1*quickref.txt* For Vim version 7.2. Last change: 2009 Jan 22 2 3 4 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar 5 6 Quick reference guide 7 8 *quickref* *Contents* 9 tag subject tag subject ~ 10|Q_ct| list of help files |Q_re| Repeating commands 11|Q_lr| motion: Left-right |Q_km| Key mapping 12|Q_ud| motion: Up-down |Q_ab| Abbreviations 13|Q_tm| motion: Text object |Q_op| Options 14|Q_pa| motion: Pattern searches |Q_ur| Undo/Redo commands 15|Q_ma| motion: Marks |Q_et| External commands 16|Q_vm| motion: Various |Q_qf| Quickfix commands 17|Q_ta| motion: Using tags |Q_vc| Various commands 18|Q_sc| Scrolling |Q_ce| Ex: Command-line editing 19|Q_in| insert: Inserting text |Q_ra| Ex: Ranges 20|Q_ai| insert: Keys |Q_ex| Ex: Special characters 21|Q_ss| insert: Special keys |Q_st| Starting VIM 22|Q_di| insert: Digraphs |Q_ed| Editing a file 23|Q_si| insert: Special inserts |Q_fl| Using the argument list 24|Q_de| change: Deleting text |Q_wq| Writing and quitting 25|Q_cm| change: Copying and moving |Q_ac| Automatic commands 26|Q_ch| change: Changing text |Q_wi| Multi-window commands 27|Q_co| change: Complex |Q_bu| Buffer list commands 28|Q_vi| Visual mode |Q_sy| Syntax highlighting 29|Q_to| Text objects |Q_gu| GUI commands 30 |Q_fo| Folding 31 32------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 33N is used to indicate an optional count that can be given before the command. 34------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 35*Q_lr* Left-right motions 36 37|h| N h left (also: CTRL-H, <BS>, or <Left> key) 38|l| N l right (also: <Space> or <Right> key) 39|0| 0 to first character in the line (also: <Home> key) 40|^| ^ to first non-blank character in the line 41|$| N $ to the last character in the line (N-1 lines lower) 42 (also: <End> key) 43|g0| g0 to first character in screen line (differs from "0" 44 when lines wrap) 45|g^| g^ to first non-blank character in screen line (differs 46 from "^" when lines wrap) 47|g$| N g$ to last character in screen line (differs from "$" 48 when lines wrap) 49|gm| gm to middle of the screen line 50|bar| N | to column N (default: 1) 51|f| N f{char} to the Nth occurrence of {char} to the right 52|F| N F{char} to the Nth occurrence of {char} to the left 53|t| N t{char} till before the Nth occurrence of {char} to the right 54|T| N T{char} till before the Nth occurrence of {char} to the left 55|;| N ; repeat the last "f", "F", "t", or "T" N times 56|,| N , repeat the last "f", "F", "t", or "T" N times in 57 opposite direction 58------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 59*Q_ud* Up-down motions 60 61|k| N k up N lines (also: CTRL-P and <Up>) 62|j| N j down N lines (also: CTRL-J, CTRL-N, <NL>, and <Down>) 63|-| N - up N lines, on the first non-blank character 64|+| N + down N lines, on the first non-blank character (also: 65 CTRL-M and <CR>) 66|_| N _ down N-1 lines, on the first non-blank character 67|G| N G goto line N (default: last line), on the first 68 non-blank character 69|gg| N gg goto line N (default: first line), on the first 70 non-blank character 71|N%| N % goto line N percentage down in the file. N must be 72 given, otherwise it is the |%| command. 73|gk| N gk up N screen lines (differs from "k" when line wraps) 74|gj| N gj down N screen lines (differs from "j" when line wraps) 75------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 76*Q_tm* Text object motions 77 78|w| N w N words forward 79|W| N W N blank-separated |WORD|s forward 80|e| N e forward to the end of the Nth word 81|E| N E forward to the end of the Nth blank-separated |WORD| 82|b| N b N words backward 83|B| N B N blank-separated |WORD|s backward 84|ge| N ge backward to the end of the Nth word 85|gE| N gE backward to the end of the Nth blank-separated |WORD| 86 87|)| N ) N sentences forward 88|(| N ( N sentences backward 89|}| N } N paragraphs forward 90|{| N { N paragraphs backward 91|]]| N ]] N sections forward, at start of section 92|[[| N [[ N sections backward, at start of section 93|][| N ][ N sections forward, at end of section 94|[]| N [] N sections backward, at end of section 95|[(| N [( N times back to unclosed '(' 96|[{| N [{ N times back to unclosed '{' 97|[m| N [m N times back to start of method (for Java) 98|[M| N [M N times back to end of method (for Java) 99|])| N ]) N times forward to unclosed ')' 100|]}| N ]} N times forward to unclosed '}' 101|]m| N ]m N times forward to start of method (for Java) 102|]M| N ]M N times forward to end of method (for Java) 103|[#| N [# N times back to unclosed "#if" or "#else" 104|]#| N ]# N times forward to unclosed "#else" or "#endif" 105|[star| N [* N times back to start of comment "/*" 106|]star| N ]* N times forward to end of comment "*/" 107------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 108*Q_pa* Pattern searches 109 110|/| N /{pattern}[/[offset]]<CR> 111 search forward for the Nth occurrence of {pattern} 112|?| N ?{pattern}[?[offset]]<CR> 113 search backward for the Nth occurrence of {pattern} 114|/<CR>| N /<CR> repeat last search, in the forward direction 115|?<CR>| N ?<CR> repeat last search, in the backward direction 116|n| N n repeat last search 117|N| N N repeat last search, in opposite direction 118|star| N * search forward for the identifier under the cursor 119|#| N # search backward for the identifier under the cursor 120|gstar| N g* like "*", but also find partial matches 121|g#| N g# like "#", but also find partial matches 122|gd| gd goto local declaration of identifier under the cursor 123|gD| gD goto global declaration of identifier under the cursor 124 125|pattern| Special characters in search patterns 126 127 meaning magic nomagic ~ 128 matches any single character . \. 129 matches start of line ^ ^ 130 matches <EOL> $ $ 131 matches start of word \< \< 132 matches end of word \> \> 133 matches a single char from the range [a-z] \[a-z] 134 matches a single char not in the range [^a-z] \[^a-z] 135 matches an identifier char \i \i 136 idem but excluding digits \I \I 137 matches a keyword character \k \k 138 idem but excluding digits \K \K 139 matches a file name character \f \f 140 idem but excluding digits \F \F 141 matches a printable character \p \p 142 idem but excluding digits \P \P 143 matches a white space character \s \s 144 matches a non-white space character \S \S 145 146 matches <Esc> \e \e 147 matches <Tab> \t \t 148 matches <CR> \r \r 149 matches <BS> \b \b 150 151 matches 0 or more of the preceding atom * \* 152 matches 1 or more of the preceding atom \+ \+ 153 matches 0 or 1 of the preceding atom \= \= 154 matches 2 to 5 of the preceding atom \{2,5} \{2,5} 155 separates two alternatives \| \| 156 group a pattern into an atom \(\) \(\) 157 158|search-offset| Offsets allowed after search command 159 160 [num] [num] lines downwards, in column 1 161 +[num] [num] lines downwards, in column 1 162 -[num] [num] lines upwards, in column 1 163 e[+num] [num] characters to the right of the end of the match 164 e[-num] [num] characters to the left of the end of the match 165 s[+num] [num] characters to the right of the start of the match 166 s[-num] [num] characters to the left of the start of the match 167 b[+num] [num] identical to s[+num] above (mnemonic: begin) 168 b[-num] [num] identical to s[-num] above (mnemonic: begin) 169 ;{search-command} execute {search-command} next 170------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 171*Q_ma* Marks and motions 172 173|m| m{a-zA-Z} mark current position with mark {a-zA-Z} 174|`a| `{a-z} go to mark {a-z} within current file 175|`A| `{A-Z} go to mark {A-Z} in any file 176|`0| `{0-9} go to the position where Vim was previously exited 177|``| `` go to the position before the last jump 178|`quote| `" go to the position when last editing this file 179|`[| `[ go to the start of the previously operated or put text 180|`]| `] go to the end of the previously operated or put text 181|`<| `< go to the start of the (previous) Visual area 182|`>| `> go to the end of the (previous) Visual area 183|`.| `. go to the position of the last change in this file 184|'| '{a-zA-Z0-9[]'"<>.} 185 same as `, but on the first non-blank in the line 186|:marks| :marks print the active marks 187|CTRL-O| N CTRL-O go to Nth older position in jump list 188|CTRL-I| N CTRL-I go to Nth newer position in jump list 189|:ju| :ju[mps] print the jump list 190------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 191*Q_vm* Various motions 192 193|%| % find the next brace, bracket, comment, or "#if"/ 194 "#else"/"#endif" in this line and go to its match 195|H| N H go to the Nth line in the window, on the first 196 non-blank 197|M| M go to the middle line in the window, on the first 198 non-blank 199|L| N L go to the Nth line from the bottom, on the first 200 non-blank 201 202|go| N go go to Nth byte in the buffer 203|:go| :[range]go[to] [off] go to [off] byte in the buffer 204------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 205*Q_ta* Using tags 206 207|:ta| :ta[g][!] {tag} Jump to tag {tag} 208|:ta| :[count]ta[g][!] Jump to [count]'th newer tag in tag list 209|CTRL-]| CTRL-] Jump to the tag under cursor, unless changes 210 have been made 211|:ts| :ts[elect][!] [tag] List matching tags and select one to jump to 212|:tjump| :tj[ump][!] [tag] Jump to tag [tag] or select from list when 213 there are multiple matches 214|:ltag| :lt[ag][!] [tag] Jump to tag [tag] and add matching tags to the 215 location list. 216 217|:tags| :tags Print tag list 218|CTRL-T| N CTRL-T Jump back from Nth older tag in tag list 219|:po| :[count]po[p][!] Jump back from [count]'th older tag in tag list 220|:tnext| :[count]tn[ext][!] Jump to [count]'th next matching tag 221|:tp| :[count]tp[revious][!] Jump to [count]'th previous matching tag 222|:tr| :[count]tr[ewind][!] Jump to [count]'th matching tag 223|:tl| :tl[ast][!] Jump to last matching tag 224 225|:ptag| :pt[ag] {tag} open a preview window to show tag {tag} 226|CTRL-W_}| CTRL-W } like CTRL-] but show tag in preview window 227|:pts| :pts[elect] like ":tselect" but show tag in preview window 228|:ptjump| :ptj[ump] like ":tjump" but show tag in preview window 229|:pclose| :pc[lose] close tag preview window 230|CTRL-W_z| CTRL-W z close tag preview window 231------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 232*Q_sc* Scrolling 233 234|CTRL-E| N CTRL-E window N lines downwards (default: 1) 235|CTRL-D| N CTRL-D window N lines Downwards (default: 1/2 window) 236|CTRL-F| N CTRL-F window N pages Forwards (downwards) 237|CTRL-Y| N CTRL-Y window N lines upwards (default: 1) 238|CTRL-U| N CTRL-U window N lines Upwards (default: 1/2 window) 239|CTRL-B| N CTRL-B window N pages Backwards (upwards) 240|z<CR>| z<CR> or zt redraw, current line at top of window 241|z.| z. or zz redraw, current line at center of window 242|z-| z- or zb redraw, current line at bottom of window 243 244These only work when 'wrap' is off: 245|zh| N zh scroll screen N characters to the right 246|zl| N zl scroll screen N characters to the left 247|zH| N zH scroll screen half a screenwidth to the right 248|zL| N zL scroll screen half a screenwidth to the left 249------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 250*Q_in* Inserting text 251 252|a| N a append text after the cursor (N times) 253|A| N A append text at the end of the line (N times) 254|i| N i insert text before the cursor (N times) (also: <Insert>) 255|I| N I insert text before the first non-blank in the line (N times) 256|gI| N gI insert text in column 1 (N times) 257|o| N o open a new line below the current line, append text (N times) 258|O| N O open a new line above the current line, append text (N times) 259|:startinsert| :star[tinsert][!] start Insert mode, append when [!] used 260|:startreplace| :startr[eplace][!] start Replace mode, at EOL when [!] used 261 262in Visual block mode: 263|v_b_I| I insert the same text in front of all the selected lines 264|v_b_A| A append the same text after all the selected lines 265------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 266*Q_ai* Insert mode keys 267 268|insert-index| alphabetical index of Insert mode commands 269 270leaving Insert mode: 271|i_<Esc>| <Esc> end Insert mode, back to Normal mode 272|i_CTRL-C| CTRL-C like <Esc>, but do not use an abbreviation 273|i_CTRL-O| CTRL-O {command} execute {command} and return to Insert mode 274 275moving around: 276|i_<Up>| cursor keys move cursor left/right/up/down 277|i_<S-Left>| shift-left/right one word left/right 278|i_<S-Up>| shift-up/down one screenful backward/forward 279|i_<End>| <End> cursor after last character in the line 280|i_<Home>| <Home> cursor to first character in the line 281------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 282*Q_ss* Special keys in Insert mode 283 284|i_CTRL-V| CTRL-V {char}.. insert character literally, or enter decimal 285 byte value 286|i_<NL>| <NL> or <CR> or CTRL-M or CTRL-J 287 begin new line 288|i_CTRL-E| CTRL-E insert the character from below the cursor 289|i_CTRL-Y| CTRL-Y insert the character from above the cursor 290 291|i_CTRL-A| CTRL-A insert previously inserted text 292|i_CTRL-@| CTRL-@ insert previously inserted text and stop 293 Insert mode 294|i_CTRL-R| CTRL-R {0-9a-z%#:.-="} insert the contents of a register 295 296|i_CTRL-N| CTRL-N insert next match of identifier before the 297 cursor 298|i_CTRL-P| CTRL-P insert previous match of identifier before 299 the cursor 300|i_CTRL-X| CTRL-X ... complete the word before the cursor in 301 various ways 302 303|i_<BS>| <BS> or CTRL-H delete the character before the cursor 304|i_<Del>| <Del> delete the character under the cursor 305|i_CTRL-W| CTRL-W delete word before the cursor 306|i_CTRL-U| CTRL-U delete all entered characters in the current 307 line 308|i_CTRL-T| CTRL-T insert one shiftwidth of indent in front of 309 the current line 310|i_CTRL-D| CTRL-D delete one shiftwidth of indent in front of 311 the current line 312|i_0_CTRL-D| 0 CTRL-D delete all indent in the current line 313|i_^_CTRL-D| ^ CTRL-D delete all indent in the current line, 314 restore indent in next line 315------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 316*Q_di* Digraphs 317 318|:dig| :dig[raphs] show current list of digraphs 319|:dig| :dig[raphs] {char1}{char2} {number} ... 320 add digraph(s) to the list 321 322In Insert or Command-line mode: 323|i_CTRL-K| CTRL-K {char1} {char2} 324 enter digraph 325|i_digraph| {char1} <BS> {char2} 326 enter digraph if 'digraph' option set 327------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 328*Q_si* Special inserts 329 330|:r| :r [file] insert the contents of [file] below the cursor 331|:r!| :r! {command} insert the standard output of {command} below the 332 cursor 333------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 334*Q_de* Deleting text 335 336|x| N x delete N characters under and after the cursor 337|<Del>| N <Del> delete N characters under and after the cursor 338|X| N X delete N characters before the cursor 339|d| N d{motion} delete the text that is moved over with {motion} 340|v_d| {visual}d delete the highlighted text 341|dd| N dd delete N lines 342|D| N D delete to the end of the line (and N-1 more lines) 343|J| N J join N-1 lines (delete <EOL>s) 344|v_J| {visual}J join the highlighted lines 345|gJ| N gJ like "J", but without inserting spaces 346|v_gJ| {visual}gJ like "{visual}J", but without inserting spaces 347|:d| :[range]d [x] delete [range] lines [into register x] 348------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 349*Q_cm* Copying and moving text 350 351|quote| "{char} use register {char} for the next delete, yank, or put 352|:reg| :reg show the contents of all registers 353|:reg| :reg {arg} show the contents of registers mentioned in {arg} 354|y| N y{motion} yank the text moved over with {motion} into a register 355|v_y| {visual}y yank the highlighted text into a register 356|yy| N yy yank N lines into a register 357|Y| N Y yank N lines into a register 358|p| N p put a register after the cursor position (N times) 359|P| N P put a register before the cursor position (N times) 360|]p| N ]p like p, but adjust indent to current line 361|[p| N [p like P, but adjust indent to current line 362|gp| N gp like p, but leave cursor after the new text 363|gP| N gP like P, but leave cursor after the new text 364------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 365*Q_ch* Changing text 366 367|r| N r{char} replace N characters with {char} 368|gr| N gr{char} replace N characters without affecting layout 369|R| N R enter Replace mode (repeat the entered text N times) 370|gR| N gR enter virtual Replace mode: Like Replace mode but 371 without affecting layout 372|v_b_r| {visual}r{char} 373 in Visual block mode: Replace each char of the 374 selected text with {char} 375 376 (change = delete text and enter Insert mode) 377|c| N c{motion} change the text that is moved over with {motion} 378|v_c| {visual}c change the highlighted text 379|cc| N cc change N lines 380|S| N S change N lines 381|C| N C change to the end of the line (and N-1 more lines) 382|s| N s change N characters 383|v_b_c| {visual}c in Visual block mode: Change each of the selected 384 lines with the entered text 385|v_b_C| {visual}C in Visual block mode: Change each of the selected 386 lines until end-of-line with the entered text 387 388|~| N ~ switch case for N characters and advance cursor 389|v_~| {visual}~ switch case for highlighted text 390|v_u| {visual}u make highlighted text lowercase 391|v_U| {visual}U make highlighted text uppercase 392|g~| g~{motion} switch case for the text that is moved over with 393 {motion} 394|gu| gu{motion} make the text that is moved over with {motion} 395 lowercase 396|gU| gU{motion} make the text that is moved over with {motion} 397 uppercase 398|v_g?| {visual}g? perform rot13 encoding on highlighted text 399|g?| g?{motion} perform rot13 encoding on the text that is moved over 400 with {motion} 401 402|CTRL-A| N CTRL-A add N to the number at or after the cursor 403|CTRL-X| N CTRL-X subtract N from the number at or after the cursor 404 405|<| N <{motion} move the lines that are moved over with {motion} one 406 shiftwidth left 407|<<| N << move N lines one shiftwidth left 408|>| N >{motion} move the lines that are moved over with {motion} one 409 shiftwidth right 410|>>| N >> move N lines one shiftwidth right 411|gq| N gq{motion} format the lines that are moved over with {motion} to 412 'textwidth' length 413|:ce| :[range]ce[nter] [width] 414 center the lines in [range] 415|:le| :[range]le[ft] [indent] 416 left-align the lines in [range] (with [indent]) 417|:ri| :[range]ri[ght] [width] 418 right-align the lines in [range] 419------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 420*Q_co* Complex changes 421 422|!| N !{motion}{command}<CR> 423 filter the lines that are moved over through {command} 424|!!| N !!{command}<CR> 425 filter N lines through {command} 426|v_!| {visual}!{command}<CR> 427 filter the highlighted lines through {command} 428|:range!| :[range]! {command}<CR> 429 filter [range] lines through {command} 430|=| N ={motion} 431 filter the lines that are moved over through 'equalprg' 432|==| N == filter N lines through 'equalprg' 433|v_=| {visual}= 434 filter the highlighted lines through 'equalprg' 435|:s| :[range]s[ubstitute]/{pattern}/{string}/[g][c] 436 substitute {pattern} by {string} in [range] lines; 437 with [g], replace all occurrences of {pattern}; 438 with [c], confirm each replacement 439|:s| :[range]s[ubstitute] [g][c] 440 repeat previous ":s" with new range and options 441|&| & Repeat previous ":s" on current line without options 442|:ret| :[range]ret[ab][!] [tabstop] 443 set 'tabstop' to new value and adjust white space 444 accordingly 445------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 446*Q_vi* Visual mode 447 448|visual-index| list of Visual mode commands. 449 450|v| v start highlighting characters } move cursor and use 451|V| V start highlighting linewise } operator to affect 452|CTRL-V| CTRL-V start highlighting blockwise } highlighted text 453|v_o| o exchange cursor position with start of highlighting 454|gv| gv start highlighting on previous visual area 455|v_v| v highlight characters or stop highlighting 456|v_V| V highlight linewise or stop highlighting 457|v_CTRL-V| CTRL-V highlight blockwise or stop highlighting 458------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 459*Q_to* Text objects (only in Visual mode or after an operator) 460 461|v_aw| N aw Select "a word" 462|v_iw| N iw Select "inner word" 463|v_aW| N aW Select "a |WORD|" 464|v_iW| N iW Select "inner |WORD|" 465|v_as| N as Select "a sentence" 466|v_is| N is Select "inner sentence" 467|v_ap| N ap Select "a paragraph" 468|v_ip| N ip Select "inner paragraph" 469|v_ab| N ab Select "a block" (from "[(" to "])") 470|v_ib| N ib Select "inner block" (from "[(" to "])") 471|v_aB| N aB Select "a Block" (from "[{" to "]}") 472|v_iB| N iB Select "inner Block" (from "[{" to "]}") 473|v_a>| N a> Select "a <> block" 474|v_i>| N i> Select "inner <> block" 475|v_at| N at Select "a tag block" (from <aaa> to </aaa>) 476|v_it| N it Select "inner tag block" (from <aaa> to </aaa>) 477|v_a'| N a' Select "a single quoted string" 478|v_i'| N i' Select "inner single quoted string" 479|v_aquote| N a" Select "a double quoted string" 480|v_iquote| N i" Select "inner double quoted string" 481|v_a`| N a` Select "a backward quoted string" 482|v_i`| N i` Select "inner backward quoted string" 483 484------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 485*Q_re* Repeating commands 486 487|.| N . repeat last change (with count replaced with N) 488|q| q{a-z} record typed characters into register {a-z} 489|q| q{A-Z} record typed characters, appended to register {a-z} 490|q| q stop recording 491|@| N @{a-z} execute the contents of register {a-z} (N times) 492|@@| N @@ repeat previous @{a-z} (N times) 493|:@| :@{a-z} execute the contents of register {a-z} as an Ex 494 command 495|:@@| :@@ repeat previous :@{a-z} 496|:g| :[range]g[lobal]/{pattern}/[cmd] 497 Execute Ex command [cmd] (default: ":p") on the lines 498 within [range] where {pattern} matches. 499|:g| :[range]g[lobal]!/{pattern}/[cmd] 500 Execute Ex command [cmd] (default: ":p") on the lines 501 within [range] where {pattern} does NOT match. 502|:so| :so[urce] {file} 503 Read Ex commands from {file}. 504|:so| :so[urce]! {file} 505 Read Vim commands from {file}. 506|:sl| :sl[eep] [sec] 507 don't do anything for [sec] seconds 508|gs| N gs Goto Sleep for N seconds 509------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 510*Q_km* Key mapping 511 512|:map| :ma[p] {lhs} {rhs} Map {lhs} to {rhs} in Normal and Visual 513 mode. 514|:map!| :ma[p]! {lhs} {rhs} Map {lhs} to {rhs} in Insert and Command-line 515 mode. 516|:noremap| :no[remap][!] {lhs} {rhs} 517 Same as ":map", no remapping for this {rhs} 518|:unmap| :unm[ap] {lhs} Remove the mapping of {lhs} for Normal and 519 Visual mode. 520|:unmap!| :unm[ap]! {lhs} Remove the mapping of {lhs} for Insert and 521 Command-line mode. 522|:map_l| :ma[p] [lhs] List mappings (starting with [lhs]) for 523 Normal and Visual mode. 524|:map_l!| :ma[p]! [lhs] List mappings (starting with [lhs]) for 525 Insert and Command-line mode. 526|:cmap| :cmap/:cunmap/:cnoremap 527 like ":map!"/":unmap!"/":noremap!" but for 528 Command-line mode only 529|:imap| :imap/:iunmap/:inoremap 530 like ":map!"/":unmap!"/":noremap!" but for 531 Insert mode only 532|:nmap| :nmap/:nunmap/:nnoremap 533 like ":map"/":unmap"/":noremap" but for 534 Normal mode only 535|:vmap| :vmap/:vunmap/:vnoremap 536 like ":map"/":unmap"/":noremap" but for 537 Visual mode only 538|:omap| :omap/:ounmap/:onoremap 539 like ":map"/":unmap"/":noremap" but only for 540 when an operator is pending 541|:mapc| :mapc[lear] remove mappings for Normal and Visual mode 542|:mapc| :mapc[lear]! remove mappings for Insert and Cmdline mode 543|:imapc| :imapc[lear] remove mappings for Insert mode 544|:vmapc| :vmapc[lear] remove mappings for Visual mode 545|:omapc| :omapc[lear] remove mappings for Operator-pending mode 546|:nmapc| :nmapc[lear] remove mappings for Normal mode 547|:cmapc| :cmapc[lear] remove mappings for Cmdline mode 548|:mkexrc| :mk[exrc][!] [file] write current mappings, abbreviations, and 549 settings to [file] (default: ".exrc"; 550 use ! to overwrite) 551|:mkvimrc| :mkv[imrc][!] [file] 552 same as ":mkexrc", but with default ".vimrc" 553|:mksession| :mks[ession][!] [file] 554 like ":mkvimrc", but store current files, 555 windows, etc. too, to be able to continue 556 this session later. 557------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 558*Q_ab* Abbreviations 559 560|:abbreviate| :ab[breviate] {lhs} {rhs} add abbreviation for {lhs} to {rhs} 561|:abbreviate| :ab[breviate] {lhs} show abbr's that start with {lhs} 562|:abbreviate| :ab[breviate] show all abbreviations 563|:unabbreviate| :una[bbreviate] {lhs} remove abbreviation for {lhs} 564|:noreabbrev| :norea[bbrev] [lhs] [rhs] like ":ab", but don't remap [rhs] 565|:iabbrev| :iab/:iunab/:inoreab like ":ab", but only for Insert mode 566|:cabbrev| :cab/:cunab/:cnoreab like ":ab", but only for 567 Command-line mode 568|:abclear| :abc[lear] remove all abbreviations 569|:cabclear| :cabc[lear] remove all abbr's for Cmdline mode 570|:iabclear| :iabc[lear] remove all abbr's for Insert mode 571------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 572*Q_op* Options 573 574|:set| :se[t] Show all modified options. 575|:set| :se[t] all Show all non-termcap options. 576|:set| :se[t] termcap Show all termcap options. 577|:set| :se[t] {option} Set boolean option (switch it on), 578 show string or number option. 579|:set| :se[t] no{option} Reset boolean option (switch it off). 580|:set| :se[t] inv{option} invert boolean option. 581|:set| :se[t] {option}={value} Set string/number option to {value}. 582|:set| :se[t] {option}+={value} append {value} to string option, add 583 {value} to number option 584|:set| :se[t] {option}-={value} remove {value} to string option, 585 subtract {value} from number option 586|:set| :se[t] {option}? Show value of {option}. 587|:set| :se[t] {option}& Reset {option} to its default value. 588 589|:setlocal| :setl[ocal] like ":set" but set the local value 590 for options that have one 591|:setglobal| :setg[lobal] like ":set" but set the global value 592 of a local option 593 594|:fix| :fix[del] Set value of 't_kD' according to 595 value of 't_kb'. 596|:options| :opt[ions] Open a new window to view and set 597 options, grouped by functionality, 598 a one line explanation and links to 599 the help. 600 601Short explanation of each option: *option-list* 602'aleph' 'al' ASCII code of the letter Aleph (Hebrew) 603'allowrevins' 'ari' allow CTRL-_ in Insert and Command-line mode 604'altkeymap' 'akm' for default second language (Farsi/Hebrew) 605'ambiwidth' 'ambw' what to do with Unicode chars of ambiguous width 606'antialias' 'anti' Mac OS X: use smooth, antialiased fonts 607'autochdir' 'acd' change directory to the file in the current window 608'arabic' 'arab' for Arabic as a default second language 609'arabicshape' 'arshape' do shaping for Arabic characters 610'autoindent' 'ai' take indent for new line from previous line 611'autoread' 'ar' autom. read file when changed outside of Vim 612'autowrite' 'aw' automatically write file if changed 613'autowriteall' 'awa' as 'autowrite', but works with more commands 614'background' 'bg' "dark" or "light", used for highlight colors 615'backspace' 'bs' how backspace works at start of line 616'backup' 'bk' keep backup file after overwriting a file 617'backupcopy' 'bkc' make backup as a copy, don't rename the file 618'backupdir' 'bdir' list of directories for the backup file 619'backupext' 'bex' extension used for the backup file 620'backupskip' 'bsk' no backup for files that match these patterns 621'balloondelay' 'bdlay' delay in mS before a balloon may pop up 622'ballooneval' 'beval' switch on balloon evaluation 623'balloonexpr' 'bexpr' expression to show in balloon 624'binary' 'bin' read/write/edit file in binary mode 625'bioskey' 'biosk' MS-DOS: use bios calls for input characters 626'bomb' prepend a Byte Order Mark to the file 627'breakat' 'brk' characters that may cause a line break 628'browsedir' 'bsdir' which directory to start browsing in 629'bufhidden' 'bh' what to do when buffer is no longer in window 630'buflisted' 'bl' whether the buffer shows up in the buffer list 631'buftype' 'bt' special type of buffer 632'casemap' 'cmp' specifies how case of letters is changed 633'cdpath' 'cd' list of directories searched with ":cd" 634'cedit' key used to open the command-line window 635'charconvert' 'ccv' expression for character encoding conversion 636'cindent' 'cin' do C program indenting 637'cinkeys' 'cink' keys that trigger indent when 'cindent' is set 638'cinoptions' 'cino' how to do indenting when 'cindent' is set 639'cinwords' 'cinw' words where 'si' and 'cin' add an indent 640'clipboard' 'cb' use the clipboard as the unnamed register 641'cmdheight' 'ch' number of lines to use for the command-line 642'cmdwinheight' 'cwh' height of the command-line window 643'columns' 'co' number of columns in the display 644'comments' 'com' patterns that can start a comment line 645'commentstring' 'cms' template for comments; used for fold marker 646'compatible' 'cp' behave Vi-compatible as much as possible 647'complete' 'cpt' specify how Insert mode completion works 648'completefunc' 'cfu' function to be used for Insert mode completion 649'completeopt' 'cot' options for Insert mode completion 650'confirm' 'cf' ask what to do about unsaved/read-only files 651'conskey' 'consk' get keys directly from console (MS-DOS only) 652'copyindent' 'ci' make 'autoindent' use existing indent structure 653'cpoptions' 'cpo' flags for Vi-compatible behavior 654'cscopepathcomp' 'cspc' how many components of the path to show 655'cscopeprg' 'csprg' command to execute cscope 656'cscopequickfix' 'csqf' use quickfix window for cscope results 657'cscopetag' 'cst' use cscope for tag commands 658'cscopetagorder' 'csto' determines ":cstag" search order 659'cscopeverbose' 'csverb' give messages when adding a cscope database 660'cursorcolumn' 'cuc' highlight the screen column of the cursor 661'cursorline' 'cul' highlight the screen line of the cursor 662'debug' set to "msg" to see all error messages 663'define' 'def' pattern to be used to find a macro definition 664'delcombine' 'deco' delete combining characters on their own 665'dictionary' 'dict' list of file names used for keyword completion 666'diff' use diff mode for the current window 667'diffexpr' 'dex' expression used to obtain a diff file 668'diffopt' 'dip' options for using diff mode 669'digraph' 'dg' enable the entering of digraphs in Insert mode 670'directory' 'dir' list of directory names for the swap file 671'display' 'dy' list of flags for how to display text 672'eadirection' 'ead' in which direction 'equalalways' works 673'edcompatible' 'ed' toggle flags of ":substitute" command 674'encoding' 'enc' encoding used internally 675'endofline' 'eol' write <EOL> for last line in file 676'equalalways' 'ea' windows are automatically made the same size 677'equalprg' 'ep' external program to use for "=" command 678'errorbells' 'eb' ring the bell for error messages 679'errorfile' 'ef' name of the errorfile for the QuickFix mode 680'errorformat' 'efm' description of the lines in the error file 681'esckeys' 'ek' recognize function keys in Insert mode 682'eventignore' 'ei' autocommand events that are ignored 683'expandtab' 'et' use spaces when <Tab> is inserted 684'exrc' 'ex' read .vimrc and .exrc in the current directory 685'fileencoding' 'fenc' file encoding for multi-byte text 686'fileencodings' 'fencs' automatically detected character encodings 687'fileformat' 'ff' file format used for file I/O 688'fileformats' 'ffs' automatically detected values for 'fileformat' 689'filetype' 'ft' type of file, used for autocommands 690'fillchars' 'fcs' characters to use for displaying special items 691'fkmap' 'fk' Farsi keyboard mapping 692'foldclose' 'fcl' close a fold when the cursor leaves it 693'foldcolumn' 'fdc' width of the column used to indicate folds 694'foldenable' 'fen' set to display all folds open 695'foldexpr' 'fde' expression used when 'foldmethod' is "expr" 696'foldignore' 'fdi' ignore lines when 'foldmethod' is "indent" 697'foldlevel' 'fdl' close folds with a level higher than this 698'foldlevelstart' 'fdls' 'foldlevel' when starting to edit a file 699'foldmarker' 'fmr' markers used when 'foldmethod' is "marker" 700'foldmethod' 'fdm' folding type 701'foldminlines' 'fml' minimum number of lines for a fold to be closed 702'foldnestmax' 'fdn' maximum fold depth 703'foldopen' 'fdo' for which commands a fold will be opened 704'foldtext' 'fdt' expression used to display for a closed fold 705'formatlistpat' 'flp' pattern used to recognize a list header 706'formatoptions' 'fo' how automatic formatting is to be done 707'formatprg' 'fp' name of external program used with "gq" command 708'formatexpr' 'fex' expression used with "gq" command 709'fsync' 'fs' whether to invoke fsync() after file write 710'gdefault' 'gd' the ":substitute" flag 'g' is default on 711'grepformat' 'gfm' format of 'grepprg' output 712'grepprg' 'gp' program to use for ":grep" 713'guicursor' 'gcr' GUI: settings for cursor shape and blinking 714'guifont' 'gfn' GUI: Name(s) of font(s) to be used 715'guifontset' 'gfs' GUI: Names of multi-byte fonts to be used 716'guifontwide' 'gfw' list of font names for double-wide characters 717'guiheadroom' 'ghr' GUI: pixels room for window decorations 718'guioptions' 'go' GUI: Which components and options are used 719'guipty' GUI: try to use a pseudo-tty for ":!" commands 720'guitablabel' 'gtl' GUI: custom label for a tab page 721'guitabtooltip' 'gtt' GUI: custom tooltip for a tab page 722'helpfile' 'hf' full path name of the main help file 723'helpheight' 'hh' minimum height of a new help window 724'helplang' 'hlg' preferred help languages 725'hidden' 'hid' don't unload buffer when it is |abandon|ed 726'highlight' 'hl' sets highlighting mode for various occasions 727'hlsearch' 'hls' highlight matches with last search pattern 728'history' 'hi' number of command-lines that are remembered 729'hkmap' 'hk' Hebrew keyboard mapping 730'hkmapp' 'hkp' phonetic Hebrew keyboard mapping 731'icon' let Vim set the text of the window icon 732'iconstring' string to use for the Vim icon text 733'ignorecase' 'ic' ignore case in search patterns 734'imactivatekey' 'imak' key that activates the X input method 735'imcmdline' 'imc' use IM when starting to edit a command line 736'imdisable' 'imd' do not use the IM in any mode 737'iminsert' 'imi' use :lmap or IM in Insert mode 738'imsearch' 'ims' use :lmap or IM when typing a search pattern 739'include' 'inc' pattern to be used to find an include file 740'includeexpr' 'inex' expression used to process an include line 741'incsearch' 'is' highlight match while typing search pattern 742'indentexpr' 'inde' expression used to obtain the indent of a line 743'indentkeys' 'indk' keys that trigger indenting with 'indentexpr' 744'infercase' 'inf' adjust case of match for keyword completion 745'insertmode' 'im' start the edit of a file in Insert mode 746'isfname' 'isf' characters included in file names and pathnames 747'isident' 'isi' characters included in identifiers 748'iskeyword' 'isk' characters included in keywords 749'isprint' 'isp' printable characters 750'joinspaces' 'js' two spaces after a period with a join command 751'key' encryption key 752'keymap' 'kmp' name of a keyboard mapping 753'keymodel' 'km' enable starting/stopping selection with keys 754'keywordprg' 'kp' program to use for the "K" command 755'langmap' 'lmap' alphabetic characters for other language mode 756'langmenu' 'lm' language to be used for the menus 757'laststatus' 'ls' tells when last window has status lines 758'lazyredraw' 'lz' don't redraw while executing macros 759'linebreak' 'lbr' wrap long lines at a blank 760'lines' number of lines in the display 761'linespace' 'lsp' number of pixel lines to use between characters 762'lisp' automatic indenting for Lisp 763'lispwords' 'lw' words that change how lisp indenting works 764'list' show <Tab> and <EOL> 765'listchars' 'lcs' characters for displaying in list mode 766'loadplugins' 'lpl' load plugin scripts when starting up 767'macatsui' Mac GUI: use ATSUI text drawing 768'magic' changes special characters in search patterns 769'makeef' 'mef' name of the errorfile for ":make" 770'makeprg' 'mp' program to use for the ":make" command 771'matchpairs' 'mps' pairs of characters that "%" can match 772'matchtime' 'mat' tenths of a second to show matching paren 773'maxcombine' 'mco' maximum nr of combining characters displayed 774'maxfuncdepth' 'mfd' maximum recursive depth for user functions 775'maxmapdepth' 'mmd' maximum recursive depth for mapping 776'maxmem' 'mm' maximum memory (in Kbyte) used for one buffer 777'maxmempattern' 'mmp' maximum memory (in Kbyte) used for pattern search 778'maxmemtot' 'mmt' maximum memory (in Kbyte) used for all buffers 779'menuitems' 'mis' maximum number of items in a menu 780'mkspellmem' 'msm' memory used before |:mkspell| compresses the tree 781'modeline' 'ml' recognize modelines at start or end of file 782'modelines' 'mls' number of lines checked for modelines 783'modifiable' 'ma' changes to the text are not possible 784'modified' 'mod' buffer has been modified 785'more' pause listings when the whole screen is filled 786'mouse' enable the use of mouse clicks 787'mousefocus' 'mousef' keyboard focus follows the mouse 788'mousehide' 'mh' hide mouse pointer while typing 789'mousemodel' 'mousem' changes meaning of mouse buttons 790'mouseshape' 'mouses' shape of the mouse pointer in different modes 791'mousetime' 'mouset' max time between mouse double-click 792'mzquantum' 'mzq' the interval between polls for MzScheme threads 793'nrformats' 'nf' number formats recognized for CTRL-A command 794'number' 'nu' print the line number in front of each line 795'numberwidth' 'nuw' number of columns used for the line number 796'omnifunc' 'ofu' function for filetype-specific completion 797'opendevice' 'odev' allow reading/writing devices on MS-Windows 798'operatorfunc' 'opfunc' function to be called for |g@| operator 799'osfiletype' 'oft' operating system-specific filetype information 800'paragraphs' 'para' nroff macros that separate paragraphs 801'paste' allow pasting text 802'pastetoggle' 'pt' key code that causes 'paste' to toggle 803'patchexpr' 'pex' expression used to patch a file 804'patchmode' 'pm' keep the oldest version of a file 805'path' 'pa' list of directories searched with "gf" et.al. 806'preserveindent' 'pi' preserve the indent structure when reindenting 807'previewheight' 'pvh' height of the preview window 808'previewwindow' 'pvw' identifies the preview window 809'printdevice' 'pdev' name of the printer to be used for :hardcopy 810'printencoding' 'penc' encoding to be used for printing 811'printexpr' 'pexpr' expression used to print PostScript for :hardcopy 812'printfont' 'pfn' name of the font to be used for :hardcopy 813'printheader' 'pheader' format of the header used for :hardcopy 814'printmbcharset' 'pmbcs' CJK character set to be used for :hardcopy 815'printmbfont' 'pmbfn' font names to be used for CJK output of :hardcopy 816'printoptions' 'popt' controls the format of :hardcopy output 817'pumheight' 'ph' maximum height of the popup menu 818'quoteescape' 'qe' escape characters used in a string 819'readonly' 'ro' disallow writing the buffer 820'redrawtime' 'rdt' timeout for 'hlsearch' and |:match| highlighting 821'remap' allow mappings to work recursively 822'report' threshold for reporting nr. of lines changed 823'restorescreen' 'rs' Win32: restore screen when exiting 824'revins' 'ri' inserting characters will work backwards 825'rightleft' 'rl' window is right-to-left oriented 826'rightleftcmd' 'rlc' commands for which editing works right-to-left 827'ruler' 'ru' show cursor line and column in the status line 828'rulerformat' 'ruf' custom format for the ruler 829'runtimepath' 'rtp' list of directories used for runtime files 830'scroll' 'scr' lines to scroll with CTRL-U and CTRL-D 831'scrollbind' 'scb' scroll in window as other windows scroll 832'scrolljump' 'sj' minimum number of lines to scroll 833'scrolloff' 'so' minimum nr. of lines above and below cursor 834'scrollopt' 'sbo' how 'scrollbind' should behave 835'sections' 'sect' nroff macros that separate sections 836'secure' secure mode for reading .vimrc in current dir 837'selection' 'sel' what type of selection to use 838'selectmode' 'slm' when to use Select mode instead of Visual mode 839'sessionoptions' 'ssop' options for |:mksession| 840'shell' 'sh' name of shell to use for external commands 841'shellcmdflag' 'shcf' flag to shell to execute one command 842'shellpipe' 'sp' string to put output of ":make" in error file 843'shellquote' 'shq' quote character(s) for around shell command 844'shellredir' 'srr' string to put output of filter in a temp file 845'shellslash' 'ssl' use forward slash for shell file names 846'shelltemp' 'stmp' whether to use a temp file for shell commands 847'shelltype' 'st' Amiga: influences how to use a shell 848'shellxquote' 'sxq' like 'shellquote', but include redirection 849'shiftround' 'sr' round indent to multiple of shiftwidth 850'shiftwidth' 'sw' number of spaces to use for (auto)indent step 851'shortmess' 'shm' list of flags, reduce length of messages 852'shortname' 'sn' non-MS-DOS: Filenames assumed to be 8.3 chars 853'showbreak' 'sbr' string to use at the start of wrapped lines 854'showcmd' 'sc' show (partial) command in status line 855'showfulltag' 'sft' show full tag pattern when completing tag 856'showmatch' 'sm' briefly jump to matching bracket if insert one 857'showmode' 'smd' message on status line to show current mode 858'showtabline' 'stal' tells when the tab pages line is displayed 859'sidescroll' 'ss' minimum number of columns to scroll horizontal 860'sidescrolloff' 'siso' min. nr. of columns to left and right of cursor 861'smartcase' 'scs' no ignore case when pattern has uppercase 862'smartindent' 'si' smart autoindenting for C programs 863'smarttab' 'sta' use 'shiftwidth' when inserting <Tab> 864'softtabstop' 'sts' number of spaces that <Tab> uses while editing 865'spell' enable spell checking 866'spellcapcheck' 'spc' pattern to locate end of a sentence 867'spellfile' 'spf' files where |zg| and |zw| store words 868'spelllang' 'spl' language(s) to do spell checking for 869'spellsuggest' 'sps' method(s) used to suggest spelling corrections 870'splitbelow' 'sb' new window from split is below the current one 871'splitright' 'spr' new window is put right of the current one 872'startofline' 'sol' commands move cursor to first non-blank in line 873'statusline' 'stl' custom format for the status line 874'suffixes' 'su' suffixes that are ignored with multiple match 875'suffixesadd' 'sua' suffixes added when searching for a file 876'swapfile' 'swf' whether to use a swapfile for a buffer 877'swapsync' 'sws' how to sync the swap file 878'switchbuf' 'swb' sets behavior when switching to another buffer 879'synmaxcol' 'smc' maximum column to find syntax items 880'syntax' 'syn' syntax to be loaded for current buffer 881'tabstop' 'ts' number of spaces that <Tab> in file uses 882'tabline' 'tal' custom format for the console tab pages line 883'tabpagemax' 'tpm' maximum number of tab pages for |-p| and "tab all" 884'tagbsearch' 'tbs' use binary searching in tags files 885'taglength' 'tl' number of significant characters for a tag 886'tagrelative' 'tr' file names in tag file are relative 887'tags' 'tag' list of file names used by the tag command 888'tagstack' 'tgst' push tags onto the tag stack 889'term' name of the terminal 890'termbidi' 'tbidi' terminal takes care of bi-directionality 891'termencoding' 'tenc' character encoding used by the terminal 892'terse' shorten some messages 893'textauto' 'ta' obsolete, use 'fileformats' 894'textmode' 'tx' obsolete, use 'fileformat' 895'textwidth' 'tw' maximum width of text that is being inserted 896'thesaurus' 'tsr' list of thesaurus files for keyword completion 897'tildeop' 'top' tilde command "~" behaves like an operator 898'timeout' 'to' time out on mappings and key codes 899'timeoutlen' 'tm' time out time in milliseconds 900'title' let Vim set the title of the window 901'titlelen' percentage of 'columns' used for window title 902'titleold' old title, restored when exiting 903'titlestring' string to use for the Vim window title 904'toolbar' 'tb' GUI: which items to show in the toolbar 905'toolbariconsize' 'tbis' size of the toolbar icons (for GTK 2 only) 906'ttimeout' time out on mappings 907'ttimeoutlen' 'ttm' time out time for key codes in milliseconds 908'ttybuiltin' 'tbi' use built-in termcap before external termcap 909'ttyfast' 'tf' indicates a fast terminal connection 910'ttymouse' 'ttym' type of mouse codes generated 911'ttyscroll' 'tsl' maximum number of lines for a scroll 912'ttytype' 'tty' alias for 'term' 913'undolevels' 'ul' maximum number of changes that can be undone 914'updatecount' 'uc' after this many characters flush swap file 915'updatetime' 'ut' after this many milliseconds flush swap file 916'verbose' 'vbs' give informative messages 917'verbosefile' 'vfile' file to write messages in 918'viewdir' 'vdir' directory where to store files with :mkview 919'viewoptions' 'vop' specifies what to save for :mkview 920'viminfo' 'vi' use .viminfo file upon startup and exiting 921'virtualedit' 've' when to use virtual editing 922'visualbell' 'vb' use visual bell instead of beeping 923'warn' warn for shell command when buffer was changed 924'weirdinvert' 'wi' for terminals that have weird inversion method 925'whichwrap' 'ww' allow specified keys to cross line boundaries 926'wildchar' 'wc' command-line character for wildcard expansion 927'wildcharm' 'wcm' like 'wildchar' but also works when mapped 928'wildignore' 'wig' files matching these patterns are not completed 929'wildmenu' 'wmnu' use menu for command line completion 930'wildmode' 'wim' mode for 'wildchar' command-line expansion 931'wildoptions' 'wop' specifies how command line completion is done. 932'winaltkeys' 'wak' when the windows system handles ALT keys 933'winheight' 'wh' minimum number of lines for the current window 934'winfixheight' 'wfh' keep window height when opening/closing windows 935'winfixwidth' 'wfw' keep window width when opening/closing windows 936'winminheight' 'wmh' minimum number of lines for any window 937'winminwidth' 'wmw' minimal number of columns for any window 938'winwidth' 'wiw' minimal number of columns for current window 939'wrap' long lines wrap and continue on the next line 940'wrapmargin' 'wm' chars from the right where wrapping starts 941'wrapscan' 'ws' searches wrap around the end of the file 942'write' writing to a file is allowed 943'writeany' 'wa' write to file with no need for "!" override 944'writebackup' 'wb' make a backup before overwriting a file 945'writedelay' 'wd' delay this many msec for each char (for debug) 946------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 947*Q_ur* Undo/Redo commands 948 949|u| N u undo last N changes 950|CTRL-R| N CTRL-R redo last N undone changes 951|U| U restore last changed line 952------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 953*Q_et* External commands 954 955|:shell| :sh[ell] start a shell 956|:!| :!{command} execute {command} with a shell 957|K| K lookup keyword under the cursor with 958 'keywordprg' program (default: "man") 959------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 960*Q_qf* Quickfix commands 961 962|:cc| :cc [nr] display error [nr] (default is the same again) 963|:cnext| :cn display the next error 964|:cprevious| :cp display the previous error 965|:clist| :cl list all errors 966|:cfile| :cf read errors from the file 'errorfile' 967|:cgetbuffer| :cgetb like :cbuffer but don't jump to the first error 968|:cgetfile| :cg like :cfile but don't jump to the first error 969|:cgetexpr| :cgete like :cexpr but don't jump to the first error 970|:caddfile| :caddf add errors from the error file to the current 971 quickfix list 972|:caddexpr| :cad add errors from an expression to the current 973 quickfix list 974|:cbuffer| :cb read errors from text in a buffer 975|:cexpr| :cex read errors from an expression 976|:cquit| :cq quit without writing and return error code (to 977 the compiler) 978|:make| :make [args] start make, read errors, and jump to first 979 error 980|:grep| :gr[ep] [args] execute 'grepprg' to find matches and jump to 981 the first one. 982------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 983*Q_vc* Various commands 984 985|CTRL-L| CTRL-L Clear and redraw the screen. 986|CTRL-G| CTRL-G show current file name (with path) and cursor 987 position 988|ga| ga show ascii value of character under cursor in 989 decimal, hex, and octal 990|g8| g8 for utf-8 encoding: show byte sequence for 991 character under cursor in hex. 992|g_CTRL-G| g CTRL-G show cursor column, line, and character 993 position 994|CTRL-C| CTRL-C during searches: Interrupt the search 995|dos-CTRL-Break| CTRL-Break MS-DOS: during searches: Interrupt the search 996|<Del>| <Del> while entering a count: delete last character 997|:version| :ve[rsion] show version information 998|:mode| :mode N MS-DOS: set screen mode to N (number, C80, 999 C4350, etc.) 1000|:normal| :norm[al][!] {commands} 1001 Execute Normal mode commands. 1002|Q| Q switch to "Ex" mode 1003 1004|:redir| :redir >{file} redirect messages to {file} 1005|:silent| :silent[!] {command} execute {command} silently 1006|:confirm| :confirm {command} quit, write, etc., asking about 1007 unsaved changes or read-only files. 1008|:browse| :browse {command} open/read/write file, using a 1009 file selection dialog 1010------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1011*Q_ce* Command-line editing 1012 1013|c_<Esc>| <Esc> abandon command-line (if 'wildchar' is 1014 <Esc>, type it twice) 1015 1016|c_CTRL-V| CTRL-V {char} insert {char} literally 1017|c_CTRL-V| CTRL-V {number} enter decimal value of character (up to 1018 three digits) 1019|c_CTRL-K| CTRL-K {char1} {char2} 1020 enter digraph (See |Q_di|) 1021|c_CTRL-R| CTRL-R {0-9a-z"%#:-=} 1022 insert the contents of a register 1023 1024|c_<Left>| <Left>/<Right> cursor left/right 1025|c_<S-Left>| <S-Left>/<S-Right> cursor one word left/right 1026|c_CTRL-B| CTRL-B/CTRL-E cursor to beginning/end of command-line 1027 1028|c_<BS>| <BS> delete the character in front of the cursor 1029|c_<Del>| <Del> delete the character under the cursor 1030|c_CTRL-W| CTRL-W delete the word in front of the cursor 1031|c_CTRL-U| CTRL-U remove all characters 1032 1033|c_<Up>| <Up>/<Down> recall older/newer command-line that starts 1034 with current command 1035|c_<S-Up>| <S-Up>/<S-Down> recall older/newer command-line from history 1036|:history| :his[tory] show older command-lines 1037 1038Context-sensitive completion on the command-line: 1039 1040|c_wildchar| 'wildchar' (default: <Tab>) 1041 do completion on the pattern in front of the 1042 cursor. If there are multiple matches, 1043 beep and show the first one; further 1044 'wildchar' will show the next ones. 1045|c_CTRL-D| CTRL-D list all names that match the pattern in 1046 front of the cursor 1047|c_CTRL-A| CTRL-A insert all names that match pattern in front 1048 of cursor 1049|c_CTRL-L| CTRL-L insert longest common part of names that 1050 match pattern 1051|c_CTRL-N| CTRL-N after 'wildchar' with multiple matches: go 1052 to next match 1053|c_CTRL-P| CTRL-P after 'wildchar' with multiple matches: go 1054 to previous match 1055------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1056*Q_ra* Ex ranges 1057 1058|:range| , separates two line numbers 1059|:range| ; idem, set cursor to the first line number 1060 before interpreting the second one 1061 1062|:range| {number} an absolute line number 1063|:range| . the current line 1064|:range| $ the last line in the file 1065|:range| % equal to 1,$ (the entire file) 1066|:range| * equal to '<,'> (visual area) 1067|:range| 't position of mark t 1068|:range| /{pattern}[/] the next line where {pattern} matches 1069|:range| ?{pattern}[?] the previous line where {pattern} matches 1070 1071|:range| +[num] add [num] to the preceding line number 1072 (default: 1) 1073|:range| -[num] subtract [num] from the preceding line 1074 number (default: 1) 1075------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1076*Q_ex* Special Ex characters 1077 1078|:bar| | separates two commands (not for ":global" and ":!") 1079|:quote| " begins comment 1080 1081|:_%| % current file name (only where a file name is expected) 1082|:_#| #[num] alternate file name [num] (only where a file name is 1083 expected) 1084 Note: The next four are typed literally; these are not special keys! 1085|:<cword>| <cword> word under the cursor (only where a file name is 1086 expected) 1087|:<cWORD>| <cWORD> WORD under the cursor (only where a file name is 1088 expected) (see |WORD|) 1089|:<cfile>| <cfile> file name under the cursor (only where a file name is 1090 expected) 1091|:<afile>| <afile> file name for autocommand (only where a file name is 1092 expected) 1093|:<sfile>| <sfile> file name of a ":source"d file, within that file (only 1094 where a file name is expected) 1095 1096 After "%", "#", "<cfile>", "<sfile>" or "<afile>" 1097 |::p| :p full path 1098 |::h| :h head (file name removed) 1099 |::t| :t tail (file name only) 1100 |::r| :r root (extension removed) 1101 |::e| :e extension 1102 |::s| :s/{pat}/{repl}/ substitute {pat} with {repl} 1103------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1104*Q_st* Starting VIM 1105 1106|-vim| vim [options] start editing with an empty buffer 1107|-file| vim [options] {file} .. start editing one or more files 1108|--| vim [options] - read file from stdin 1109|-tag| vim [options] -t {tag} edit the file associated with {tag} 1110|-qf| vim [options] -q [fname] start editing in QuickFix mode, 1111 display the first error 1112 1113 Most useful Vim arguments (for full list see |startup-options|) 1114 1115|-gui| -g start GUI (also allows other options) 1116 1117|-+| +[num] put the cursor at line [num] (default: last line) 1118|-+c| +{command} execute {command} after loading the file 1119|-+/| +/{pat} {file} .. put the cursor at the first occurrence of {pat} 1120|-v| -v Vi mode, start ex in Normal mode 1121|-e| -e Ex mode, start vim in Ex mode 1122|-R| -R Read-only mode, implies -n 1123|-m| -m modifications not allowed (resets 'write' option) 1124|-d| -d diff mode |diff| 1125|-b| -b binary mode 1126|-l| -l lisp mode 1127|-A| -A Arabic mode ('arabic' is set) 1128|-F| -F Farsi mode ('fkmap' and 'rightleft' are set) 1129|-H| -H Hebrew mode ('hkmap' and 'rightleft' are set) 1130|-V| -V Verbose, give informative messages 1131|-C| -C Compatible, set the 'compatible' option 1132|-N| -N Nocompatible, reset the 'compatible' option 1133|-r| -r give list of swap files 1134|-r| -r {file} .. recover aborted edit session 1135|-n| -n do not create a swap file 1136|-o| -o [num] open [num] windows (default: one for each file) 1137|-f| -f GUI: foreground process, don't fork 1138 Amiga: do not restart VIM to open a window (for 1139 e.g., mail) 1140|-s| -s {scriptin} first read commands from the file {scriptin} 1141|-w| -w {scriptout} write typed chars to file {scriptout} (append) 1142|-W| -W {scriptout} write typed chars to file {scriptout} (overwrite) 1143|-T| -T {terminal} set terminal name 1144|-d| -d {device} Amiga: open {device} to be used as a console 1145|-u| -u {vimrc} read inits from {vimrc} instead of other inits 1146|-U| -U {gvimrc} idem, for when starting the GUI 1147|-i| -i {viminfo} read info from {viminfo} instead of other files 1148|---| -- end of options, other arguments are file names 1149|--help| --help show list of arguments and exit 1150|--version| --version show version info and exit 1151|--| - Read file from stdin. 1152------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1153*Q_ed* Editing a file 1154 1155 Without !: Fail if changes has been made to the current buffer. 1156 With !: Discard any changes to the current buffer. 1157|:edit_f| :e[dit][!] {file} Edit {file}. 1158|:edit| :e[dit][!] Reload the current file. 1159|:enew| :ene[w][!] Edit a new, unnamed buffer. 1160|:find| :fin[d][!] {file} Find {file} in 'path' and edit it. 1161 1162|CTRL-^| N CTRL-^ Edit alternate file N (equivalent to ":e #N"). 1163|gf| gf or ]f Edit the file whose name is under the cursor 1164|:pwd| :pwd Print the current directory name. 1165|:cd| :cd [path] Change the current directory to [path]. 1166|:cd-| :cd - Back to previous current directory. 1167|:file| :f[ile] Print the current file name and the cursor 1168 position. 1169|:file| :f[ile] {name} Set the current file name to {name}. 1170|:files| :files Show alternate file names. 1171------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1172*Q_fl* Using the argument list |argument-list| 1173 1174|:args| :ar[gs] Print the argument list, with the current file 1175 in "[]". 1176|:all| :all or :sall Open a window for every file in the arg list. 1177|:wn| :wn[ext][!] Write file and edit next file. 1178|:wn| :wn[ext][!] {file} Write to {file} and edit next file, unless 1179 {file} exists. With !, overwrite existing 1180 file. 1181|:wN| :wN[ext][!] [file] Write file and edit previous file. 1182 1183 in current window in new window ~ 1184|:argument| :argu[ment] N :sar[gument] N Edit file N 1185|:next| :n[ext] :sn[ext] Edit next file 1186|:next_f| :n[ext] {arglist} :sn[ext] {arglist} define new arg list 1187 and edit first file 1188|:Next| :N[ext] :sN[ext] Edit previous file 1189|:first| :fir[st] :sfir[st] Edit first file 1190|:last| :la[st] :sla[st] Edit last file 1191------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1192*Q_wq* Writing and quitting 1193 1194|:w| :[range]w[rite][!] Write to the current file. 1195|:w_f| :[range]w[rite] {file} Write to {file}, unless it already 1196 exists. 1197|:w_f| :[range]w[rite]! {file} Write to {file}. Overwrite an existing 1198 file. 1199|:w_a| :[range]w[rite][!] >> Append to the current file. 1200|:w_a| :[range]w[rite][!] >> {file} Append to {file}. 1201|:w_c| :[range]w[rite] !{cmd} Execute {cmd} with [range] lines as 1202 standard input. 1203|:up| :[range]up[date][!] write to current file if modified 1204|:wall| :wa[ll][!] write all changed buffers 1205 1206|:q| :q[uit] Quit current buffer, unless changes have been 1207 made. Exit Vim when there are no other 1208 non-help buffers 1209|:q| :q[uit]! Quit current buffer always, discard any 1210 changes. Exit Vim when there are no other 1211 non-help buffers 1212|:qa| :qa[ll] Exit Vim, unless changes have been made. 1213|:qa| :qa[ll]! Exit Vim always, discard any changes. 1214|:cq| :cq Quit without writing and return error code. 1215 1216|:wq| :wq[!] Write the current file and exit. 1217|:wq| :wq[!] {file} Write to {file} and exit. 1218|:xit| :x[it][!] [file] Like ":wq" but write only when changes have 1219 been made 1220|ZZ| ZZ Same as ":x". 1221|ZQ| ZQ Same as ":q!". 1222|:xall| :xa[ll][!] or :wqall[!] 1223 Write all changed buffers and exit 1224 1225|:stop| :st[op][!] Suspend VIM or start new shell. If 'aw' option 1226 is set and [!] not given write the buffer. 1227|CTRL-Z| CTRL-Z Same as ":stop" 1228------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1229*Q_ac* Automatic Commands 1230 1231|viminfo-file| Read registers, marks, history at startup, save when exiting. 1232 1233|:rviminfo| :rv[iminfo] [file] Read info from viminfo file [file] 1234|:rviminfo| :rv[iminfo]! [file] idem, overwrite existing info 1235|:wviminfo| :wv[iminfo] [file] Add info to viminfo file [file] 1236|:wviminfo| :wv[iminfo]! [file] Write info to viminfo file [file] 1237 1238|modeline| Automatic option setting when editing a file 1239 1240|modeline| vim:{set-arg}: .. In the first and last lines of the 1241 file (see 'ml' option), {set-arg} is 1242 given as an argument to ":set" 1243 1244|autocommand| Automatic execution of commands on certain events. 1245 1246|:autocmd| :au List all autocommands 1247|:autocmd| :au {event} List all autocommands for {event} 1248|:autocmd| :au {event} {pat} List all autocommands for {event} with 1249 {pat} 1250|:autocmd| :au {event} {pat} {cmd} Enter new autocommands for {event} 1251 with {pat} 1252|:autocmd| :au! Remove all autocommands 1253|:autocmd| :au! {event} Remove all autocommands for {event} 1254|:autocmd| :au! * {pat} Remove all autocommands for {pat} 1255|:autocmd| :au! {event} {pat} Remove all autocommands for {event} 1256 with {pat} 1257|:autocmd| :au! {event} {pat} {cmd} Remove all autocommands for {event} 1258 with {pat} and enter new one 1259------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1260*Q_wi* Multi-window commands 1261 1262|CTRL-W_s| CTRL-W s or :split Split window into two parts 1263|:split_f| :split {file} Split window and edit {file} in one of 1264 them 1265|:vsplit| :vsplit {file} Same, but split vertically 1266|:vertical| :vertical {cmd} Make {cmd} split vertically 1267 1268|:sfind| :sf[ind] {file} Split window, find {file} in 'path' 1269 and edit it. 1270|CTRL-W_]| CTRL-W ] Split window and jump to tag under 1271 cursor 1272|CTRL-W_f| CTRL-W f Split window and edit file name under 1273 the cursor 1274|CTRL-W_^| CTRL-W ^ Split window and edit alternate file 1275|CTRL-W_n| CTRL-W n or :new Create new empty window 1276|CTRL-W_q| CTRL-W q or :q[uit] Quit editing and close window 1277|CTRL-W_c| CTRL-W c or :cl[ose] Make buffer hidden and close window 1278|CTRL-W_o| CTRL-W o or :on[ly] Make current window only one on the 1279 screen 1280 1281|CTRL-W_j| CTRL-W j Move cursor to window below 1282|CTRL-W_k| CTRL-W k Move cursor to window above 1283|CTRL-W_CTRL-W| CTRL-W CTRL-W Move cursor to window below (wrap) 1284|CTRL-W_W| CTRL-W W Move cursor to window above (wrap) 1285|CTRL-W_t| CTRL-W t Move cursor to top window 1286|CTRL-W_b| CTRL-W b Move cursor to bottom window 1287|CTRL-W_p| CTRL-W p Move cursor to previous active window 1288 1289|CTRL-W_r| CTRL-W r Rotate windows downwards 1290|CTRL-W_R| CTRL-W R Rotate windows upwards 1291|CTRL-W_x| CTRL-W x Exchange current window with next one 1292 1293|CTRL-W_=| CTRL-W = Make all windows equal height 1294|CTRL-W_-| CTRL-W - Decrease current window height 1295|CTRL-W_+| CTRL-W + Increase current window height 1296|CTRL-W__| CTRL-W _ Set current window height (default: 1297 very high) 1298------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1299*Q_bu* Buffer list commands 1300 1301|:buffers| :buffers or :files list all known buffer and file names 1302 1303|:ball| :ball or :sball edit all args/buffers 1304|:unhide| :unhide or :sunhide edit all loaded buffers 1305 1306|:badd| :badd {fname} add file name {fname} to the list 1307|:bunload| :bunload[!] [N] unload buffer [N] from memory 1308|:bdelete| :bdelete[!] [N] unload buffer [N] and delete it from 1309 the buffer list 1310 1311 in current window in new window ~ 1312|:buffer| :[N]buffer [N] :[N]sbuffer [N] to arg/buf N 1313|:bnext| :[N]bnext [N] :[N]sbnext [N] to Nth next arg/buf 1314|:bNext| :[N]bNext [N] :[N]sbNext [N] to Nth previous arg/buf 1315|:bprevious| :[N]bprevious [N] :[N]sbprevious [N] to Nth previous arg/buf 1316|:bfirst| :bfirst :sbfirst to first arg/buf 1317|:blast| :blast :sblast to last arg/buf 1318|:bmodified| :[N]bmod [N] :[N]sbmod [N] to Nth modified buf 1319------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1320*Q_sy* Syntax Highlighting 1321 1322|:syn-on| :syntax on start using syntax highlighting 1323|:syn-off| :syntax off stop using syntax highlighting 1324 1325|:syn-keyword| :syntax keyword {group-name} {keyword} .. 1326 add a syntax keyword item 1327|:syn-match| :syntax match {group-name} {pattern} ... 1328 add syntax match item 1329|:syn-region| :syntax region {group-name} {pattern} ... 1330 add syntax region item 1331|:syn-sync| :syntax sync [ccomment | lines {N} | ...] 1332 tell syntax how to sync 1333|:syntax| :syntax [list] list current syntax items 1334|:syn-clear| :syntax clear clear all syntax info 1335 1336|:highlight| :highlight clear clear all highlight info 1337|:highlight| :highlight {group-name} {key}={arg} .. 1338 set highlighting for {group-name} 1339 1340|:filetype| :filetype on switch on file type detection, without 1341 syntax highlighting 1342|:filetype| :filetype plugin indent on 1343 switch on file type detection, with 1344 automatic indenting and settings 1345------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1346*Q_gu* GUI commands 1347 1348|:gui| :gui UNIX: start the GUI 1349|:gui| :gui {fname} .. idem, and edit {fname} .. 1350 1351|:menu| :menu list all menus 1352|:menu| :menu {mpath} list menus starting with {mpath} 1353|:menu| :menu {mpath} {rhs} add menu {mpath}, giving {lhs} 1354|:menu| :menu {pri} {mpath} {rhs} 1355 idem, with priorities {pri} 1356|:menu| :menu ToolBar.{name} {rhs} 1357 add toolbar item, giving {lhs} 1358|:tmenu| :tmenu {mpath} {text} add tooltip to menu {mpath} 1359|:unmenu| :unmenu {mpath} remove menu {mpath} 1360------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1361*Q_fo* Folding 1362 1363|'foldmethod'| set foldmethod=manual manual folding 1364 set foldmethod=indent folding by indent 1365 set foldmethod=expr folding by 'foldexpr' 1366 set foldmethod=syntax folding by syntax regions 1367 set foldmethod=marker folding by 'foldmarkers' 1368 1369|zf| zf{motion} operator: Define a fold manually 1370|:fold| :{range}fold define a fold for {range} lines 1371|zd| zd delete one fold under the cursor 1372|zD| zD delete all folds under the cursor 1373 1374|zo| zo open one fold under the cursor 1375|zO| zO open all folds under the cursor 1376|zc| zc close one fold under the cursor 1377|zC| zC close all folds under the cursor 1378 1379|zm| zm fold more: decrease 'foldlevel' 1380|zM| zM close all folds: make 'foldlevel' zero 1381|zr| zr reduce folding: increase 'foldlevel' 1382|zR| zR open all folds: make 'foldlevel' max. 1383 1384|zn| zn fold none: reset 'foldenable' 1385|zN| zN fold normal set 'foldenable' 1386|zi| zi invert 'foldenable' 1387 1388 vim:tw=78:ts=8:ft=help:norl: 1389