Vim tips

Find/replace

• Immediately after searching a pattern with / use c//e to replace the currently highlighted match.
• Refer to :help pattern-atoms for some basic info about Vim’s default GREP flavor.¹

Multiplexing

Vanilla Vim is adequate for basic multiplexing: multiplexing-in-vanilla-vim

Navigating :help

• See :help key-notation for key abbreviations

Navigating files

• Quickly open Netrw to the path of the current file: :E

• go to file under cursor: gf

  • Go to previous cursor position (in the jumplist): <C-o>
  • Go to next cursor position (in the jumplist): <C-i>

• In Netrw file tree view, use gn to change root directory to selected

• Change root directory: :cd path/to/new/root

• Clear highlighting till next search: :nohlsearch or :noh

Targeting nouns

• Around (whole noun): <verb> i <noun>
• Inside (inner content): <verb> i <noun>

Moving the cursor

• Scroll up: <C-u>
• Scroll down: <C-d>
• Go to previous {: [{
• Go to next }: ]}