1*quickref.txt* For Vim version 7.4. Last change: 2016 Feb 24 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 mode 513|:map!| :ma[p]! {lhs} {rhs} map {lhs} to {rhs} in Insert and Command-line 514 mode 515|:noremap| :no[remap][!] {lhs} {rhs} 516 same as ":map", no remapping for this {rhs} 517|:unmap| :unm[ap] {lhs} remove the mapping of {lhs} for Normal and 518 Visual mode 519|:unmap!| :unm[ap]! {lhs} remove the mapping of {lhs} for Insert and 520 Command-line mode 521|:map_l| :ma[p] [lhs] list mappings (starting with [lhs]) for 522 Normal and Visual mode 523|:map_l!| :ma[p]! [lhs] list mappings (starting with [lhs]) for 524 Insert and Command-line mode 525|:cmap| :cmap/:cunmap/:cnoremap 526 like ":map!"/":unmap!"/":noremap!" but for 527 Command-line mode only 528|:imap| :imap/:iunmap/:inoremap 529 like ":map!"/":unmap!"/":noremap!" but for 530 Insert mode only 531|:nmap| :nmap/:nunmap/:nnoremap 532 like ":map"/":unmap"/":noremap" but for 533 Normal mode only 534|:vmap| :vmap/:vunmap/:vnoremap 535 like ":map"/":unmap"/":noremap" but for 536 Visual mode only 537|:omap| :omap/:ounmap/:onoremap 538 like ":map"/":unmap"/":noremap" but only for 539 when an operator is pending 540|:mapc| :mapc[lear] remove mappings for Normal and Visual mode 541|:mapc| :mapc[lear]! remove mappings for Insert and Cmdline mode 542|:imapc| :imapc[lear] remove mappings for Insert mode 543|:vmapc| :vmapc[lear] remove mappings for Visual mode 544|:omapc| :omapc[lear] remove mappings for Operator-pending mode 545|:nmapc| :nmapc[lear] remove mappings for Normal mode 546|:cmapc| :cmapc[lear] remove mappings for Cmdline mode 547|:mkexrc| :mk[exrc][!] [file] write current mappings, abbreviations, and 548 settings to [file] (default: ".exrc"; 549 use ! to overwrite) 550|:mkvimrc| :mkv[imrc][!] [file] 551 same as ":mkexrc", but with default ".vimrc" 552|:mksession| :mks[ession][!] [file] 553 like ":mkvimrc", but store current files, 554 windows, etc. too, to be able to continue 555 this session later 556------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 557*Q_ab* Abbreviations 558 559|:abbreviate| :ab[breviate] {lhs} {rhs} add abbreviation for {lhs} to {rhs} 560|:abbreviate| :ab[breviate] {lhs} show abbr's that start with {lhs} 561|:abbreviate| :ab[breviate] show all abbreviations 562|:unabbreviate| :una[bbreviate] {lhs} remove abbreviation for {lhs} 563|:noreabbrev| :norea[bbrev] [lhs] [rhs] like ":ab", but don't remap [rhs] 564|:iabbrev| :iab/:iunab/:inoreab like ":ab", but only for Insert mode 565|:cabbrev| :cab/:cunab/:cnoreab like ":ab", but only for 566 Command-line mode 567|:abclear| :abc[lear] remove all abbreviations 568|:cabclear| :cabc[lear] remove all abbr's for Cmdline mode 569|:iabclear| :iabc[lear] remove all abbr's for Insert mode 570------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 571*Q_op* Options 572 573|:set| :se[t] show all modified options 574|:set| :se[t] all show all non-termcap options 575|:set| :se[t] termcap show all termcap options 576|:set| :se[t] {option} set boolean option (switch it on), 577 show string or number option 578|:set| :se[t] no{option} reset boolean option (switch it off) 579|:set| :se[t] inv{option} invert boolean option 580|:set| :se[t] {option}={value} set string/number option to {value} 581|:set| :se[t] {option}+={value} append {value} to string option, add 582 {value} to number option 583|:set| :se[t] {option}-={value} remove {value} to string option, 584 subtract {value} from number option 585|:set| :se[t] {option}? show value of {option} 586|:set| :se[t] {option}& reset {option} to its default value 587 588|:setlocal| :setl[ocal] like ":set" but set the local value 589 for options that have one 590|:setglobal| :setg[lobal] like ":set" but set the global value 591 of a local option 592 593|:fix| :fix[del] set value of 't_kD' according to 594 value of 't_kb' 595|:options| :opt[ions] open a new window to view and set 596 options, grouped by functionality, 597 a one line explanation and links to 598 the help 599 600Short explanation of each option: *option-list* 601'aleph' 'al' ASCII code of the letter Aleph (Hebrew) 602'allowrevins' 'ari' allow CTRL-_ in Insert and Command-line mode 603'altkeymap' 'akm' for default second language (Farsi/Hebrew) 604'ambiwidth' 'ambw' what to do with Unicode chars of ambiguous width 605'antialias' 'anti' Mac OS X: use smooth, antialiased fonts 606'autochdir' 'acd' change directory to the file in the current window 607'arabic' 'arab' for Arabic as a default second language 608'arabicshape' 'arshape' do shaping for Arabic characters 609'autoindent' 'ai' take indent for new line from previous line 610'autoread' 'ar' autom. read file when changed outside of Vim 611'autowrite' 'aw' automatically write file if changed 612'autowriteall' 'awa' as 'autowrite', but works with more commands 613'background' 'bg' "dark" or "light", used for highlight colors 614'backspace' 'bs' how backspace works at start of line 615'backup' 'bk' keep backup file after overwriting a file 616'backupcopy' 'bkc' make backup as a copy, don't rename the file 617'backupdir' 'bdir' list of directories for the backup file 618'backupext' 'bex' extension used for the backup file 619'backupskip' 'bsk' no backup for files that match these patterns 620'balloondelay' 'bdlay' delay in mS before a balloon may pop up 621'ballooneval' 'beval' switch on balloon evaluation 622'balloonexpr' 'bexpr' expression to show in balloon 623'belloff' 'bo' do not ring the bell for these reasons 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'breakindent' 'bri' wrapped line repeats indent 629'breakindentopt' 'briopt' settings for 'breakindent' 630'browsedir' 'bsdir' which directory to start browsing in 631'bufhidden' 'bh' what to do when buffer is no longer in window 632'buflisted' 'bl' whether the buffer shows up in the buffer list 633'buftype' 'bt' special type of buffer 634'casemap' 'cmp' specifies how case of letters is changed 635'cdpath' 'cd' list of directories searched with ":cd" 636'cedit' key used to open the command-line window 637'charconvert' 'ccv' expression for character encoding conversion 638'cindent' 'cin' do C program indenting 639'cinkeys' 'cink' keys that trigger indent when 'cindent' is set 640'cinoptions' 'cino' how to do indenting when 'cindent' is set 641'cinwords' 'cinw' words where 'si' and 'cin' add an indent 642'clipboard' 'cb' use the clipboard as the unnamed register 643'cmdheight' 'ch' number of lines to use for the command-line 644'cmdwinheight' 'cwh' height of the command-line window 645'colorcolumn' 'cc' columns to highlight 646'columns' 'co' number of columns in the display 647'comments' 'com' patterns that can start a comment line 648'commentstring' 'cms' template for comments; used for fold marker 649'compatible' 'cp' behave Vi-compatible as much as possible 650'complete' 'cpt' specify how Insert mode completion works 651'completefunc' 'cfu' function to be used for Insert mode completion 652'completeopt' 'cot' options for Insert mode completion 653'concealcursor' 'cocu' whether concealable text is hidden in cursor line 654'conceallevel' 'cole' whether concealable text is shown or hidden 655'confirm' 'cf' ask what to do about unsaved/read-only files 656'conskey' 'consk' get keys directly from console (MS-DOS only) 657'copyindent' 'ci' make 'autoindent' use existing indent structure 658'cpoptions' 'cpo' flags for Vi-compatible behavior 659'cryptmethod' 'cm' type of encryption to use for file writing 660'cscopepathcomp' 'cspc' how many components of the path to show 661'cscopeprg' 'csprg' command to execute cscope 662'cscopequickfix' 'csqf' use quickfix window for cscope results 663'cscoperelative' 'csre' Use cscope.out path basename as prefix 664'cscopetag' 'cst' use cscope for tag commands 665'cscopetagorder' 'csto' determines ":cstag" search order 666'cscopeverbose' 'csverb' give messages when adding a cscope database 667'cursorbind' 'crb' move cursor in window as it moves in other windows 668'cursorcolumn' 'cuc' highlight the screen column of the cursor 669'cursorline' 'cul' highlight the screen line of the cursor 670'debug' set to "msg" to see all error messages 671'define' 'def' pattern to be used to find a macro definition 672'delcombine' 'deco' delete combining characters on their own 673'dictionary' 'dict' list of file names used for keyword completion 674'diff' use diff mode for the current window 675'diffexpr' 'dex' expression used to obtain a diff file 676'diffopt' 'dip' options for using diff mode 677'digraph' 'dg' enable the entering of digraphs in Insert mode 678'directory' 'dir' list of directory names for the swap file 679'display' 'dy' list of flags for how to display text 680'eadirection' 'ead' in which direction 'equalalways' works 681'edcompatible' 'ed' toggle flags of ":substitute" command 682'encoding' 'enc' encoding used internally 683'endofline' 'eol' write <EOL> for last line in file 684'equalalways' 'ea' windows are automatically made the same size 685'equalprg' 'ep' external program to use for "=" command 686'errorbells' 'eb' ring the bell for error messages 687'errorfile' 'ef' name of the errorfile for the QuickFix mode 688'errorformat' 'efm' description of the lines in the error file 689'esckeys' 'ek' recognize function keys in Insert mode 690'eventignore' 'ei' autocommand events that are ignored 691'expandtab' 'et' use spaces when <Tab> is inserted 692'exrc' 'ex' read .vimrc and .exrc in the current directory 693'fileencoding' 'fenc' file encoding for multi-byte text 694'fileencodings' 'fencs' automatically detected character encodings 695'fileformat' 'ff' file format used for file I/O 696'fileformats' 'ffs' automatically detected values for 'fileformat' 697'fileignorecase' 'fic' ignore case when using file names 698'filetype' 'ft' type of file, used for autocommands 699'fillchars' 'fcs' characters to use for displaying special items 700'fixendofline' 'fixeol' make sure last line in file has <EOL> 701'fkmap' 'fk' Farsi keyboard mapping 702'foldclose' 'fcl' close a fold when the cursor leaves it 703'foldcolumn' 'fdc' width of the column used to indicate folds 704'foldenable' 'fen' set to display all folds open 705'foldexpr' 'fde' expression used when 'foldmethod' is "expr" 706'foldignore' 'fdi' ignore lines when 'foldmethod' is "indent" 707'foldlevel' 'fdl' close folds with a level higher than this 708'foldlevelstart' 'fdls' 'foldlevel' when starting to edit a file 709'foldmarker' 'fmr' markers used when 'foldmethod' is "marker" 710'foldmethod' 'fdm' folding type 711'foldminlines' 'fml' minimum number of lines for a fold to be closed 712'foldnestmax' 'fdn' maximum fold depth 713'foldopen' 'fdo' for which commands a fold will be opened 714'foldtext' 'fdt' expression used to display for a closed fold 715'formatexpr' 'fex' expression used with "gq" command 716'formatlistpat' 'flp' pattern used to recognize a list header 717'formatoptions' 'fo' how automatic formatting is to be done 718'formatprg' 'fp' name of external program used with "gq" command 719'fsync' 'fs' whether to invoke fsync() after file write 720'gdefault' 'gd' the ":substitute" flag 'g' is default on 721'grepformat' 'gfm' format of 'grepprg' output 722'grepprg' 'gp' program to use for ":grep" 723'guicursor' 'gcr' GUI: settings for cursor shape and blinking 724'guifont' 'gfn' GUI: Name(s) of font(s) to be used 725'guifontset' 'gfs' GUI: Names of multi-byte fonts to be used 726'guifontwide' 'gfw' list of font names for double-wide characters 727'guiheadroom' 'ghr' GUI: pixels room for window decorations 728'guioptions' 'go' GUI: Which components and options are used 729'guipty' GUI: try to use a pseudo-tty for ":!" commands 730'guitablabel' 'gtl' GUI: custom label for a tab page 731'guitabtooltip' 'gtt' GUI: custom tooltip for a tab page 732'helpfile' 'hf' full path name of the main help file 733'helpheight' 'hh' minimum height of a new help window 734'helplang' 'hlg' preferred help languages 735'hidden' 'hid' don't unload buffer when it is |abandon|ed 736'highlight' 'hl' sets highlighting mode for various occasions 737'history' 'hi' number of command-lines that are remembered 738'hkmap' 'hk' Hebrew keyboard mapping 739'hkmapp' 'hkp' phonetic Hebrew keyboard mapping 740'hlsearch' 'hls' highlight matches with last search pattern 741'icon' let Vim set the text of the window icon 742'iconstring' string to use for the Vim icon text 743'ignorecase' 'ic' ignore case in search patterns 744'imactivatefunc' 'imaf' function to enable/disable the X input method 745'imactivatekey' 'imak' key that activates the X input method 746'imcmdline' 'imc' use IM when starting to edit a command line 747'imdisable' 'imd' do not use the IM in any mode 748'iminsert' 'imi' use :lmap or IM in Insert mode 749'imsearch' 'ims' use :lmap or IM when typing a search pattern 750'imstatusfunc' 'imsf' function to obtain X input method status 751'include' 'inc' pattern to be used to find an include file 752'includeexpr' 'inex' expression used to process an include line 753'incsearch' 'is' highlight match while typing search pattern 754'indentexpr' 'inde' expression used to obtain the indent of a line 755'indentkeys' 'indk' keys that trigger indenting with 'indentexpr' 756'infercase' 'inf' adjust case of match for keyword completion 757'insertmode' 'im' start the edit of a file in Insert mode 758'isfname' 'isf' characters included in file names and pathnames 759'isident' 'isi' characters included in identifiers 760'iskeyword' 'isk' characters included in keywords 761'isprint' 'isp' printable characters 762'joinspaces' 'js' two spaces after a period with a join command 763'key' encryption key 764'keymap' 'kmp' name of a keyboard mapping 765'keymodel' 'km' enable starting/stopping selection with keys 766'keywordprg' 'kp' program to use for the "K" command 767'langmap' 'lmap' alphabetic characters for other language mode 768'langmenu' 'lm' language to be used for the menus 769'langnoremap' 'lnr' do not apply 'langmap' to mapped characters 770'laststatus' 'ls' tells when last window has status lines 771'lazyredraw' 'lz' don't redraw while executing macros 772'linebreak' 'lbr' wrap long lines at a blank 773'lines' number of lines in the display 774'linespace' 'lsp' number of pixel lines to use between characters 775'lisp' automatic indenting for Lisp 776'lispwords' 'lw' words that change how lisp indenting works 777'list' show <Tab> and <EOL> 778'listchars' 'lcs' characters for displaying in list mode 779'loadplugins' 'lpl' load plugin scripts when starting up 780'luadll' name of the Lua dynamic library 781'macatsui' Mac GUI: use ATSUI text drawing 782'magic' changes special characters in search patterns 783'makeef' 'mef' name of the errorfile for ":make" 784'makeprg' 'mp' program to use for the ":make" command 785'matchpairs' 'mps' pairs of characters that "%" can match 786'matchtime' 'mat' tenths of a second to show matching paren 787'maxcombine' 'mco' maximum nr of combining characters displayed 788'maxfuncdepth' 'mfd' maximum recursive depth for user functions 789'maxmapdepth' 'mmd' maximum recursive depth for mapping 790'maxmem' 'mm' maximum memory (in Kbyte) used for one buffer 791'maxmempattern' 'mmp' maximum memory (in Kbyte) used for pattern search 792'maxmemtot' 'mmt' maximum memory (in Kbyte) used for all buffers 793'menuitems' 'mis' maximum number of items in a menu 794'mkspellmem' 'msm' memory used before |:mkspell| compresses the tree 795'modeline' 'ml' recognize modelines at start or end of file 796'modelines' 'mls' number of lines checked for modelines 797'modifiable' 'ma' changes to the text are not possible 798'modified' 'mod' buffer has been modified 799'more' pause listings when the whole screen is filled 800'mouse' enable the use of mouse clicks 801'mousefocus' 'mousef' keyboard focus follows the mouse 802'mousehide' 'mh' hide mouse pointer while typing 803'mousemodel' 'mousem' changes meaning of mouse buttons 804'mouseshape' 'mouses' shape of the mouse pointer in different modes 805'mousetime' 'mouset' max time between mouse double-click 806'mzquantum' 'mzq' the interval between polls for MzScheme threads 807'nrformats' 'nf' number formats recognized for CTRL-A command 808'number' 'nu' print the line number in front of each line 809'numberwidth' 'nuw' number of columns used for the line number 810'omnifunc' 'ofu' function for filetype-specific completion 811'opendevice' 'odev' allow reading/writing devices on MS-Windows 812'operatorfunc' 'opfunc' function to be called for |g@| operator 813'osfiletype' 'oft' no longer supported 814'packpath' 'pp' list of directories used for packages 815'paragraphs' 'para' nroff macros that separate paragraphs 816'paste' allow pasting text 817'pastetoggle' 'pt' key code that causes 'paste' to toggle 818'patchexpr' 'pex' expression used to patch a file 819'patchmode' 'pm' keep the oldest version of a file 820'path' 'pa' list of directories searched with "gf" et.al. 821'perldll' name of the Perl dynamic library 822'preserveindent' 'pi' preserve the indent structure when reindenting 823'previewheight' 'pvh' height of the preview window 824'previewwindow' 'pvw' identifies the preview window 825'printdevice' 'pdev' name of the printer to be used for :hardcopy 826'printencoding' 'penc' encoding to be used for printing 827'printexpr' 'pexpr' expression used to print PostScript for :hardcopy 828'printfont' 'pfn' name of the font to be used for :hardcopy 829'printheader' 'pheader' format of the header used for :hardcopy 830'printmbcharset' 'pmbcs' CJK character set to be used for :hardcopy 831'printmbfont' 'pmbfn' font names to be used for CJK output of :hardcopy 832'printoptions' 'popt' controls the format of :hardcopy output 833'pumheight' 'ph' maximum height of the popup menu 834'pythondll' name of the Python 2 dynamic library 835'pythonthreedll' name of the Python 3 dynamic library 836'quoteescape' 'qe' escape characters used in a string 837'readonly' 'ro' disallow writing the buffer 838'redrawtime' 'rdt' timeout for 'hlsearch' and |:match| highlighting 839'regexpengine' 're' default regexp engine to use 840'relativenumber' 'rnu' show relative line number in front of each line 841'remap' allow mappings to work recursively 842'renderoptions' 'rop' options for text rendering on Windows 843'report' threshold for reporting nr. of lines changed 844'restorescreen' 'rs' Win32: restore screen when exiting 845'revins' 'ri' inserting characters will work backwards 846'rightleft' 'rl' window is right-to-left oriented 847'rightleftcmd' 'rlc' commands for which editing works right-to-left 848'rubydll' name of the Ruby dynamic library 849'ruler' 'ru' show cursor line and column in the status line 850'rulerformat' 'ruf' custom format for the ruler 851'runtimepath' 'rtp' list of directories used for runtime files 852'scroll' 'scr' lines to scroll with CTRL-U and CTRL-D 853'scrollbind' 'scb' scroll in window as other windows scroll 854'scrolljump' 'sj' minimum number of lines to scroll 855'scrolloff' 'so' minimum nr. of lines above and below cursor 856'scrollopt' 'sbo' how 'scrollbind' should behave 857'sections' 'sect' nroff macros that separate sections 858'secure' secure mode for reading .vimrc in current dir 859'selection' 'sel' what type of selection to use 860'selectmode' 'slm' when to use Select mode instead of Visual mode 861'sessionoptions' 'ssop' options for |:mksession| 862'shell' 'sh' name of shell to use for external commands 863'shellcmdflag' 'shcf' flag to shell to execute one command 864'shellpipe' 'sp' string to put output of ":make" in error file 865'shellquote' 'shq' quote character(s) for around shell command 866'shellredir' 'srr' string to put output of filter in a temp file 867'shellslash' 'ssl' use forward slash for shell file names 868'shelltemp' 'stmp' whether to use a temp file for shell commands 869'shelltype' 'st' Amiga: influences how to use a shell 870'shellxescape' 'sxe' characters to escape when 'shellxquote' is ( 871'shellxquote' 'sxq' like 'shellquote', but include redirection 872'shiftround' 'sr' round indent to multiple of shiftwidth 873'shiftwidth' 'sw' number of spaces to use for (auto)indent step 874'shortmess' 'shm' list of flags, reduce length of messages 875'shortname' 'sn' non-MS-DOS: Filenames assumed to be 8.3 chars 876'showbreak' 'sbr' string to use at the start of wrapped lines 877'showcmd' 'sc' show (partial) command in status line 878'showfulltag' 'sft' show full tag pattern when completing tag 879'showmatch' 'sm' briefly jump to matching bracket if insert one 880'showmode' 'smd' message on status line to show current mode 881'showtabline' 'stal' tells when the tab pages line is displayed 882'sidescroll' 'ss' minimum number of columns to scroll horizontal 883'sidescrolloff' 'siso' min. nr. of columns to left and right of cursor 884'smartcase' 'scs' no ignore case when pattern has uppercase 885'smartindent' 'si' smart autoindenting for C programs 886'smarttab' 'sta' use 'shiftwidth' when inserting <Tab> 887'softtabstop' 'sts' number of spaces that <Tab> uses while editing 888'spell' enable spell checking 889'spellcapcheck' 'spc' pattern to locate end of a sentence 890'spellfile' 'spf' files where |zg| and |zw| store words 891'spelllang' 'spl' language(s) to do spell checking for 892'spellsuggest' 'sps' method(s) used to suggest spelling corrections 893'splitbelow' 'sb' new window from split is below the current one 894'splitright' 'spr' new window is put right of the current one 895'startofline' 'sol' commands move cursor to first non-blank in line 896'statusline' 'stl' custom format for the status line 897'suffixes' 'su' suffixes that are ignored with multiple match 898'suffixesadd' 'sua' suffixes added when searching for a file 899'swapfile' 'swf' whether to use a swapfile for a buffer 900'swapsync' 'sws' how to sync the swap file 901'switchbuf' 'swb' sets behavior when switching to another buffer 902'synmaxcol' 'smc' maximum column to find syntax items 903'syntax' 'syn' syntax to be loaded for current buffer 904'tabline' 'tal' custom format for the console tab pages line 905'tabpagemax' 'tpm' maximum number of tab pages for |-p| and "tab all" 906'tabstop' 'ts' number of spaces that <Tab> in file uses 907'tagbsearch' 'tbs' use binary searching in tags files 908'tagcase' 'tc' how to handle case when searching in tags files 909'taglength' 'tl' number of significant characters for a tag 910'tagrelative' 'tr' file names in tag file are relative 911'tags' 'tag' list of file names used by the tag command 912'tagstack' 'tgst' push tags onto the tag stack 913'tcldll' name of the Tcl dynamic library 914'term' name of the terminal 915'termbidi' 'tbidi' terminal takes care of bi-directionality 916'termencoding' 'tenc' character encoding used by the terminal 917'terse' shorten some messages 918'textauto' 'ta' obsolete, use 'fileformats' 919'textmode' 'tx' obsolete, use 'fileformat' 920'textwidth' 'tw' maximum width of text that is being inserted 921'thesaurus' 'tsr' list of thesaurus files for keyword completion 922'tildeop' 'top' tilde command "~" behaves like an operator 923'timeout' 'to' time out on mappings and key codes 924'timeoutlen' 'tm' time out time in milliseconds 925'title' let Vim set the title of the window 926'titlelen' percentage of 'columns' used for window title 927'titleold' old title, restored when exiting 928'titlestring' string to use for the Vim window title 929'toolbar' 'tb' GUI: which items to show in the toolbar 930'toolbariconsize' 'tbis' size of the toolbar icons (for GTK 2 only) 931'ttimeout' time out on mappings 932'ttimeoutlen' 'ttm' time out time for key codes in milliseconds 933'ttybuiltin' 'tbi' use built-in termcap before external termcap 934'ttyfast' 'tf' indicates a fast terminal connection 935'ttymouse' 'ttym' type of mouse codes generated 936'ttyscroll' 'tsl' maximum number of lines for a scroll 937'ttytype' 'tty' alias for 'term' 938'undodir' 'udir' where to store undo files 939'undofile' 'udf' save undo information in a file 940'undolevels' 'ul' maximum number of changes that can be undone 941'undoreload' 'ur' max nr of lines to save for undo on a buffer reload 942'updatecount' 'uc' after this many characters flush swap file 943'updatetime' 'ut' after this many milliseconds flush swap file 944'verbose' 'vbs' give informative messages 945'verbosefile' 'vfile' file to write messages in 946'viewdir' 'vdir' directory where to store files with :mkview 947'viewoptions' 'vop' specifies what to save for :mkview 948'viminfo' 'vi' use .viminfo file upon startup and exiting 949'virtualedit' 've' when to use virtual editing 950'visualbell' 'vb' use visual bell instead of beeping 951'warn' warn for shell command when buffer was changed 952'weirdinvert' 'wiv' for terminals that have weird inversion method 953'whichwrap' 'ww' allow specified keys to cross line boundaries 954'wildchar' 'wc' command-line character for wildcard expansion 955'wildcharm' 'wcm' like 'wildchar' but also works when mapped 956'wildignore' 'wig' files matching these patterns are not completed 957'wildignorecase' 'wic' ignore case when completing file names 958'wildmenu' 'wmnu' use menu for command line completion 959'wildmode' 'wim' mode for 'wildchar' command-line expansion 960'wildoptions' 'wop' specifies how command line completion is done 961'winaltkeys' 'wak' when the windows system handles ALT keys 962'window' 'wi' nr of lines to scroll for CTRL-F and CTRL-B 963'winheight' 'wh' minimum number of lines for the current window 964'winfixheight' 'wfh' keep window height when opening/closing windows 965'winfixwidth' 'wfw' keep window width when opening/closing windows 966'winminheight' 'wmh' minimum number of lines for any window 967'winminwidth' 'wmw' minimal number of columns for any window 968'winwidth' 'wiw' minimal number of columns for current window 969'wrap' long lines wrap and continue on the next line 970'wrapmargin' 'wm' chars from the right where wrapping starts 971'wrapscan' 'ws' searches wrap around the end of the file 972'write' writing to a file is allowed 973'writeany' 'wa' write to file with no need for "!" override 974'writebackup' 'wb' make a backup before overwriting a file 975'writedelay' 'wd' delay this many msec for each char (for debug) 976------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 977*Q_ur* Undo/Redo commands 978 979|u| N u undo last N changes 980|CTRL-R| N CTRL-R redo last N undone changes 981|U| U restore last changed line 982------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 983*Q_et* External commands 984 985|:shell| :sh[ell] start a shell 986|:!| :!{command} execute {command} with a shell 987|K| K lookup keyword under the cursor with 988 'keywordprg' program (default: "man") 989------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 990*Q_qf* Quickfix commands 991 992|:cc| :cc [nr] display error [nr] (default is the same again) 993|:cnext| :cn display the next error 994|:cprevious| :cp display the previous error 995|:clist| :cl list all errors 996|:cfile| :cf read errors from the file 'errorfile' 997|:cgetbuffer| :cgetb like :cbuffer but don't jump to the first error 998|:cgetfile| :cg like :cfile but don't jump to the first error 999|:cgetexpr| :cgete like :cexpr but don't jump to the first error 1000|:caddfile| :caddf add errors from the error file to the current 1001 quickfix list 1002|:caddexpr| :cad add errors from an expression to the current 1003 quickfix list 1004|:cbuffer| :cb read errors from text in a buffer 1005|:cexpr| :cex read errors from an expression 1006|:cquit| :cq quit without writing and return error code (to 1007 the compiler) 1008|:make| :make [args] start make, read errors, and jump to first 1009 error 1010|:grep| :gr[ep] [args] execute 'grepprg' to find matches and jump to 1011 the first one 1012------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1013*Q_vc* Various commands 1014 1015|CTRL-L| CTRL-L clear and redraw the screen 1016|CTRL-G| CTRL-G show current file name (with path) and cursor 1017 position 1018|ga| ga show ascii value of character under cursor in 1019 decimal, hex, and octal 1020|g8| g8 for utf-8 encoding: show byte sequence for 1021 character under cursor in hex 1022|g_CTRL-G| g CTRL-G show cursor column, line, and character 1023 position 1024|CTRL-C| CTRL-C during searches: Interrupt the search 1025|dos-CTRL-Break| CTRL-Break MS-DOS: during searches: Interrupt the search 1026|<Del>| <Del> while entering a count: delete last character 1027|:version| :ve[rsion] show version information 1028|:mode| :mode N MS-DOS: set screen mode to N (number, C80, 1029 C4350, etc.) 1030|:normal| :norm[al][!] {commands} 1031 execute Normal mode commands 1032|Q| Q switch to "Ex" mode 1033 1034|:redir| :redir >{file} redirect messages to {file} 1035|:silent| :silent[!] {command} execute {command} silently 1036|:confirm| :confirm {command} quit, write, etc., asking about 1037 unsaved changes or read-only files 1038|:browse| :browse {command} open/read/write file, using a 1039 file selection dialog 1040------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1041*Q_ce* Command-line editing 1042 1043|c_<Esc>| <Esc> abandon command-line (if 'wildchar' is 1044 <Esc>, type it twice) 1045 1046|c_CTRL-V| CTRL-V {char} insert {char} literally 1047|c_CTRL-V| CTRL-V {number} enter decimal value of character (up to 1048 three digits) 1049|c_CTRL-K| CTRL-K {char1} {char2} 1050 enter digraph (See |Q_di|) 1051|c_CTRL-R| CTRL-R {0-9a-z"%#:-=} 1052 insert the contents of a register 1053 1054|c_<Left>| <Left>/<Right> cursor left/right 1055|c_<S-Left>| <S-Left>/<S-Right> cursor one word left/right 1056|c_CTRL-B| CTRL-B/CTRL-E cursor to beginning/end of command-line 1057 1058|c_<BS>| <BS> delete the character in front of the cursor 1059|c_<Del>| <Del> delete the character under the cursor 1060|c_CTRL-W| CTRL-W delete the word in front of the cursor 1061|c_CTRL-U| CTRL-U remove all characters 1062 1063|c_<Up>| <Up>/<Down> recall older/newer command-line that starts 1064 with current command 1065|c_<S-Up>| <S-Up>/<S-Down> recall older/newer command-line from history 1066|:history| :his[tory] show older command-lines 1067 1068Context-sensitive completion on the command-line: 1069 1070|c_wildchar| 'wildchar' (default: <Tab>) 1071 do completion on the pattern in front of the 1072 cursor; if there are multiple matches, 1073 beep and show the first one; further 1074 'wildchar' will show the next ones 1075|c_CTRL-D| CTRL-D list all names that match the pattern in 1076 front of the cursor 1077|c_CTRL-A| CTRL-A insert all names that match pattern in front 1078 of cursor 1079|c_CTRL-L| CTRL-L insert longest common part of names that 1080 match pattern 1081|c_CTRL-N| CTRL-N after 'wildchar' with multiple matches: go 1082 to next match 1083|c_CTRL-P| CTRL-P after 'wildchar' with multiple matches: go 1084 to previous match 1085------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1086*Q_ra* Ex ranges 1087 1088|:range| , separates two line numbers 1089|:range| ; idem, set cursor to the first line number 1090 before interpreting the second one 1091 1092|:range| {number} an absolute line number 1093|:range| . the current line 1094|:range| $ the last line in the file 1095|:range| % equal to 1,$ (the entire file) 1096|:range| * equal to '<,'> (visual area) 1097|:range| 't position of mark t 1098|:range| /{pattern}[/] the next line where {pattern} matches 1099|:range| ?{pattern}[?] the previous line where {pattern} matches 1100 1101|:range| +[num] add [num] to the preceding line number 1102 (default: 1) 1103|:range| -[num] subtract [num] from the preceding line 1104 number (default: 1) 1105------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1106*Q_ex* Special Ex characters 1107 1108|:bar| | separates two commands (not for ":global" and ":!") 1109|:quote| " begins comment 1110 1111|:_%| % current file name (only where a file name is expected) 1112|:_#| #[num] alternate file name [num] (only where a file name is 1113 expected) 1114 Note: The next seven are typed literally; these are not special keys! 1115|:<abuf>| <abuf> buffer number, for use in an autocommand (only where a 1116 file name is expected) 1117|:<afile>| <afile> file name, for use in an autocommand (only where a 1118 file name is expected) 1119|:<amatch>| <amatch> what matched with the pattern, for use in an 1120 autocommand (only where a file name is expected) 1121|:<cword>| <cword> word under the cursor (only where a file name is 1122 expected) 1123|:<cWORD>| <cWORD> WORD under the cursor (only where a file name is 1124 expected) (see |WORD|) 1125|:<cfile>| <cfile> file name under the cursor (only where a file name is 1126 expected) 1127|:<sfile>| <sfile> file name of a ":source"d file, within that file (only 1128 where a file name is expected) 1129 1130 After "%", "#", "<cfile>", "<sfile>" or "<afile>" 1131 |::p| :p full path 1132 |::h| :h head (file name removed) 1133 |::t| :t tail (file name only) 1134 |::r| :r root (extension removed) 1135 |::e| :e extension 1136 |::s| :s/{pat}/{repl}/ substitute {pat} with {repl} 1137------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1138*Q_st* Starting Vim 1139 1140|-vim| vim [options] start editing with an empty buffer 1141|-file| vim [options] {file} .. start editing one or more files 1142|--| vim [options] - read file from stdin 1143|-tag| vim [options] -t {tag} edit the file associated with {tag} 1144|-qf| vim [options] -q [fname] start editing in QuickFix mode, 1145 display the first error 1146 1147 Most useful Vim arguments (for full list see |startup-options|) 1148 1149|-gui| -g start GUI (also allows other options) 1150 1151|-+| +[num] put the cursor at line [num] (default: last line) 1152|-+c| +{command} execute {command} after loading the file 1153|-+/| +/{pat} {file} .. put the cursor at the first occurrence of {pat} 1154|-v| -v Vi mode, start ex in Normal mode 1155|-e| -e Ex mode, start vim in Ex mode 1156|-R| -R Read-only mode, implies -n 1157|-m| -m modifications not allowed (resets 'write' option) 1158|-d| -d diff mode |diff| 1159|-b| -b binary mode 1160|-l| -l lisp mode 1161|-A| -A Arabic mode ('arabic' is set) 1162|-F| -F Farsi mode ('fkmap' and 'rightleft' are set) 1163|-H| -H Hebrew mode ('hkmap' and 'rightleft' are set) 1164|-V| -V Verbose, give informative messages 1165|-C| -C Compatible, set the 'compatible' option 1166|-N| -N Nocompatible, reset the 'compatible' option 1167|-r| -r give list of swap files 1168|-r| -r {file} .. recover aborted edit session 1169|-n| -n do not create a swap file 1170|-o| -o [num] open [num] windows (default: one for each file) 1171|-f| -f GUI: foreground process, don't fork 1172 Amiga: do not restart Vim to open a window (for 1173 e.g., mail) 1174|-s| -s {scriptin} first read commands from the file {scriptin} 1175|-w| -w {scriptout} write typed chars to file {scriptout} (append) 1176|-W| -W {scriptout} write typed chars to file {scriptout} (overwrite) 1177|-T| -T {terminal} set terminal name 1178|-d| -d {device} Amiga: open {device} to be used as a console 1179|-u| -u {vimrc} read inits from {vimrc} instead of other inits 1180|-U| -U {gvimrc} idem, for when starting the GUI 1181|-i| -i {viminfo} read info from {viminfo} instead of other files 1182|---| -- end of options, other arguments are file names 1183|--help| --help show list of arguments and exit 1184|--version| --version show version info and exit 1185|--| - read file from stdin 1186------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1187*Q_ed* Editing a file 1188 1189 Without !: Fail if changes have been made to the current buffer. 1190 With !: Discard any changes to the current buffer. 1191|:edit_f| :e[dit][!] {file} edit {file} 1192|:edit| :e[dit][!] reload the current file 1193|:enew| :ene[w][!] edit a new, unnamed buffer 1194|:find| :fin[d][!] {file} find {file} in 'path' and edit it 1195 1196|CTRL-^| N CTRL-^ edit alternate file N (equivalent to ":e #N") 1197|gf| gf or ]f edit the file whose name is under the cursor 1198|:pwd| :pwd print the current directory name 1199|:cd| :cd [path] change the current directory to [path] 1200|:cd-| :cd - back to previous current directory 1201|:file| :f[ile] print the current file name and the cursor 1202 position 1203|:file| :f[ile] {name} set the current file name to {name} 1204|:files| :files show alternate file names 1205------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1206*Q_fl* Using the argument list |argument-list| 1207 1208|:args| :ar[gs] print the argument list, with the current file 1209 in "[]" 1210|:all| :all or :sall open a window for every file in the arg list 1211|:wn| :wn[ext][!] write file and edit next file 1212|:wn| :wn[ext][!] {file} write to {file} and edit next file, unless 1213 {file} exists; With !, overwrite existing 1214 file 1215|:wN| :wN[ext][!] [file] write file and edit previous file 1216 1217 in current window in new window ~ 1218|:argument| :argu[ment] N :sar[gument] N edit file N 1219|:next| :n[ext] :sn[ext] edit next file 1220|:next_f| :n[ext] {arglist} :sn[ext] {arglist} define new arg list 1221 and edit first file 1222|:Next| :N[ext] :sN[ext] edit previous file 1223|:first| :fir[st] :sfir[st] edit first file 1224|:last| :la[st] :sla[st] edit last file 1225------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1226*Q_wq* Writing and quitting 1227 1228|:w| :[range]w[rite][!] write to the current file 1229|:w_f| :[range]w[rite] {file} write to {file}, unless it already 1230 exists 1231|:w_f| :[range]w[rite]! {file} write to {file}. Overwrite an existing 1232 file 1233|:w_a| :[range]w[rite][!] >> append to the current file 1234|:w_a| :[range]w[rite][!] >> {file} append to {file} 1235|:w_c| :[range]w[rite] !{cmd} execute {cmd} with [range] lines as 1236 standard input 1237|:up| :[range]up[date][!] write to current file if modified 1238|:wall| :wa[ll][!] write all changed buffers 1239 1240|:q| :q[uit] quit current buffer, unless changes have been 1241 made; Exit Vim when there are no other 1242 non-help buffers 1243|:q| :q[uit]! quit current buffer always, discard any 1244 changes. Exit Vim when there are no other 1245 non-help buffers 1246|:qa| :qa[ll] exit Vim, unless changes have been made 1247|:qa| :qa[ll]! exit Vim always, discard any changes 1248|:cq| :cq quit without writing and return error code 1249 1250|:wq| :wq[!] write the current file and exit 1251|:wq| :wq[!] {file} write to {file} and exit 1252|:xit| :x[it][!] [file] like ":wq" but write only when changes have 1253 been made 1254|ZZ| ZZ same as ":x" 1255|ZQ| ZQ same as ":q!" 1256|:xall| :xa[ll][!] or :wqall[!] 1257 write all changed buffers and exit 1258 1259|:stop| :st[op][!] suspend Vim or start new shell; if 'aw' option 1260 is set and [!] not given write the buffer 1261|CTRL-Z| CTRL-Z same as ":stop" 1262------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1263*Q_ac* Automatic Commands 1264 1265|viminfo-file| read registers, marks, history at startup, save when exiting. 1266 1267|:rviminfo| :rv[iminfo] [file] read info from viminfo file [file] 1268|:rviminfo| :rv[iminfo]! [file] idem, overwrite existing info 1269|:wviminfo| :wv[iminfo] [file] add info to viminfo file [file] 1270|:wviminfo| :wv[iminfo]! [file] write info to viminfo file [file] 1271 1272|modeline| Automatic option setting when editing a file 1273 1274|modeline| vim:{set-arg}: .. In the first and last lines of the 1275 file (see 'ml' option), {set-arg} is 1276 given as an argument to ":set" 1277 1278|autocommand| Automatic execution of commands on certain events. 1279 1280|:autocmd| :au list all autocommands 1281|:autocmd| :au {event} list all autocommands for {event} 1282|:autocmd| :au {event} {pat} list all autocommands for {event} 1283 with {pat} 1284|:autocmd| :au {event} {pat} {cmd} enter new autocommands for {event} 1285 with {pat} 1286|:autocmd| :au! remove all autocommands 1287|:autocmd| :au! {event} remove all autocommands for {event} 1288|:autocmd| :au! * {pat} remove all autocommands for {pat} 1289|:autocmd| :au! {event} {pat} remove all autocommands for {event} 1290 with {pat} 1291|:autocmd| :au! {event} {pat} {cmd} remove all autocommands for {event} 1292 with {pat} and enter new one 1293------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1294*Q_wi* Multi-window commands 1295 1296|CTRL-W_s| CTRL-W s or :split split window into two parts 1297|:split_f| :split {file} split window and edit {file} in one of 1298 them 1299|:vsplit| :vsplit {file} same, but split vertically 1300|:vertical| :vertical {cmd} make {cmd} split vertically 1301 1302|:sfind| :sf[ind] {file} split window, find {file} in 'path' 1303 and edit it 1304|CTRL-W_]| CTRL-W ] split window and jump to tag under 1305 cursor 1306|CTRL-W_f| CTRL-W f split window and edit file name under 1307 the cursor 1308|CTRL-W_^| CTRL-W ^ split window and edit alternate file 1309|CTRL-W_n| CTRL-W n or :new create new empty window 1310|CTRL-W_q| CTRL-W q or :q[uit] quit editing and close window 1311|CTRL-W_c| CTRL-W c or :cl[ose] make buffer hidden and close window 1312|CTRL-W_o| CTRL-W o or :on[ly] make current window only one on the 1313 screen 1314 1315|CTRL-W_j| CTRL-W j move cursor to window below 1316|CTRL-W_k| CTRL-W k move cursor to window above 1317|CTRL-W_CTRL-W| CTRL-W CTRL-W move cursor to window below (wrap) 1318|CTRL-W_W| CTRL-W W move cursor to window above (wrap) 1319|CTRL-W_t| CTRL-W t move cursor to top window 1320|CTRL-W_b| CTRL-W b move cursor to bottom window 1321|CTRL-W_p| CTRL-W p move cursor to previous active window 1322 1323|CTRL-W_r| CTRL-W r rotate windows downwards 1324|CTRL-W_R| CTRL-W R rotate windows upwards 1325|CTRL-W_x| CTRL-W x exchange current window with next one 1326 1327|CTRL-W_=| CTRL-W = make all windows equal height & width 1328|CTRL-W_-| CTRL-W - decrease current window height 1329|CTRL-W_+| CTRL-W + increase current window height 1330|CTRL-W__| CTRL-W _ set current window height (default: 1331 very high) 1332 1333|CTRL-W_<| CTRL-W < decrease current window width 1334|CTRL-W_>| CTRL-W > increase current window width 1335|CTRL-W_bar| CTRL-W | set current window width (default: 1336 widest possible) 1337------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1338*Q_bu* Buffer list commands 1339 1340|:buffers| :buffers or :files list all known buffer and file names 1341 1342|:ball| :ball or :sball edit all args/buffers 1343|:unhide| :unhide or :sunhide edit all loaded buffers 1344 1345|:badd| :badd {fname} add file name {fname} to the list 1346|:bunload| :bunload[!] [N] unload buffer [N] from memory 1347|:bdelete| :bdelete[!] [N] unload buffer [N] and delete it from 1348 the buffer list 1349 1350 in current window in new window ~ 1351|:buffer| :[N]buffer [N] :[N]sbuffer [N] to arg/buf N 1352|:bnext| :[N]bnext [N] :[N]sbnext [N] to Nth next arg/buf 1353|:bNext| :[N]bNext [N] :[N]sbNext [N] to Nth previous arg/buf 1354|:bprevious| :[N]bprevious [N] :[N]sbprevious [N] to Nth previous arg/buf 1355|:bfirst| :bfirst :sbfirst to first arg/buf 1356|:blast| :blast :sblast to last arg/buf 1357|:bmodified| :[N]bmod [N] :[N]sbmod [N] to Nth modified buf 1358------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1359*Q_sy* Syntax Highlighting 1360 1361|:syn-on| :syntax on start using syntax highlighting 1362|:syn-off| :syntax off stop using syntax highlighting 1363 1364|:syn-keyword| :syntax keyword {group-name} {keyword} .. 1365 add a syntax keyword item 1366|:syn-match| :syntax match {group-name} {pattern} ... 1367 add syntax match item 1368|:syn-region| :syntax region {group-name} {pattern} ... 1369 add syntax region item 1370|:syn-sync| :syntax sync [ccomment | lines {N} | ...] 1371 tell syntax how to sync 1372|:syntax| :syntax [list] list current syntax items 1373|:syn-clear| :syntax clear clear all syntax info 1374 1375|:highlight| :highlight clear clear all highlight info 1376|:highlight| :highlight {group-name} {key}={arg} .. 1377 set highlighting for {group-name} 1378 1379|:filetype| :filetype on switch on file type detection, without 1380 syntax highlighting 1381|:filetype| :filetype plugin indent on 1382 switch on file type detection, with 1383 automatic indenting and settings 1384------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1385*Q_gu* GUI commands 1386 1387|:gui| :gui UNIX: start the GUI 1388|:gui| :gui {fname} .. idem, and edit {fname} .. 1389 1390|:menu| :menu list all menus 1391|:menu| :menu {mpath} list menus starting with {mpath} 1392|:menu| :menu {mpath} {rhs} add menu {mpath}, giving {rhs} 1393|:menu| :menu {pri} {mpath} {rhs} 1394 idem, with priorities {pri} 1395|:menu| :menu ToolBar.{name} {rhs} 1396 add toolbar item, giving {rhs} 1397|:tmenu| :tmenu {mpath} {text} add tooltip to menu {mpath} 1398|:unmenu| :unmenu {mpath} remove menu {mpath} 1399------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1400*Q_fo* Folding 1401 1402|'foldmethod'| set foldmethod=manual manual folding 1403 set foldmethod=indent folding by indent 1404 set foldmethod=expr folding by 'foldexpr' 1405 set foldmethod=syntax folding by syntax regions 1406 set foldmethod=marker folding by 'foldmarker' 1407 1408|zf| zf{motion} operator: Define a fold manually 1409|:fold| :{range}fold define a fold for {range} lines 1410|zd| zd delete one fold under the cursor 1411|zD| zD delete all folds under the cursor 1412 1413|zo| zo open one fold under the cursor 1414|zO| zO open all folds under the cursor 1415|zc| zc close one fold under the cursor 1416|zC| zC close all folds under the cursor 1417 1418|zm| zm fold more: decrease 'foldlevel' 1419|zM| zM close all folds: make 'foldlevel' zero 1420|zr| zr reduce folding: increase 'foldlevel' 1421|zR| zR open all folds: make 'foldlevel' max. 1422 1423|zn| zn fold none: reset 'foldenable' 1424|zN| zN fold normal set 'foldenable' 1425|zi| zi invert 'foldenable' 1426 1427 vim:tw=78:ts=8:ft=help:norl: 1428