1*quickref.txt* For Vim version 8.0. Last change: 2017 Oct 19 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'emoji' 'emo' emoji characters are considered full width 683'encoding' 'enc' encoding used internally 684'endofline' 'eol' write <EOL> for last line in file 685'equalalways' 'ea' windows are automatically made the same size 686'equalprg' 'ep' external program to use for "=" command 687'errorbells' 'eb' ring the bell for error messages 688'errorfile' 'ef' name of the errorfile for the QuickFix mode 689'errorformat' 'efm' description of the lines in the error file 690'esckeys' 'ek' recognize function keys in Insert mode 691'eventignore' 'ei' autocommand events that are ignored 692'expandtab' 'et' use spaces when <Tab> is inserted 693'exrc' 'ex' read .vimrc and .exrc in the current directory 694'fileencoding' 'fenc' file encoding for multi-byte text 695'fileencodings' 'fencs' automatically detected character encodings 696'fileformat' 'ff' file format used for file I/O 697'fileformats' 'ffs' automatically detected values for 'fileformat' 698'fileignorecase' 'fic' ignore case when using file names 699'filetype' 'ft' type of file, used for autocommands 700'fillchars' 'fcs' characters to use for displaying special items 701'fixendofline' 'fixeol' make sure last line in file has <EOL> 702'fkmap' 'fk' Farsi keyboard mapping 703'foldclose' 'fcl' close a fold when the cursor leaves it 704'foldcolumn' 'fdc' width of the column used to indicate folds 705'foldenable' 'fen' set to display all folds open 706'foldexpr' 'fde' expression used when 'foldmethod' is "expr" 707'foldignore' 'fdi' ignore lines when 'foldmethod' is "indent" 708'foldlevel' 'fdl' close folds with a level higher than this 709'foldlevelstart' 'fdls' 'foldlevel' when starting to edit a file 710'foldmarker' 'fmr' markers used when 'foldmethod' is "marker" 711'foldmethod' 'fdm' folding type 712'foldminlines' 'fml' minimum number of lines for a fold to be closed 713'foldnestmax' 'fdn' maximum fold depth 714'foldopen' 'fdo' for which commands a fold will be opened 715'foldtext' 'fdt' expression used to display for a closed fold 716'formatexpr' 'fex' expression used with "gq" command 717'formatlistpat' 'flp' pattern used to recognize a list header 718'formatoptions' 'fo' how automatic formatting is to be done 719'formatprg' 'fp' name of external program used with "gq" command 720'fsync' 'fs' whether to invoke fsync() after file write 721'gdefault' 'gd' the ":substitute" flag 'g' is default on 722'grepformat' 'gfm' format of 'grepprg' output 723'grepprg' 'gp' program to use for ":grep" 724'guicursor' 'gcr' GUI: settings for cursor shape and blinking 725'guifont' 'gfn' GUI: Name(s) of font(s) to be used 726'guifontset' 'gfs' GUI: Names of multi-byte fonts to be used 727'guifontwide' 'gfw' list of font names for double-wide characters 728'guiheadroom' 'ghr' GUI: pixels room for window decorations 729'guioptions' 'go' GUI: Which components and options are used 730'guipty' GUI: try to use a pseudo-tty for ":!" commands 731'guitablabel' 'gtl' GUI: custom label for a tab page 732'guitabtooltip' 'gtt' GUI: custom tooltip for a tab page 733'helpfile' 'hf' full path name of the main help file 734'helpheight' 'hh' minimum height of a new help window 735'helplang' 'hlg' preferred help languages 736'hidden' 'hid' don't unload buffer when it is |abandon|ed 737'highlight' 'hl' sets highlighting mode for various occasions 738'history' 'hi' number of command-lines that are remembered 739'hkmap' 'hk' Hebrew keyboard mapping 740'hkmapp' 'hkp' phonetic Hebrew keyboard mapping 741'hlsearch' 'hls' highlight matches with last search pattern 742'icon' let Vim set the text of the window icon 743'iconstring' string to use for the Vim icon text 744'ignorecase' 'ic' ignore case in search patterns 745'imactivatefunc' 'imaf' function to enable/disable the X input method 746'imactivatekey' 'imak' key that activates the X input method 747'imcmdline' 'imc' use IM when starting to edit a command line 748'imdisable' 'imd' do not use the IM in any mode 749'iminsert' 'imi' use :lmap or IM in Insert mode 750'imsearch' 'ims' use :lmap or IM when typing a search pattern 751'imstatusfunc' 'imsf' function to obtain X input method status 752'imstyle' 'imst' specifies the input style of the input method 753'include' 'inc' pattern to be used to find an include file 754'includeexpr' 'inex' expression used to process an include line 755'incsearch' 'is' highlight match while typing search pattern 756'indentexpr' 'inde' expression used to obtain the indent of a line 757'indentkeys' 'indk' keys that trigger indenting with 'indentexpr' 758'infercase' 'inf' adjust case of match for keyword completion 759'insertmode' 'im' start the edit of a file in Insert mode 760'isfname' 'isf' characters included in file names and pathnames 761'isident' 'isi' characters included in identifiers 762'iskeyword' 'isk' characters included in keywords 763'isprint' 'isp' printable characters 764'joinspaces' 'js' two spaces after a period with a join command 765'key' encryption key 766'keymap' 'kmp' name of a keyboard mapping 767'keymodel' 'km' enable starting/stopping selection with keys 768'keywordprg' 'kp' program to use for the "K" command 769'langmap' 'lmap' alphabetic characters for other language mode 770'langmenu' 'lm' language to be used for the menus 771'langremap' 'lrm' do apply 'langmap' to mapped characters 772'laststatus' 'ls' tells when last window has status lines 773'lazyredraw' 'lz' don't redraw while executing macros 774'linebreak' 'lbr' wrap long lines at a blank 775'lines' number of lines in the display 776'linespace' 'lsp' number of pixel lines to use between characters 777'lisp' automatic indenting for Lisp 778'lispwords' 'lw' words that change how lisp indenting works 779'list' show <Tab> and <EOL> 780'listchars' 'lcs' characters for displaying in list mode 781'loadplugins' 'lpl' load plugin scripts when starting up 782'luadll' name of the Lua dynamic library 783'mzschemedll' name of the MzScheme dynamic library 784'mzschemegcdll' name of the MzScheme dynamic library for GC 785'macatsui' Mac GUI: use ATSUI text drawing 786'magic' changes special characters in search patterns 787'makeef' 'mef' name of the errorfile for ":make" 788'makeencoding' 'menc' encoding of external make/grep commands 789'makeprg' 'mp' program to use for the ":make" command 790'matchpairs' 'mps' pairs of characters that "%" can match 791'matchtime' 'mat' tenths of a second to show matching paren 792'maxcombine' 'mco' maximum nr of combining characters displayed 793'maxfuncdepth' 'mfd' maximum recursive depth for user functions 794'maxmapdepth' 'mmd' maximum recursive depth for mapping 795'maxmem' 'mm' maximum memory (in Kbyte) used for one buffer 796'maxmempattern' 'mmp' maximum memory (in Kbyte) used for pattern search 797'maxmemtot' 'mmt' maximum memory (in Kbyte) used for all buffers 798'menuitems' 'mis' maximum number of items in a menu 799'mkspellmem' 'msm' memory used before |:mkspell| compresses the tree 800'modeline' 'ml' recognize modelines at start or end of file 801'modelines' 'mls' number of lines checked for modelines 802'modifiable' 'ma' changes to the text are not possible 803'modified' 'mod' buffer has been modified 804'more' pause listings when the whole screen is filled 805'mouse' enable the use of mouse clicks 806'mousefocus' 'mousef' keyboard focus follows the mouse 807'mousehide' 'mh' hide mouse pointer while typing 808'mousemodel' 'mousem' changes meaning of mouse buttons 809'mouseshape' 'mouses' shape of the mouse pointer in different modes 810'mousetime' 'mouset' max time between mouse double-click 811'mzquantum' 'mzq' the interval between polls for MzScheme threads 812'nrformats' 'nf' number formats recognized for CTRL-A command 813'number' 'nu' print the line number in front of each line 814'numberwidth' 'nuw' number of columns used for the line number 815'omnifunc' 'ofu' function for filetype-specific completion 816'opendevice' 'odev' allow reading/writing devices on MS-Windows 817'operatorfunc' 'opfunc' function to be called for |g@| operator 818'osfiletype' 'oft' no longer supported 819'packpath' 'pp' list of directories used for packages 820'paragraphs' 'para' nroff macros that separate paragraphs 821'paste' allow pasting text 822'pastetoggle' 'pt' key code that causes 'paste' to toggle 823'patchexpr' 'pex' expression used to patch a file 824'patchmode' 'pm' keep the oldest version of a file 825'path' 'pa' list of directories searched with "gf" et.al. 826'perldll' name of the Perl dynamic library 827'preserveindent' 'pi' preserve the indent structure when reindenting 828'previewheight' 'pvh' height of the preview window 829'previewwindow' 'pvw' identifies the preview window 830'printdevice' 'pdev' name of the printer to be used for :hardcopy 831'printencoding' 'penc' encoding to be used for printing 832'printexpr' 'pexpr' expression used to print PostScript for :hardcopy 833'printfont' 'pfn' name of the font to be used for :hardcopy 834'printheader' 'pheader' format of the header used for :hardcopy 835'printmbcharset' 'pmbcs' CJK character set to be used for :hardcopy 836'printmbfont' 'pmbfn' font names to be used for CJK output of :hardcopy 837'printoptions' 'popt' controls the format of :hardcopy output 838'prompt' 'prompt' enable prompt in Ex mode 839'pumheight' 'ph' maximum height of the popup menu 840'pythondll' name of the Python 2 dynamic library 841'pythonthreedll' name of the Python 3 dynamic library 842'pyxversion' 'pyx' Python version used for pyx* commands 843'quoteescape' 'qe' escape characters used in a string 844'readonly' 'ro' disallow writing the buffer 845'redrawtime' 'rdt' timeout for 'hlsearch' and |:match| highlighting 846'regexpengine' 're' default regexp engine to use 847'relativenumber' 'rnu' show relative line number in front of each line 848'remap' allow mappings to work recursively 849'renderoptions' 'rop' options for text rendering on Windows 850'report' threshold for reporting nr. of lines changed 851'restorescreen' 'rs' Win32: restore screen when exiting 852'revins' 'ri' inserting characters will work backwards 853'rightleft' 'rl' window is right-to-left oriented 854'rightleftcmd' 'rlc' commands for which editing works right-to-left 855'rubydll' name of the Ruby dynamic library 856'ruler' 'ru' show cursor line and column in the status line 857'rulerformat' 'ruf' custom format for the ruler 858'runtimepath' 'rtp' list of directories used for runtime files 859'scroll' 'scr' lines to scroll with CTRL-U and CTRL-D 860'scrollbind' 'scb' scroll in window as other windows scroll 861'scrolljump' 'sj' minimum number of lines to scroll 862'scrolloff' 'so' minimum nr. of lines above and below cursor 863'scrollopt' 'sbo' how 'scrollbind' should behave 864'sections' 'sect' nroff macros that separate sections 865'secure' secure mode for reading .vimrc in current dir 866'selection' 'sel' what type of selection to use 867'selectmode' 'slm' when to use Select mode instead of Visual mode 868'sessionoptions' 'ssop' options for |:mksession| 869'shell' 'sh' name of shell to use for external commands 870'shellcmdflag' 'shcf' flag to shell to execute one command 871'shellpipe' 'sp' string to put output of ":make" in error file 872'shellquote' 'shq' quote character(s) for around shell command 873'shellredir' 'srr' string to put output of filter in a temp file 874'shellslash' 'ssl' use forward slash for shell file names 875'shelltemp' 'stmp' whether to use a temp file for shell commands 876'shelltype' 'st' Amiga: influences how to use a shell 877'shellxescape' 'sxe' characters to escape when 'shellxquote' is ( 878'shellxquote' 'sxq' like 'shellquote', but include redirection 879'shiftround' 'sr' round indent to multiple of shiftwidth 880'shiftwidth' 'sw' number of spaces to use for (auto)indent step 881'shortmess' 'shm' list of flags, reduce length of messages 882'shortname' 'sn' non-MS-DOS: Filenames assumed to be 8.3 chars 883'showbreak' 'sbr' string to use at the start of wrapped lines 884'showcmd' 'sc' show (partial) command in status line 885'showfulltag' 'sft' show full tag pattern when completing tag 886'showmatch' 'sm' briefly jump to matching bracket if insert one 887'showmode' 'smd' message on status line to show current mode 888'showtabline' 'stal' tells when the tab pages line is displayed 889'sidescroll' 'ss' minimum number of columns to scroll horizontal 890'sidescrolloff' 'siso' min. nr. of columns to left and right of cursor 891'signcolumn' 'scl' when to display the sign column 892'smartcase' 'scs' no ignore case when pattern has uppercase 893'smartindent' 'si' smart autoindenting for C programs 894'smarttab' 'sta' use 'shiftwidth' when inserting <Tab> 895'softtabstop' 'sts' number of spaces that <Tab> uses while editing 896'spell' enable spell checking 897'spellcapcheck' 'spc' pattern to locate end of a sentence 898'spellfile' 'spf' files where |zg| and |zw| store words 899'spelllang' 'spl' language(s) to do spell checking for 900'spellsuggest' 'sps' method(s) used to suggest spelling corrections 901'splitbelow' 'sb' new window from split is below the current one 902'splitright' 'spr' new window is put right of the current one 903'startofline' 'sol' commands move cursor to first non-blank in line 904'statusline' 'stl' custom format for the status line 905'suffixes' 'su' suffixes that are ignored with multiple match 906'suffixesadd' 'sua' suffixes added when searching for a file 907'swapfile' 'swf' whether to use a swapfile for a buffer 908'swapsync' 'sws' how to sync the swap file 909'switchbuf' 'swb' sets behavior when switching to another buffer 910'synmaxcol' 'smc' maximum column to find syntax items 911'syntax' 'syn' syntax to be loaded for current buffer 912'tabline' 'tal' custom format for the console tab pages line 913'tabpagemax' 'tpm' maximum number of tab pages for |-p| and "tab all" 914'tabstop' 'ts' number of spaces that <Tab> in file uses 915'tagbsearch' 'tbs' use binary searching in tags files 916'tagcase' 'tc' how to handle case when searching in tags files 917'taglength' 'tl' number of significant characters for a tag 918'tagrelative' 'tr' file names in tag file are relative 919'tags' 'tag' list of file names used by the tag command 920'tagstack' 'tgst' push tags onto the tag stack 921'tcldll' name of the Tcl dynamic library 922'term' name of the terminal 923'termbidi' 'tbidi' terminal takes care of bi-directionality 924'termencoding' 'tenc' character encoding used by the terminal 925'termguicolors' 'tgc' use GUI colors for the terminal 926'termkey' 'tk' key that precedes a Vim command in a terminal 927'termsize' 'tms' size of a terminal window 928'terse' shorten some messages 929'textauto' 'ta' obsolete, use 'fileformats' 930'textmode' 'tx' obsolete, use 'fileformat' 931'textwidth' 'tw' maximum width of text that is being inserted 932'thesaurus' 'tsr' list of thesaurus files for keyword completion 933'tildeop' 'top' tilde command "~" behaves like an operator 934'timeout' 'to' time out on mappings and key codes 935'timeoutlen' 'tm' time out time in milliseconds 936'title' let Vim set the title of the window 937'titlelen' percentage of 'columns' used for window title 938'titleold' old title, restored when exiting 939'titlestring' string to use for the Vim window title 940'toolbar' 'tb' GUI: which items to show in the toolbar 941'toolbariconsize' 'tbis' size of the toolbar icons (for GTK 2 only) 942'ttimeout' time out on mappings 943'ttimeoutlen' 'ttm' time out time for key codes in milliseconds 944'ttybuiltin' 'tbi' use built-in termcap before external termcap 945'ttyfast' 'tf' indicates a fast terminal connection 946'ttymouse' 'ttym' type of mouse codes generated 947'ttyscroll' 'tsl' maximum number of lines for a scroll 948'ttytype' 'tty' alias for 'term' 949'undodir' 'udir' where to store undo files 950'undofile' 'udf' save undo information in a file 951'undolevels' 'ul' maximum number of changes that can be undone 952'undoreload' 'ur' max nr of lines to save for undo on a buffer reload 953'updatecount' 'uc' after this many characters flush swap file 954'updatetime' 'ut' after this many milliseconds flush swap file 955'verbose' 'vbs' give informative messages 956'verbosefile' 'vfile' file to write messages in 957'viewdir' 'vdir' directory where to store files with :mkview 958'viewoptions' 'vop' specifies what to save for :mkview 959'viminfo' 'vi' use .viminfo file upon startup and exiting 960'viminfofile' 'vif' file name used for the viminfo file 961'virtualedit' 've' when to use virtual editing 962'visualbell' 'vb' use visual bell instead of beeping 963'warn' warn for shell command when buffer was changed 964'weirdinvert' 'wiv' for terminals that have weird inversion method 965'whichwrap' 'ww' allow specified keys to cross line boundaries 966'wildchar' 'wc' command-line character for wildcard expansion 967'wildcharm' 'wcm' like 'wildchar' but also works when mapped 968'wildignore' 'wig' files matching these patterns are not completed 969'wildignorecase' 'wic' ignore case when completing file names 970'wildmenu' 'wmnu' use menu for command line completion 971'wildmode' 'wim' mode for 'wildchar' command-line expansion 972'wildoptions' 'wop' specifies how command line completion is done 973'winaltkeys' 'wak' when the windows system handles ALT keys 974'window' 'wi' nr of lines to scroll for CTRL-F and CTRL-B 975'winheight' 'wh' minimum number of lines for the current window 976'winfixheight' 'wfh' keep window height when opening/closing windows 977'winfixwidth' 'wfw' keep window width when opening/closing windows 978'winminheight' 'wmh' minimum number of lines for any window 979'winminwidth' 'wmw' minimal number of columns for any window 980'winptydll' name of the winpty dynamic library 981'winwidth' 'wiw' minimal number of columns for current window 982'wrap' long lines wrap and continue on the next line 983'wrapmargin' 'wm' chars from the right where wrapping starts 984'wrapscan' 'ws' searches wrap around the end of the file 985'write' writing to a file is allowed 986'writeany' 'wa' write to file with no need for "!" override 987'writebackup' 'wb' make a backup before overwriting a file 988'writedelay' 'wd' delay this many msec for each char (for debug) 989------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 990*Q_ur* Undo/Redo commands 991 992|u| N u undo last N changes 993|CTRL-R| N CTRL-R redo last N undone changes 994|U| U restore last changed line 995------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 996*Q_et* External commands 997 998|:shell| :sh[ell] start a shell 999|:!| :!{command} execute {command} with a shell 1000|K| K lookup keyword under the cursor with 1001 'keywordprg' program (default: "man") 1002------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1003*Q_qf* Quickfix commands 1004 1005|:cc| :cc [nr] display error [nr] (default is the same again) 1006|:cnext| :cn display the next error 1007|:cprevious| :cp display the previous error 1008|:clist| :cl list all errors 1009|:cfile| :cf read errors from the file 'errorfile' 1010|:cgetbuffer| :cgetb like :cbuffer but don't jump to the first error 1011|:cgetfile| :cg like :cfile but don't jump to the first error 1012|:cgetexpr| :cgete like :cexpr but don't jump to the first error 1013|:caddfile| :caddf add errors from the error file to the current 1014 quickfix list 1015|:caddexpr| :cad add errors from an expression to the current 1016 quickfix list 1017|:cbuffer| :cb read errors from text in a buffer 1018|:cexpr| :cex read errors from an expression 1019|:cquit| :cq quit without writing and return error code (to 1020 the compiler) 1021|:make| :make [args] start make, read errors, and jump to first 1022 error 1023|:grep| :gr[ep] [args] execute 'grepprg' to find matches and jump to 1024 the first one 1025------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1026*Q_vc* Various commands 1027 1028|CTRL-L| CTRL-L clear and redraw the screen 1029|CTRL-G| CTRL-G show current file name (with path) and cursor 1030 position 1031|ga| ga show ascii value of character under cursor in 1032 decimal, hex, and octal 1033|g8| g8 for utf-8 encoding: show byte sequence for 1034 character under cursor in hex 1035|g_CTRL-G| g CTRL-G show cursor column, line, and character 1036 position 1037|CTRL-C| CTRL-C during searches: Interrupt the search 1038|dos-CTRL-Break| CTRL-Break MS-DOS: during searches: Interrupt the search 1039|<Del>| <Del> while entering a count: delete last character 1040|:version| :ve[rsion] show version information 1041|:mode| :mode N MS-DOS: set screen mode to N (number, C80, 1042 C4350, etc.) 1043|:normal| :norm[al][!] {commands} 1044 execute Normal mode commands 1045|Q| Q switch to "Ex" mode 1046 1047|:redir| :redir >{file} redirect messages to {file} 1048|:silent| :silent[!] {command} execute {command} silently 1049|:confirm| :confirm {command} quit, write, etc., asking about 1050 unsaved changes or read-only files 1051|:browse| :browse {command} open/read/write file, using a 1052 file selection dialog 1053------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1054*Q_ce* Command-line editing 1055 1056|c_<Esc>| <Esc> abandon command-line (if 'wildchar' is 1057 <Esc>, type it twice) 1058 1059|c_CTRL-V| CTRL-V {char} insert {char} literally 1060|c_CTRL-V| CTRL-V {number} enter decimal value of character (up to 1061 three digits) 1062|c_CTRL-K| CTRL-K {char1} {char2} 1063 enter digraph (See |Q_di|) 1064|c_CTRL-R| CTRL-R {0-9a-z"%#:-=} 1065 insert the contents of a register 1066 1067|c_<Left>| <Left>/<Right> cursor left/right 1068|c_<S-Left>| <S-Left>/<S-Right> cursor one word left/right 1069|c_CTRL-B| CTRL-B/CTRL-E cursor to beginning/end of command-line 1070 1071|c_<BS>| <BS> delete the character in front of the cursor 1072|c_<Del>| <Del> delete the character under the cursor 1073|c_CTRL-W| CTRL-W delete the word in front of the cursor 1074|c_CTRL-U| CTRL-U remove all characters 1075 1076|c_<Up>| <Up>/<Down> recall older/newer command-line that starts 1077 with current command 1078|c_<S-Up>| <S-Up>/<S-Down> recall older/newer command-line from history 1079|c_CTRL-G| CTRL-G next match when 'incsearch' is active 1080|c_CTRL-T| CTRL-T previous match when 'incsearch' is active 1081|:history| :his[tory] show older command-lines 1082 1083Context-sensitive completion on the command-line: 1084 1085|c_wildchar| 'wildchar' (default: <Tab>) 1086 do completion on the pattern in front of the 1087 cursor; if there are multiple matches, 1088 beep and show the first one; further 1089 'wildchar' will show the next ones 1090|c_CTRL-D| CTRL-D list all names that match the pattern in 1091 front of the cursor 1092|c_CTRL-A| CTRL-A insert all names that match pattern in front 1093 of cursor 1094|c_CTRL-L| CTRL-L insert longest common part of names that 1095 match pattern 1096|c_CTRL-N| CTRL-N after 'wildchar' with multiple matches: go 1097 to next match 1098|c_CTRL-P| CTRL-P after 'wildchar' with multiple matches: go 1099 to previous match 1100------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1101*Q_ra* Ex ranges 1102 1103|:range| , separates two line numbers 1104|:range| ; idem, set cursor to the first line number 1105 before interpreting the second one 1106 1107|:range| {number} an absolute line number 1108|:range| . the current line 1109|:range| $ the last line in the file 1110|:range| % equal to 1,$ (the entire file) 1111|:range| * equal to '<,'> (visual area) 1112|:range| 't position of mark t 1113|:range| /{pattern}[/] the next line where {pattern} matches 1114|:range| ?{pattern}[?] the previous line where {pattern} matches 1115 1116|:range| +[num] add [num] to the preceding line number 1117 (default: 1) 1118|:range| -[num] subtract [num] from the preceding line 1119 number (default: 1) 1120------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1121*Q_ex* Special Ex characters 1122 1123|:bar| | separates two commands (not for ":global" and ":!") 1124|:quote| " begins comment 1125 1126|:_%| % current file name (only where a file name is expected) 1127|:_#| #[num] alternate file name [num] (only where a file name is 1128 expected) 1129 Note: The next seven are typed literally; these are not special keys! 1130|:<abuf>| <abuf> buffer number, for use in an autocommand (only where a 1131 file name is expected) 1132|:<afile>| <afile> file name, for use in an autocommand (only where a 1133 file name is expected) 1134|:<amatch>| <amatch> what matched with the pattern, for use in an 1135 autocommand (only where a file name is expected) 1136|:<cword>| <cword> word under the cursor (only where a file name is 1137 expected) 1138|:<cWORD>| <cWORD> WORD under the cursor (only where a file name is 1139 expected) (see |WORD|) 1140|:<cfile>| <cfile> file name under the cursor (only where a file name is 1141 expected) 1142|:<sfile>| <sfile> file name of a ":source"d file, within that file (only 1143 where a file name is expected) 1144 1145 After "%", "#", "<cfile>", "<sfile>" or "<afile>" 1146 |::p| :p full path 1147 |::h| :h head (file name removed) 1148 |::t| :t tail (file name only) 1149 |::r| :r root (extension removed) 1150 |::e| :e extension 1151 |::s| :s/{pat}/{repl}/ substitute {pat} with {repl} 1152------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1153*Q_st* Starting Vim 1154 1155|-vim| vim [options] start editing with an empty buffer 1156|-file| vim [options] {file} .. start editing one or more files 1157|--| vim [options] - read file from stdin 1158|-tag| vim [options] -t {tag} edit the file associated with {tag} 1159|-qf| vim [options] -q [fname] start editing in QuickFix mode, 1160 display the first error 1161 1162 Most useful Vim arguments (for full list see |startup-options|) 1163 1164|-gui| -g start GUI (also allows other options) 1165 1166|-+| +[num] put the cursor at line [num] (default: last line) 1167|-+c| +{command} execute {command} after loading the file 1168|-+/| +/{pat} {file} .. put the cursor at the first occurrence of {pat} 1169|-v| -v Vi mode, start ex in Normal mode 1170|-e| -e Ex mode, start vim in Ex mode 1171|-R| -R Read-only mode, implies -n 1172|-m| -m modifications not allowed (resets 'write' option) 1173|-d| -d diff mode |diff| 1174|-b| -b binary mode 1175|-l| -l lisp mode 1176|-A| -A Arabic mode ('arabic' is set) 1177|-F| -F Farsi mode ('fkmap' and 'rightleft' are set) 1178|-H| -H Hebrew mode ('hkmap' and 'rightleft' are set) 1179|-V| -V Verbose, give informative messages 1180|-C| -C Compatible, set the 'compatible' option 1181|-N| -N Nocompatible, reset the 'compatible' option 1182|-r| -r give list of swap files 1183|-r| -r {file} .. recover aborted edit session 1184|-n| -n do not create a swap file 1185|-o| -o [num] open [num] windows (default: one for each file) 1186|-f| -f GUI: foreground process, don't fork 1187 Amiga: do not restart Vim to open a window (for 1188 e.g., mail) 1189|-s| -s {scriptin} first read commands from the file {scriptin} 1190|-w| -w {scriptout} write typed chars to file {scriptout} (append) 1191|-W| -W {scriptout} write typed chars to file {scriptout} (overwrite) 1192|-T| -T {terminal} set terminal name 1193|-d| -d {device} Amiga: open {device} to be used as a console 1194|-u| -u {vimrc} read inits from {vimrc} instead of other inits 1195|-U| -U {gvimrc} idem, for when starting the GUI 1196|-i| -i {viminfo} read info from {viminfo} instead of other files 1197|---| -- end of options, other arguments are file names 1198|--help| --help show list of arguments and exit 1199|--version| --version show version info and exit 1200|--| - read file from stdin 1201------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1202*Q_ed* Editing a file 1203 1204 Without !: Fail if changes have been made to the current buffer. 1205 With !: Discard any changes to the current buffer. 1206|:edit_f| :e[dit][!] {file} edit {file} 1207|:edit| :e[dit][!] reload the current file 1208|:enew| :ene[w][!] edit a new, unnamed buffer 1209|:find| :fin[d][!] {file} find {file} in 'path' and edit it 1210 1211|CTRL-^| N CTRL-^ edit alternate file N (equivalent to ":e #N") 1212|gf| gf or ]f edit the file whose name is under the cursor 1213|:pwd| :pwd print the current directory name 1214|:cd| :cd [path] change the current directory to [path] 1215|:cd-| :cd - back to previous current directory 1216|:file| :f[ile] print the current file name and the cursor 1217 position 1218|:file| :f[ile] {name} set the current file name to {name} 1219|:files| :files show alternate file names 1220------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1221*Q_fl* Using the argument list |argument-list| 1222 1223|:args| :ar[gs] print the argument list, with the current file 1224 in "[]" 1225|:all| :all or :sall open a window for every file in the arg list 1226|:wn| :wn[ext][!] write file and edit next file 1227|:wn| :wn[ext][!] {file} write to {file} and edit next file, unless 1228 {file} exists; With !, overwrite existing 1229 file 1230|:wN| :wN[ext][!] [file] write file and edit previous file 1231 1232 in current window in new window ~ 1233|:argument| :argu[ment] N :sar[gument] N edit file N 1234|:next| :n[ext] :sn[ext] edit next file 1235|:next_f| :n[ext] {arglist} :sn[ext] {arglist} define new arg list 1236 and edit first file 1237|:Next| :N[ext] :sN[ext] edit previous file 1238|:first| :fir[st] :sfir[st] edit first file 1239|:last| :la[st] :sla[st] edit last file 1240------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1241*Q_wq* Writing and quitting 1242 1243|:w| :[range]w[rite][!] write to the current file 1244|:w_f| :[range]w[rite] {file} write to {file}, unless it already 1245 exists 1246|:w_f| :[range]w[rite]! {file} write to {file}. Overwrite an existing 1247 file 1248|:w_a| :[range]w[rite][!] >> append to the current file 1249|:w_a| :[range]w[rite][!] >> {file} append to {file} 1250|:w_c| :[range]w[rite] !{cmd} execute {cmd} with [range] lines as 1251 standard input 1252|:up| :[range]up[date][!] write to current file if modified 1253|:wall| :wa[ll][!] write all changed buffers 1254 1255|:q| :q[uit] quit current buffer, unless changes have been 1256 made; Exit Vim when there are no other 1257 non-help buffers 1258|:q| :q[uit]! quit current buffer always, discard any 1259 changes. Exit Vim when there are no other 1260 non-help buffers 1261|:qa| :qa[ll] exit Vim, unless changes have been made 1262|:qa| :qa[ll]! exit Vim always, discard any changes 1263|:cq| :cq quit without writing and return error code 1264 1265|:wq| :wq[!] write the current file and exit 1266|:wq| :wq[!] {file} write to {file} and exit 1267|:xit| :x[it][!] [file] like ":wq" but write only when changes have 1268 been made 1269|ZZ| ZZ same as ":x" 1270|ZQ| ZQ same as ":q!" 1271|:xall| :xa[ll][!] or :wqall[!] 1272 write all changed buffers and exit 1273 1274|:stop| :st[op][!] suspend Vim or start new shell; if 'aw' option 1275 is set and [!] not given write the buffer 1276|CTRL-Z| CTRL-Z same as ":stop" 1277------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1278*Q_ac* Automatic Commands 1279 1280|viminfo-file| read registers, marks, history at startup, save when exiting. 1281 1282|:rviminfo| :rv[iminfo] [file] read info from viminfo file [file] 1283|:rviminfo| :rv[iminfo]! [file] idem, overwrite existing info 1284|:wviminfo| :wv[iminfo] [file] add info to viminfo file [file] 1285|:wviminfo| :wv[iminfo]! [file] write info to viminfo file [file] 1286 1287|modeline| Automatic option setting when editing a file 1288 1289|modeline| vim:{set-arg}: .. In the first and last lines of the 1290 file (see 'ml' option), {set-arg} is 1291 given as an argument to ":set" 1292 1293|autocommand| Automatic execution of commands on certain events. 1294 1295|:autocmd| :au list all autocommands 1296|:autocmd| :au {event} list all autocommands for {event} 1297|:autocmd| :au {event} {pat} list all autocommands for {event} 1298 with {pat} 1299|:autocmd| :au {event} {pat} {cmd} enter new autocommands for {event} 1300 with {pat} 1301|:autocmd| :au! remove all autocommands 1302|:autocmd| :au! {event} remove all autocommands for {event} 1303|:autocmd| :au! * {pat} remove all autocommands for {pat} 1304|:autocmd| :au! {event} {pat} remove all autocommands for {event} 1305 with {pat} 1306|:autocmd| :au! {event} {pat} {cmd} remove all autocommands for {event} 1307 with {pat} and enter new one 1308------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1309*Q_wi* Multi-window commands 1310 1311|CTRL-W_s| CTRL-W s or :split split window into two parts 1312|:split_f| :split {file} split window and edit {file} in one of 1313 them 1314|:vsplit| :vsplit {file} same, but split vertically 1315|:vertical| :vertical {cmd} make {cmd} split vertically 1316 1317|:sfind| :sf[ind] {file} split window, find {file} in 'path' 1318 and edit it 1319|:terminal| :terminal {cmd} open a terminal window 1320|CTRL-W_]| CTRL-W ] split window and jump to tag under 1321 cursor 1322|CTRL-W_f| CTRL-W f split window and edit file name under 1323 the cursor 1324|CTRL-W_^| CTRL-W ^ split window and edit alternate file 1325|CTRL-W_n| CTRL-W n or :new create new empty window 1326|CTRL-W_q| CTRL-W q or :q[uit] quit editing and close window 1327|CTRL-W_c| CTRL-W c or :cl[ose] make buffer hidden and close window 1328|CTRL-W_o| CTRL-W o or :on[ly] make current window only one on the 1329 screen 1330 1331|CTRL-W_j| CTRL-W j move cursor to window below 1332|CTRL-W_k| CTRL-W k move cursor to window above 1333|CTRL-W_CTRL-W| CTRL-W CTRL-W move cursor to window below (wrap) 1334|CTRL-W_W| CTRL-W W move cursor to window above (wrap) 1335|CTRL-W_t| CTRL-W t move cursor to top window 1336|CTRL-W_b| CTRL-W b move cursor to bottom window 1337|CTRL-W_p| CTRL-W p move cursor to previous active window 1338 1339|CTRL-W_r| CTRL-W r rotate windows downwards 1340|CTRL-W_R| CTRL-W R rotate windows upwards 1341|CTRL-W_x| CTRL-W x exchange current window with next one 1342 1343|CTRL-W_=| CTRL-W = make all windows equal height & width 1344|CTRL-W_-| CTRL-W - decrease current window height 1345|CTRL-W_+| CTRL-W + increase current window height 1346|CTRL-W__| CTRL-W _ set current window height (default: 1347 very high) 1348 1349|CTRL-W_<| CTRL-W < decrease current window width 1350|CTRL-W_>| CTRL-W > increase current window width 1351|CTRL-W_bar| CTRL-W | set current window width (default: 1352 widest possible) 1353------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1354*Q_bu* Buffer list commands 1355 1356|:buffers| :buffers or :files list all known buffer and file names 1357 1358|:ball| :ball or :sball edit all args/buffers 1359|:unhide| :unhide or :sunhide edit all loaded buffers 1360 1361|:badd| :badd {fname} add file name {fname} to the list 1362|:bunload| :bunload[!] [N] unload buffer [N] from memory 1363|:bdelete| :bdelete[!] [N] unload buffer [N] and delete it from 1364 the buffer list 1365 1366 in current window in new window ~ 1367|:buffer| :[N]buffer [N] :[N]sbuffer [N] to arg/buf N 1368|:bnext| :[N]bnext [N] :[N]sbnext [N] to Nth next arg/buf 1369|:bNext| :[N]bNext [N] :[N]sbNext [N] to Nth previous arg/buf 1370|:bprevious| :[N]bprevious [N] :[N]sbprevious [N] to Nth previous arg/buf 1371|:bfirst| :bfirst :sbfirst to first arg/buf 1372|:blast| :blast :sblast to last arg/buf 1373|:bmodified| :[N]bmod [N] :[N]sbmod [N] to Nth modified buf 1374------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1375*Q_sy* Syntax Highlighting 1376 1377|:syn-on| :syntax on start using syntax highlighting 1378|:syn-off| :syntax off stop using syntax highlighting 1379 1380|:syn-keyword| :syntax keyword {group-name} {keyword} .. 1381 add a syntax keyword item 1382|:syn-match| :syntax match {group-name} {pattern} ... 1383 add syntax match item 1384|:syn-region| :syntax region {group-name} {pattern} ... 1385 add syntax region item 1386|:syn-sync| :syntax sync [ccomment | lines {N} | ...] 1387 tell syntax how to sync 1388|:syntax| :syntax [list] list current syntax items 1389|:syn-clear| :syntax clear clear all syntax info 1390 1391|:highlight| :highlight clear clear all highlight info 1392|:highlight| :highlight {group-name} {key}={arg} .. 1393 set highlighting for {group-name} 1394 1395|:filetype| :filetype on switch on file type detection, without 1396 syntax highlighting 1397|:filetype| :filetype plugin indent on 1398 switch on file type detection, with 1399 automatic indenting and settings 1400------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1401*Q_gu* GUI commands 1402 1403|:gui| :gui UNIX: start the GUI 1404|:gui| :gui {fname} .. idem, and edit {fname} .. 1405 1406|:menu| :menu list all menus 1407|:menu| :menu {mpath} list menus starting with {mpath} 1408|:menu| :menu {mpath} {rhs} add menu {mpath}, giving {rhs} 1409|:menu| :menu {pri} {mpath} {rhs} 1410 idem, with priorities {pri} 1411|:menu| :menu ToolBar.{name} {rhs} 1412 add toolbar item, giving {rhs} 1413|:tmenu| :tmenu {mpath} {text} add tooltip to menu {mpath} 1414|:unmenu| :unmenu {mpath} remove menu {mpath} 1415------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1416*Q_fo* Folding 1417 1418|'foldmethod'| set foldmethod=manual manual folding 1419 set foldmethod=indent folding by indent 1420 set foldmethod=expr folding by 'foldexpr' 1421 set foldmethod=syntax folding by syntax regions 1422 set foldmethod=marker folding by 'foldmarker' 1423 1424|zf| zf{motion} operator: Define a fold manually 1425|:fold| :{range}fold define a fold for {range} lines 1426|zd| zd delete one fold under the cursor 1427|zD| zD delete all folds under the cursor 1428 1429|zo| zo open one fold under the cursor 1430|zO| zO open all folds under the cursor 1431|zc| zc close one fold under the cursor 1432|zC| zC close all folds under the cursor 1433 1434|zm| zm fold more: decrease 'foldlevel' 1435|zM| zM close all folds: make 'foldlevel' zero 1436|zr| zr reduce folding: increase 'foldlevel' 1437|zR| zR open all folds: make 'foldlevel' max. 1438 1439|zn| zn fold none: reset 'foldenable' 1440|zN| zN fold normal set 'foldenable' 1441|zi| zi invert 'foldenable' 1442 1443 vim:tw=78:ts=8:ft=help:norl: 1444