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Vi improved

I use VIM for almost all text editing ranging from development, report writing to editing of configuration files.

I'll show how to do search and replace, using multiple windows etc.

"" proper title bar
set title

"" tab setup
set expandtab
set tabstop=4
set shiftwidth=4

"" C-style indenting
set cindent

"" allow us to backspace before an insert
""set backspace=2

"" Nicer status bar
set ls=2
set ruler

let mysyntaxfile = "~/.vimrc-highlight"
syntax on

"" Map keys
"" Delete current line without copying to clipboard and the remove hlsearch
map øø :s/.//g:nohlsearch
map ææ :nohlsearch

"" Abbreviations
ab Sop System.out.println

Copy/Cut/Paste text

To copy or cut paste you first need to select it which is done using the VISUAL mode. Hit escape and then v and select the text you want to copy/cut.

Copy
After having selected some text hit "y", which will copy the selected text to the buffer.

Cut
If you want to move the selected text to another location you can cut it instead of copying it. hit "x" and the text is moved to the buffer.

Paste
When you have copied or cut some text to the buffer, you can paste it using "p" or "P".

Search for text

In command mode you can press / and enter the search string.

Search strings can be entered as a regular expression e.g. /<td[^>] if we would like to search for td tags with extra options.

Search and replace

Search and replacing text in VIM is done using regular expressions.

:s/search/replace/

Indent whole buffer

If you have copied a piece of code from some where, it proberly is not indented correctly in the current context. To re-indent the complete buffer use the command below

g g V G =

g g: go to start of buffer
V: switch to virtual line mode
G =: indent selection

Bracket matching

:set showmatch

this will enable displaying which brachets, {}, () and [] match when you close one.

To jump between two matching brackets press
shift+5 (%)