=================== vim-tips-and-tricks =================== vim-tips-and-tricks =================== .. _vim-tips-and-tricks-1: Vim Tips and Tricks =================== .. contents:: 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: .. code-block:: vim :: set tabstop=4 set shiftwidth=4 set expandtab how to set replace all tabs with a space ---------------------------------------- .. code-block:: vim :: :%s/\t/ /g how to highlight spelling errors -------------------------------- .. code-block:: vim 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 get changes from specified window number and place them into current window. | :diffput 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 ``\ \_. It solves some common annoyances without changing the way vim works much.