage returns (^M)

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56
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:%s/\r/\r/g

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Transform DOS carriage returns in returns

57
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:%s#]+>##g

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Delete HTML tags but keeps text

58
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:%s/^(.*)\n\1$/\1/

A

Delete lines which appears twice

59
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Ctrl+a

A

Increment number under the cursor

60
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Ctrl+x

A

Decrement number under cursor

61
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ggVGg?

A

Change text to Rot13

62
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Vu

A

Lowercase line

63
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VU

A

Uppercase line

64
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g~~

A

Invert case

65
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vEU

A

Switch word to uppercase

66
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vE~

A

Modify word case

67
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ggguG

A

Set all text to lowercase

68
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gggUG

A

Set all text to uppercase

69
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:set ignorecase

A

Ignore case in searches

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:set smartcase

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Ignore case in searches excepted if an uppercase letter is used

71
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:%s/<./\u&/g

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Sets first letter of each word to uppercase

72
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:%s/<./\l&/g

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Sets first letter of each word to lowercase

73
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:%s/.*/\u&

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Sets first letter of each line to uppercase

74
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:%s/.*/\l&

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Sets first letter of each line to lowercase

75
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:r infile

A

Insert the content of infile

76
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:23r infile

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Insert the content of infile under line 23

77
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:e .

A

Open integrated file explorer

78
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:Sex

A

Split window and open integrated file explorer

79
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:Sex!

A

Same as :Sex but split window vertically

80
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:browse e

A

Graphical file explorer

81
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:ls

A

List buffers

82
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:cd ..

A

Move to parent directory

83
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:args

A

List files

84
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:args *.php

A

Open file list with extension .php

85
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:grep expression *.php

A

Returns a list of .php files containing expression

86
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gf

A

Open file name under cursor

87
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:!pwd

A

Execute the pwd unix command then returns to Vi

88
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!!pwd

A

Execute the pwd unix command and insert output in file

89
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:sh

A

Temporary returns to Unix

90
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$exit

A

Returns to Vi

91
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%!fmt

A

Align all lines

92
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!}fmt

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Align all lines at the current position

93
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5!!fmt

A

Align the next 5 lines

94
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:tabnew

A

Creates a new tab

95
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gt

A

Show next tab

96
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:tabfirst

A

Show first tab

97
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:tablast

A

Show last tab

98
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:tabm n(position)

A

Rearrange tabs

99
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:tabdo %s/foo/bar/g

A

Execute a command in all tabs

100
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:tab ball

A

Puts all open files in tabs

101
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:new abc.txt

A

Edit abc.txt in new window

102
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:e filename

A

Edit filename in current window

103
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:split filename

A

Split the window and open filename

104
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ctrl-w up arrow

A

Puts cursor in top window

105
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ctrl-w ctrl-w

A

Puts cursor in next window

106
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ctrl-w_

A

Maximize current window vertically

107
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ctrl-w|

A

Maximize current window horizontally

108
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ctrl-w=

A

Gives the same size to all windows

109
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10 ctrl-w+

A

Add 10 lines to current window

110
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:vsplit file

A

Split window vertically

111
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:sview file

A

Same as :split in readonly mode

112
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:hide

A

Close current window

113
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:­nly

A

Close all windows - excepting current

114
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:b 2

A

Open #2 in this window

115
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Ctrl+n Ctrl+p (in insert mode)

A

Complete word

116
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Ctrl+x Ctrl+l

A

Complete line

117
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:set dictionary=dict

A

Define dict as a dictionary

118
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Ctrl+x Ctrl+k

A

Complete with dictionary

119
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m {a-z}

A

Marks current position as {a-z}

120
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’ {a-z}

A

Move to position {a-z}

121
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’’

A

Move to previous position

122
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:ab mail mail@provider.org

A

Define mail as abbreviation of mail@provider.org

123
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:set autoindent

A

Turn on auto-indent

124
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:set smartindent

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Turn on intelligent auto-indent

125
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:set shiftwidth=4

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Defines 4 spaces as indent size

126
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ctrl-t

A

Indent in insert mode

127
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ctrl-d

A

Un-indent in insert mode

128
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> >

A

Indent

129
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«

A

Un-indent

130
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=%

A

Indent the code between parenthesis

131
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1GVG=

A

Indent the whole file

132
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:syntax on

A

Turn on syntax highlighting

133
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:syntax off

A

Turn off syntax highlighting

134
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:set syntax=perl

A

Force syntax highlighting

135
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:1,10 w outfile

A

Saves lines 1 to 10 in outfile

136
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:1,10 w&raquo_space; outfile

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Appends lines 1 to 10 to outfile

137
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:2,35s/old/new/g

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Replace all occurrences between lines 2 and 35

138
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:5,$s/old/new/g

A

Replace all occurrences from line 5 to EOF

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