dotfiles-chezmoi/dot_config/vim

VIM

Note: Some features require version 8+ of vim. For instance, the ALE plugin which utilizes the built-in ~/.vim/pack/ for autoloading plugins

Table of Contents

• Keybinding Shortcuts/Snippets
  • Incrementing a column of numbers
• Plugins
• Keybindings
  • Display Related
  • Formatting Related
  • Navigation Related
  • Tabs and Windows Related
  • Misc Related
• Snippets
  • Adding/Editing Custom Snippets
  • Common Snippet Examples
    • Go Snippets
    • Python Snippets
    • Markdown Snippets

Keybinding Shortcuts/Snippets

<v><e><y>       # select to end of word/variable and yank
<c><t><)>       # cut everything before )  [eg func(text-to-cut)]

Incrementing a column of numbers

<ctrl><v>       # Select all number columns to increment
<g><ctrl+a>     # If using tmux config, may need to hit a twice (e.g. <ctrl+a+a>

Plugins

Plugins are managed using vim-plug. vim-plug is downloaded automatically on first run.

To update the plugins, run PlugInstall

Below is a list of currently installed plugins:

• Easymotion - Easily navigate documents Disabled recently as unused, although useful
• Gruvbox - Retro colorscheme (colorscheme in vimrc)
• Matchit - For expanding % matching (matches start/end tags for html, for example) Disabled recently as possibly unused
• Lightline - Configurable statusline/tabline
• Markdown TOC - A markdown Table of Contents generator
• NERDCommenter - Quick commenting/uncommenting of lines
• NERDTree - Local file explorer
• python-syntax - Better syntax highlighting for python
• Tabular - Easily align text based on delimeters (e.g. |)
• surround.vim - Easily surround with delimeters (e.g. "Something")
• IndentLines - View the indentations (<leader>i)
• vim-rainbow - Different colors for different levels of brackets Disabled as interfers with spellcheck for some reason
• UltiSnips - Snippets manager for vim
• vim-snippets - Snippets for various languages

Keybindings

Leader Key: , (comma)

Display Related

Shortcut	Description	Plugin
<leader><F3>	Toggle wordwrap
<leader>bg	Toggle dark/light background
<leader>h	Disable search highlight
<leader>f<0-9>	Set foldlevel (0-9)
<leader>i	Toggle indent guides	IndentLines
<leader>sp	Toggle spellchecking (us-en)

Formatting Related

Shortcut	Description	Plugin
-	Comment out selected lines (filetype needs to be configured in vimrc for support)	NERDcommenter
_	Uncomment selected lines (filetype needs to be configured in vimrc for support)	NERDcommenter
<leader><F2>	Remove trailing whitespace from file
<leader>a<delimiter>	Accept various common delimiters for tabulizing blocks of code (e.g. varname = something, = being the delimiter)	Tabular
<leader>d	Add delimiters around entire line (normal mode) or selection (visual mode)	vim-surround
<leader>j	Pretty print json (current open file)
<leader>D	Add delimiters around current word (normal mode)	vim-surround
<leader>q	Format a paragraph/line to better fit the textwidth
<leader>p	Toggle paste mode
S)	Add delimiters current selection	vim-surround
cs<delimiter><delimiter>	Replace a character with anothere charcter (e.g. cs"', or cs'<p class="test">)	vim-surround
ds<delimiter>	Remove a delimiter	vim-surround
ysiw]	Add delimiters around current word	vim-surround
yss)	Add delimiters around entire line	vim-surround

Navigation Related

Shortcut	Description	Plugin
%	Find the end {}, [], or start/end tags (e.g. html)	Base, Matchit
*	Highlight all occurences of word under cursor (default in vim)
ff	Display all occurences of word under cursor
cwd	Change working dirctory to current file's
<leader>n	Toggle NERDTree	NERDTree
<leader>j	Move to next linting error	ALE
<leader>k	Move to previous linting error	ALE

Tabs and Windows Related

Shortcut	Description	Plugin
<leader>sh	Split horizontally
<leader>sv	Split vertically
<leader>t	Tab Next
<leader>T	Tab Previous
<leader>w	cycle through split windows
<leader><+>	Resize horizontal pane (3/2)
<leader><->	Resize horizontal pane (2/3)
<leader><<>	Resize vertical pane (3/2)
<leader><>>	Resize vertical pane (2/3)

Misc Related

Shortcut	Description	Plugin
<leader><F4>	Reload vimrc file
w!!	Attempt to sudo and write to file

Snippets

Snippets have a few extra things to note:

• Snippet Leader: <shortcut><tab> (e.g. class<tab>)
• List Snippets: <ctrl-l>
• Forward Through Snippet: <ctrl-j>
• Backward Through Snippet: <ctrl-k>

You run the snippet completion while in insert mode.

A simple example: Type #!<tab> automatically inserts #!/usr/bin/env python

A more in depth example:

1. `class<tab>`
2. Start typing to provide name of class (already selected)
3. `<ctrl-j>` to move to the parent class (`class MyObject(<parent-object>):`)
4. `<ctrl-j>` to move to docstring
5. `<ctrl-j>` to move to inputs of the `__init__` function (typing a new input name automatically adds `self._varname = varname`)

Adding/Editing Custom Snippets

You can edit the snippets for the current filetype that's open by using :UltiSnipsEdit

After making any changes to the snippets, run :call UltiSnips#RefreshSnippets() to refresh the snippets

Important Note: If using chezmoi, make sure to copy the snippet to the chezmoi repo so it isn't overwritten during next chezmoi apply

Common Snippet Examples

These are taken from this article.

Go Snippets

All Go snippets. Also, see Ultisnips specific snippets

Snippet Trigger	Description
fun	Go function
fum	Go Method
for	Infinite for loop
forr	Range based for loop
err	Go Basic Error Handling
im	Import Packages
pf	fmt.Printf(…)
pl	fmt.Println(…)
ps	fmt.Sprintf(…)
om	if key in map
if	Go basic if statement
ife	Go basic if/else statement
sw	Switch statement
sl	Go select for channels
ga	goroutine anonymous function
test	Go Test function
testt	Go Table test function

Python Snippets

All python snippets. Also see Ultisnips specific snippets

Snippet Trigger	Description
cl	New Python class
dataclass	Create a dataclass (Custom)
def	New Python function definition
adef	Python Async function definition
err	Go Basic Error Handling
try	Try/Except Block
trye	Try/Except/Else Block
tryf	Try/Except/Finally Block
tryef	Try/Except/Else/Finally Block
"	Python docstring
if	Python basic if statement
el	Python basic else statement
for	Range based for loop
forkey	Enumerate using key value of an interable (Custom)
lcp	List comprehension

Markdown Snippets

All shell snippets. Also, see Ultisnips specific snippets

Snippet Trigger	Description
*	Italics text
**	Bold text
/*	Markdown/HTML Comment
cbl	Code block
link or [	Markdown link
img or ![	Markdown image
tb	Markdown Table
tbN,M	Responsive Table (tb12 creates a table with 1 row & 2 columns)