.vim

After Installation, You Need To:

After Installation, You Might Want To:

On MacOS:

Install MacVim and use Iterm2 if something is not working right

For Error Checking

See _machine_specific.vim

For Code AutoComplete (YouCompleteMe)

Install cmake
Run sudo python3 [your vim folder]/plugged/install.py
For python: sudo pip3 install pylint autopep8 yapf

For Taglist:

Install ctags for function/class/variable list

Keyboard Shortcuts for `NORMAL` (`COMMAND`) Mode

1 Basic Commands

1.1 The Most Basics

k : to switch to INSERT : mode, equals to key i

Q : quit current vim window, equals to command :q

S : save the current file, equals to command :w

IMPORTANT

Since the i key has been mapped to k, every command (combination) that involves i should use k instead (for example, ciw should be ckw).

1.2 Cursor Movement

Command	What it does	Equivalent (QWERTY)
`u`	cursor up a terminal line	`k`
`e`	cursor down a terminal line	`j`
`n`	cursor left	`h`
`i`	cursor right	`l`
`U`	cursor up 5 terminal lines	`5k`
`E`	cursor down 5 terminal lines	`5j`
`N`	cursor to the start of the line	`0`
`I`	cursor to the end of the line	`$`
`Ctrl` `u`	move the view port up 5 lines without moving the cursor	`Ctrl` `y`
`Ctrl` `e`	move the view port down 5 lines without moving the cursor	`Ctrl` `e`
`w`	next word
`h`	move to the end of this word	`e`
`b`	previous word

1.3 Some Other Commands That Your Moms Don't Tell You

Command	What it does
`<C-i>`	Go to the next cursor position
`<C-o>`	Go to the previous cursor position
`<C-a>`	Increase the number under cursor by 1
`<C-x>`	Decrease the number under cursor by 1
`z=`	Show spell suggestions

2 Window Management

2.1 Creating Window Through Split Screen

Command	What it does
`su`	Create a new horizontal split screen and place it above the current window
`se`	Create a new horizontal split screen and place it below the current window
`sn`	Create a new vertical split screen and place it left to the current window
`si`	Create a new vertical split screen and place it right to the current window
`sv`	Set the two splits to be vertical
`sh	Set the two splits to be horizontal

2.2 Moving the Cursor Between Different Windows

Action	Shortcut	Command
Move cursor to the next window	`<SPACE>w`	`<C-w>w`

3 Opening/Locating a File

3.1 NERDTree

Action	Shortcut	Command
Toggle NerdTree	`tt`	`:NERDTreeToggle`

3.2 CtrlP (the fuzzy file finder)

Action	Shortcut	Command
Active CtrlP	`Ctrl` `p`	`:CtrlP<CR>`
Move up 1 item	`Ctrl` `u`
Move down 1 item	`Ctrl` `e`

4 AutoComplete (YCM)

Action	Shortcut	Command
Go to definition	`gd`	`:YcmCompleter GoToDefinitionElseDeclaration<CR>`
Get documentation	`g/`	`:YcmCompleter GetDoc<CR>`
Get type	`gt`	`:YcmCompleter GetType<CR>`
Go to references	`gr`	`:YcmCompleter GoToReferences`

5 Undotree

Press Shift + L to open Undotree

6 Bookmarks (vim-signiture)

Action	Shortcut	Command
Add/remove mark at current line	`m<letter>`
List all marks	`m/`
Jump to the next mark in buffer	`m<SPACE>`

For more commands, see here

7 Markdown File Editing

7.1 Edit Table with `vim-table-mode`

Toggle "Table Editing Mode" with <SPACE>tm (equals to command :TableModeToggle<CR>)

Some Other Useful Stuff

Press `<SPACE>fd` to highlight adjacent duplicated words

Press `tx` and enter your text

tx Hello<Enter>

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