Vim Reference Guide

Description

Preface Prerequisites Conventions How to use this guide Acknowledgements Feedback and Errata Author info License Book version Introduction Why Vim? Installation Ice Breaker Built-in tutor Built-in help Vim learning resources Modes of Operation Identifying current mode Vim philosophy and features Vim's history Chapters Insert mode Motion keys and commands Deleting Autocomplete word Autocomplete line Autocomplete assist Execute single Normal mode command Indenting Insert register contents Insert special characters Insert digraphs Normal mode Arrow motions Cut Copy Paste Undo Redo Replace characters Repeat a change Open new line Moving within current line Character motions Word motions Text object motions Moving within the current file Moving within the visible window Scrolling Reposition the current line Indenting Mark frequently used locations Jumping back and forth Edit with motion Context editing Named registers Special registers Search word nearest to the cursor Join lines Changing case Increment and Decrement numbers Miscellaneous Switching modes Command-line mode Save changes Quit Vim Combining Save and Quit Working with buffers and tabs Buffers Tabs Splitting Edit all buffers Setting options Search Range Search and Replace Editing lines filtered by a pattern Shell commands Terminal mode Line number settings Sessions Viminfo Motion, editing and completion commands Command-line history Command-line window Visual mode Selection Editing Search and Select Indenting Changing Case Increment and Decrement numbers Regular Expressions Flags Anchors Dot metacharacter Greedy Quantifiers Non-greedy Quantifiers Character Classes Alternation and Grouping Backreference Lookarounds Atomic Grouping Set start and end of the match Magic modifiers Magic and nomagic Very magic Very nomagic Case sensitivity Changing Case Alternate delimiters Escape sequences Escaping metacharacters Replacement expressions Miscellaneous Further Reading Macro Macro usage steps Example 1 Modifying a macro Example 2 Example 3 Motion and Filter Recursive recording Exercise Further Reading Customizing Vim Editing vimrc defaults.vim General Settings Text and Indent Settings Search Settings Custom mapping Normal mode Map leader Insert mode Visual mode Abbreviations Matching Pairs GUI options Third-party customizations plugin package color scheme autocmd Further Reading CLI options Default Help Tabs and Splits Easy mode Readonly and Restricted modes Cursor position Execute command Quickfix Vimrc and Plugins Session and Viminfo