vim-tips-and-tricks


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Vim Tips and Tricks

As I learn more about vim, I plan to document the tips and tricks I
learn here.

how to set tab to 4 spaces in vim

Add the following into your .vimrc file:

    set tabstop=4
    set shiftwidth=4
    set expandtab

how to set replace all tabs with a space

    :%s/\t/ /g

how to highlight spelling errors

    set spell spelllang=en_us

vimdiff or hg merge

This is a list of some common commands when using vimdiff:

ctrl w (twice)

    switch windows

do

    diff obtain, take the other window's differences. Pull the change.

dp

    diff put, give the other window our differences. Push the change.

[c

    move focus to previous difference.

]c

    move focus to next difference.

:diffupdate

    diff update

:diffget <window number>

    get changes from specified window number and place them into current
    window.

:diffput <window number>

    put changes from current window into specified window number.

zo

    open folded text

zc

    close folded text

bgolemon — Mar 27, 2011 10:05 am

You should take a look at my vimrc
here <http://bukzor.hopto.org/hgroot/home/file/c0078b4417f2/.vimrc>_. It
solves some common annoyances without changing the way vim works much.

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