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Vim

Vim and Neovim: Installation and Versions​

Configurations​

Cheat Sheets​

Books​

Text Objects​

Vim introduces "text objects" for seamless manipulation of text blocks. For a deeper dive, execute :help 'text-objects' in Vim. A primer on basic objects includes:

  • w: Jumps to the start of the next word.
  • W: Leaps to the start of the next word, bypassing punctuation.
  • vis: Start visual selection inside the sentence.
  • vip: Start visual selection inside the paragraph.

Coding​

For coding, these commands prove indispensable:

  • ci[: Alter the content within the brackets.
  • vit: Visually select everything inside the HTML tag.
  • Formatting: =i{ automatically formats the content within curly braces.

Treesitter Objects​

Explore the syntax-aware editing features with Treesitter - Neovim docs.

Navigate swiftly to specific characters on a line with these commands:

  • f: Jump to the next occurrence of a character on the current line.
  • F: Jump back to the previous occurrence of a character on the current line.
  • t: Move to right before the next occurrence of a character on the current line.
  • T: Move to right after the previous occurrence of a character on the current line.

Flash​

Navigate your code efficiently with search labels and enhanced character motions through Treesitter integration at GitHub - folke/flash.nvim.

Netrw​

Explore files and URLs directly from Vim/Neovim with gf, gF, and gx commands, enhancing your browsing experience.

Autocomplete​

Leverage ctrl-x followed by:

  • ctrl-l for whole line completions,
  • ctrl-n for keyword completion from the current file and included files,
  • and others for diverse autocomplete options.

Quick-fix​

Adopt a seamless cycle of editing, compiling/linting/testing, and returning to edit, streamlining your development workflow.