dotfiles-chezmoi/dot_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

• Snippets
  • Incrementing a column of numbers
• Plugins
• Keybindings
  • Display Related
  • Formatting Related
  • Navigation Related
  • Tabs and Windows Related
  • Misc Related

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

• Easymotion - Easily navigate documents Disabled recently as unused, although useful
• Asynchronous Lint Engine (ALE) - Linting while working
• Gruvbox - Retro colorscheme (colorscheme in vimrc)
• Matchit - For expanding % matching (matches start/end tags for html, for example)
• 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

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

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