vim-commands

A vim plugin to provide a quick cheat sheet for common vim commands rather than going online to search for the specific commands.

Demo

Sometimes you can forgot how to do a specific thing in vim(we all been there 😇).

demo.2.mp4

Installation

• Using Vim-Plug Add the following to your .vimrc:

Plug 'https://github.com/Var7600/vim-commands'

• then run :PlugInstall in Vim.

• Using Pathogen

git clone https://github.com/Var7600/vim-commands ~/.vim/bundle/vim-commands

• Using Vundle

Plugin 'Var7600/vim-commands'

• then run :PlugInstall in Vim.

Usage

• to open the cheat sheet , simply type

:Shortcuts

SEARCH BY SECTION

the cheat sheet contents differents sections that you can search for ALL SECTION ARE IN UPPERCASE

• Basic (vim commands)
• NAVIGATION (move,jump,position in file)
• JUMPS (location,last modified position,...)
• DELETION (delete character,word,line,until cursor,until end line)
• NORMAL MODE -> INSERT MODE(to pass from normal mode to insert mode)
• CUT,COPY&PASTE (cut,copy and paste portions of text)
• SEARCH (search word,pattern,...)
• REPLACE (replace occurrences by another)
• CASE (modify case of a character,word,entire line,...)
• TABS (creates,navigate,move,close tabs)
• SPLIT (split horizontally,vertically,switch panes,resize,...)
• BUFFERS (create,navigate,list,close buffer)
• FILE EXPLORER (built-in-file Explorer)
• SHELL (using shell commands in vim)
• ALIGNMENT (align lines for better clarity)
• READ AND WRITE FILES (insert the content of a file into another,export portions,...)
• MARKS (marks section of a file,line numbers,...)
• ABBREVATIONS (define your own abbreviations)
• TEXT INDENTATION (indent text for readability,...)
• CTAGS (if installed,allow quick access across files for definitions and functions)

Customization

You can place your own cheat sheet at $HOME/cheatSheet/vim-commands.md.The plugin will prioritize this file over the default one in vim-commands/doc/vim-commands.md.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please open an issue or submit a pull request.

License

MIT License.