Posted on September 30, 2003February 27, 2005 by lhl

Efficient Editing With vim – best laid out/organized vim tips summary I’ve seen

Recording ad-hoc macros:

qregister Start macro recording into the named register. For instance, qa starts recording and puts the macro into register a.

q End recording.

@register Replay the macro stored in the named register. For instance, @a replays the macro in register a.

Handy code writing keys:

]p Just like p, but it automatically adjusts the indent level of the pasted code to match that of the code you paste into. Try it!

% Putting the cursor on a brace, bracket, or parenthese and pressing %
will send the cursor to the matching brace, bracket, or parenthese.
Great for fixing parse problems related to heavily nested blocks of
code or logic.

>> Indent
the highlighted code. (See the earlier section about efficient text
selection. If no text is selected, the current line is indented.)

<< Like >>, but un-indents.

gd Go to the definition (or declaration) of the function or variable under the cursor.

K Go to the man page for the word currently under the cursor. (For instance, if your cursor is currently over the word sleep, you will see the man page for sleep displayed.)

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qregister	Start macro recording into the named register. For instance, `qa` starts recording and puts the macro into register `a`.
q	End recording.
@register	Replay the macro stored in the named register. For instance, `@a` replays the macro in register `a`.

]p	Just like `p`, but it automatically adjusts the indent level of the pasted code to match that of the code you paste into. Try it!
%	Putting the cursor on a brace, bracket, or parenthese and pressing `%` will send the cursor to the matching brace, bracket, or parenthese. Great for fixing parse problems related to heavily nested blocks of code or logic.
>>	Indent the highlighted code. (See the earlier section about efficient text selection. If no text is selected, the current line is indented.)
<<	Like >>, but un-indents.
gd	Go to the definition (or declaration) of the function or variable under the cursor.
K	Go to the man page for the word currently under the cursor. (For instance, if your cursor is currently over the word `sleep`, you will see the man page for `sleep` displayed.)