dotfiles-vim/.vim/vim-keys-help.md

vim-keys

A cheat sheet for my vim customizations

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Macros

qq - record macro @ - replay macro

Spelling

• ]s - move to next misspelled word
• [s - move to previous misspelled word
• z= - suggest correction
• <ctrl>-p - auto-complete spelling suggestions
• <F10> - toggle spellcheck

Highlights

• <leader><leader> - turn off search highlight
• <Leader>C - toggle row/column cursor

Buffers

• <ctrl>H - to move to previous BUFFER

• <ctrl>L - to move to next BUFFER

• <ctrl>J - to move to lower PANE

• <ctrl>K - to move to upper PANE

• <leader>s - to save buffer

• <leader>c - to close buffer

• <leader>a - to abandon unsaved buffer

• <leader>x - bring up the copy buffer

• <F5> - refresh buffer

• <leader>r - open registers

FZF

• <leader>f - open FZF files
• <leader>b - open FZF buffers

Text bubbling (http://vimcasts.org/episodes/bubbling-text/)

After text selection (<ctrl-v>)

• <ctrl>k - bubble up
• <ctrl>j - bubble down

Date and Time stamps

• <F2> - insert %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S
• <F3> - insert %Y-%m-%d %a
• <F4> - insert %H:%M

Snippets

pre-made files inserted from .vim/templates

• ,sh - insert shell header
• ,md - insert markdown header
• ,ban - insert ASCII banner