1*quickref.txt* For Vim version 7.3. Last change: 2010 Jul 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'binary' 'bin' read/write/edit file in binary mode 624'bioskey' 'biosk' MS-DOS: use bios calls for input characters 625'bomb' prepend a Byte Order Mark to the file 626'breakat' 'brk' characters that may cause a line break 627'browsedir' 'bsdir' which directory to start browsing in 628'bufhidden' 'bh' what to do when buffer is no longer in window 629'buflisted' 'bl' whether the buffer shows up in the buffer list 630'buftype' 'bt' special type of buffer 631'casemap' 'cmp' specifies how case of letters is changed 632'cdpath' 'cd' list of directories searched with ":cd" 633'cedit' key used to open the command-line window 634'charconvert' 'ccv' expression for character encoding conversion 635'cindent' 'cin' do C program indenting 636'cinkeys' 'cink' keys that trigger indent when 'cindent' is set 637'cinoptions' 'cino' how to do indenting when 'cindent' is set 638'cinwords' 'cinw' words where 'si' and 'cin' add an indent 639'clipboard' 'cb' use the clipboard as the unnamed register 640'cmdheight' 'ch' number of lines to use for the command-line 641'cmdwinheight' 'cwh' height of the command-line window 642'colorcolumn' 'cc' columns to highlight 643'columns' 'co' number of columns in the display 644'comments' 'com' patterns that can start a comment line 645'commentstring' 'cms' template for comments; used for fold marker 646'compatible' 'cp' behave Vi-compatible as much as possible 647'complete' 'cpt' specify how Insert mode completion works 648'completefunc' 'cfu' function to be used for Insert mode completion 649'completeopt' 'cot' options for Insert mode completion 650'concealcursor' 'cocu' whether concealable text is hidden in cursor line 651'conceallevel' 'cole' whether concealable text is shown or hidden 652'confirm' 'cf' ask what to do about unsaved/read-only files 653'conskey' 'consk' get keys directly from console (MS-DOS only) 654'copyindent' 'ci' make 'autoindent' use existing indent structure 655'cpoptions' 'cpo' flags for Vi-compatible behavior 656'cryptmethod' 'cm' type of encryption to use for file writing 657'cscopepathcomp' 'cspc' how many components of the path to show 658'cscopeprg' 'csprg' command to execute cscope 659'cscopequickfix' 'csqf' use quickfix window for cscope results 660'cscopetag' 'cst' use cscope for tag commands 661'cscopetagorder' 'csto' determines ":cstag" search order 662'cscopeverbose' 'csverb' give messages when adding a cscope database 663'cursorbind' 'crb' move cursor in window as it moves in other windows 664'cursorcolumn' 'cuc' highlight the screen column of the cursor 665'cursorline' 'cul' highlight the screen line of the cursor 666'debug' set to "msg" to see all error messages 667'define' 'def' pattern to be used to find a macro definition 668'delcombine' 'deco' delete combining characters on their own 669'dictionary' 'dict' list of file names used for keyword completion 670'diff' use diff mode for the current window 671'diffexpr' 'dex' expression used to obtain a diff file 672'diffopt' 'dip' options for using diff mode 673'digraph' 'dg' enable the entering of digraphs in Insert mode 674'directory' 'dir' list of directory names for the swap file 675'display' 'dy' list of flags for how to display text 676'eadirection' 'ead' in which direction 'equalalways' works 677'edcompatible' 'ed' toggle flags of ":substitute" command 678'encoding' 'enc' encoding used internally 679'endofline' 'eol' write <EOL> for last line in file 680'equalalways' 'ea' windows are automatically made the same size 681'equalprg' 'ep' external program to use for "=" command 682'errorbells' 'eb' ring the bell for error messages 683'errorfile' 'ef' name of the errorfile for the QuickFix mode 684'errorformat' 'efm' description of the lines in the error file 685'esckeys' 'ek' recognize function keys in Insert mode 686'eventignore' 'ei' autocommand events that are ignored 687'expandtab' 'et' use spaces when <Tab> is inserted 688'exrc' 'ex' read .vimrc and .exrc in the current directory 689'fileencoding' 'fenc' file encoding for multi-byte text 690'fileencodings' 'fencs' automatically detected character encodings 691'fileformat' 'ff' file format used for file I/O 692'fileformats' 'ffs' automatically detected values for 'fileformat' 693'filetype' 'ft' type of file, used for autocommands 694'fillchars' 'fcs' characters to use for displaying special items 695'fkmap' 'fk' Farsi keyboard mapping 696'foldclose' 'fcl' close a fold when the cursor leaves it 697'foldcolumn' 'fdc' width of the column used to indicate folds 698'foldenable' 'fen' set to display all folds open 699'foldexpr' 'fde' expression used when 'foldmethod' is "expr" 700'foldignore' 'fdi' ignore lines when 'foldmethod' is "indent" 701'foldlevel' 'fdl' close folds with a level higher than this 702'foldlevelstart' 'fdls' 'foldlevel' when starting to edit a file 703'foldmarker' 'fmr' markers used when 'foldmethod' is "marker" 704'foldmethod' 'fdm' folding type 705'foldminlines' 'fml' minimum number of lines for a fold to be closed 706'foldnestmax' 'fdn' maximum fold depth 707'foldopen' 'fdo' for which commands a fold will be opened 708'foldtext' 'fdt' expression used to display for a closed fold 709'formatlistpat' 'flp' pattern used to recognize a list header 710'formatoptions' 'fo' how automatic formatting is to be done 711'formatprg' 'fp' name of external program used with "gq" command 712'formatexpr' 'fex' expression used with "gq" command 713'fsync' 'fs' whether to invoke fsync() after file write 714'gdefault' 'gd' the ":substitute" flag 'g' is default on 715'grepformat' 'gfm' format of 'grepprg' output 716'grepprg' 'gp' program to use for ":grep" 717'guicursor' 'gcr' GUI: settings for cursor shape and blinking 718'guifont' 'gfn' GUI: Name(s) of font(s) to be used 719'guifontset' 'gfs' GUI: Names of multi-byte fonts to be used 720'guifontwide' 'gfw' list of font names for double-wide characters 721'guiheadroom' 'ghr' GUI: pixels room for window decorations 722'guioptions' 'go' GUI: Which components and options are used 723'guipty' GUI: try to use a pseudo-tty for ":!" commands 724'guitablabel' 'gtl' GUI: custom label for a tab page 725'guitabtooltip' 'gtt' GUI: custom tooltip for a tab page 726'helpfile' 'hf' full path name of the main help file 727'helpheight' 'hh' minimum height of a new help window 728'helplang' 'hlg' preferred help languages 729'hidden' 'hid' don't unload buffer when it is |abandon|ed 730'highlight' 'hl' sets highlighting mode for various occasions 731'hlsearch' 'hls' highlight matches with last search pattern 732'history' 'hi' number of command-lines that are remembered 733'hkmap' 'hk' Hebrew keyboard mapping 734'hkmapp' 'hkp' phonetic Hebrew keyboard mapping 735'icon' let Vim set the text of the window icon 736'iconstring' string to use for the Vim icon text 737'ignorecase' 'ic' ignore case in search patterns 738'imactivatekey' 'imak' key that activates the X input method 739'imcmdline' 'imc' use IM when starting to edit a command line 740'imdisable' 'imd' do not use the IM in any mode 741'iminsert' 'imi' use :lmap or IM in Insert mode 742'imsearch' 'ims' use :lmap or IM when typing a search pattern 743'include' 'inc' pattern to be used to find an include file 744'includeexpr' 'inex' expression used to process an include line 745'incsearch' 'is' highlight match while typing search pattern 746'indentexpr' 'inde' expression used to obtain the indent of a line 747'indentkeys' 'indk' keys that trigger indenting with 'indentexpr' 748'infercase' 'inf' adjust case of match for keyword completion 749'insertmode' 'im' start the edit of a file in Insert mode 750'isfname' 'isf' characters included in file names and pathnames 751'isident' 'isi' characters included in identifiers 752'iskeyword' 'isk' characters included in keywords 753'isprint' 'isp' printable characters 754'joinspaces' 'js' two spaces after a period with a join command 755'key' encryption key 756'keymap' 'kmp' name of a keyboard mapping 757'keymodel' 'km' enable starting/stopping selection with keys 758'keywordprg' 'kp' program to use for the "K" command 759'langmap' 'lmap' alphabetic characters for other language mode 760'langmenu' 'lm' language to be used for the menus 761'laststatus' 'ls' tells when last window has status lines 762'lazyredraw' 'lz' don't redraw while executing macros 763'linebreak' 'lbr' wrap long lines at a blank 764'lines' number of lines in the display 765'linespace' 'lsp' number of pixel lines to use between characters 766'lisp' automatic indenting for Lisp 767'lispwords' 'lw' words that change how lisp indenting works 768'list' show <Tab> and <EOL> 769'listchars' 'lcs' characters for displaying in list mode 770'loadplugins' 'lpl' load plugin scripts when starting up 771'macatsui' Mac GUI: use ATSUI text drawing 772'magic' changes special characters in search patterns 773'makeef' 'mef' name of the errorfile for ":make" 774'makeprg' 'mp' program to use for the ":make" command 775'matchpairs' 'mps' pairs of characters that "%" can match 776'matchtime' 'mat' tenths of a second to show matching paren 777'maxcombine' 'mco' maximum nr of combining characters displayed 778'maxfuncdepth' 'mfd' maximum recursive depth for user functions 779'maxmapdepth' 'mmd' maximum recursive depth for mapping 780'maxmem' 'mm' maximum memory (in Kbyte) used for one buffer 781'maxmempattern' 'mmp' maximum memory (in Kbyte) used for pattern search 782'maxmemtot' 'mmt' maximum memory (in Kbyte) used for all buffers 783'menuitems' 'mis' maximum number of items in a menu 784'mkspellmem' 'msm' memory used before |:mkspell| compresses the tree 785'modeline' 'ml' recognize modelines at start or end of file 786'modelines' 'mls' number of lines checked for modelines 787'modifiable' 'ma' changes to the text are not possible 788'modified' 'mod' buffer has been modified 789'more' pause listings when the whole screen is filled 790'mouse' enable the use of mouse clicks 791'mousefocus' 'mousef' keyboard focus follows the mouse 792'mousehide' 'mh' hide mouse pointer while typing 793'mousemodel' 'mousem' changes meaning of mouse buttons 794'mouseshape' 'mouses' shape of the mouse pointer in different modes 795'mousetime' 'mouset' max time between mouse double-click 796'mzquantum' 'mzq' the interval between polls for MzScheme threads 797'nrformats' 'nf' number formats recognized for CTRL-A command 798'number' 'nu' print the line number in front of each line 799'numberwidth' 'nuw' number of columns used for the line number 800'omnifunc' 'ofu' function for filetype-specific completion 801'opendevice' 'odev' allow reading/writing devices on MS-Windows 802'operatorfunc' 'opfunc' function to be called for |g@| operator 803'osfiletype' 'oft' operating system-specific filetype information 804'paragraphs' 'para' nroff macros that separate paragraphs 805'paste' allow pasting text 806'pastetoggle' 'pt' key code that causes 'paste' to toggle 807'patchexpr' 'pex' expression used to patch a file 808'patchmode' 'pm' keep the oldest version of a file 809'path' 'pa' list of directories searched with "gf" et.al. 810'preserveindent' 'pi' preserve the indent structure when reindenting 811'previewheight' 'pvh' height of the preview window 812'previewwindow' 'pvw' identifies the preview window 813'printdevice' 'pdev' name of the printer to be used for :hardcopy 814'printencoding' 'penc' encoding to be used for printing 815'printexpr' 'pexpr' expression used to print PostScript for :hardcopy 816'printfont' 'pfn' name of the font to be used for :hardcopy 817'printheader' 'pheader' format of the header used for :hardcopy 818'printmbcharset' 'pmbcs' CJK character set to be used for :hardcopy 819'printmbfont' 'pmbfn' font names to be used for CJK output of :hardcopy 820'printoptions' 'popt' controls the format of :hardcopy output 821'pumheight' 'ph' maximum height of the popup menu 822'quoteescape' 'qe' escape characters used in a string 823'readonly' 'ro' disallow writing the buffer 824'redrawtime' 'rdt' timeout for 'hlsearch' and |:match| highlighting 825'relativenumber' 'rnu' show relative line number in front of each line 826'remap' allow mappings to work recursively 827'report' threshold for reporting nr. of lines changed 828'restorescreen' 'rs' Win32: restore screen when exiting 829'revins' 'ri' inserting characters will work backwards 830'rightleft' 'rl' window is right-to-left oriented 831'rightleftcmd' 'rlc' commands for which editing works right-to-left 832'ruler' 'ru' show cursor line and column in the status line 833'rulerformat' 'ruf' custom format for the ruler 834'runtimepath' 'rtp' list of directories used for runtime files 835'scroll' 'scr' lines to scroll with CTRL-U and CTRL-D 836'scrollbind' 'scb' scroll in window as other windows scroll 837'scrolljump' 'sj' minimum number of lines to scroll 838'scrolloff' 'so' minimum nr. of lines above and below cursor 839'scrollopt' 'sbo' how 'scrollbind' should behave 840'sections' 'sect' nroff macros that separate sections 841'secure' secure mode for reading .vimrc in current dir 842'selection' 'sel' what type of selection to use 843'selectmode' 'slm' when to use Select mode instead of Visual mode 844'sessionoptions' 'ssop' options for |:mksession| 845'shell' 'sh' name of shell to use for external commands 846'shellcmdflag' 'shcf' flag to shell to execute one command 847'shellpipe' 'sp' string to put output of ":make" in error file 848'shellquote' 'shq' quote character(s) for around shell command 849'shellredir' 'srr' string to put output of filter in a temp file 850'shellslash' 'ssl' use forward slash for shell file names 851'shelltemp' 'stmp' whether to use a temp file for shell commands 852'shelltype' 'st' Amiga: influences how to use a shell 853'shellxquote' 'sxq' like 'shellquote', but include redirection 854'shiftround' 'sr' round indent to multiple of shiftwidth 855'shiftwidth' 'sw' number of spaces to use for (auto)indent step 856'shortmess' 'shm' list of flags, reduce length of messages 857'shortname' 'sn' non-MS-DOS: Filenames assumed to be 8.3 chars 858'showbreak' 'sbr' string to use at the start of wrapped lines 859'showcmd' 'sc' show (partial) command in status line 860'showfulltag' 'sft' show full tag pattern when completing tag 861'showmatch' 'sm' briefly jump to matching bracket if insert one 862'showmode' 'smd' message on status line to show current mode 863'showtabline' 'stal' tells when the tab pages line is displayed 864'sidescroll' 'ss' minimum number of columns to scroll horizontal 865'sidescrolloff' 'siso' min. nr. of columns to left and right of cursor 866'smartcase' 'scs' no ignore case when pattern has uppercase 867'smartindent' 'si' smart autoindenting for C programs 868'smarttab' 'sta' use 'shiftwidth' when inserting <Tab> 869'softtabstop' 'sts' number of spaces that <Tab> uses while editing 870'spell' enable spell checking 871'spellcapcheck' 'spc' pattern to locate end of a sentence 872'spellfile' 'spf' files where |zg| and |zw| store words 873'spelllang' 'spl' language(s) to do spell checking for 874'spellsuggest' 'sps' method(s) used to suggest spelling corrections 875'splitbelow' 'sb' new window from split is below the current one 876'splitright' 'spr' new window is put right of the current one 877'startofline' 'sol' commands move cursor to first non-blank in line 878'statusline' 'stl' custom format for the status line 879'suffixes' 'su' suffixes that are ignored with multiple match 880'suffixesadd' 'sua' suffixes added when searching for a file 881'swapfile' 'swf' whether to use a swapfile for a buffer 882'swapsync' 'sws' how to sync the swap file 883'switchbuf' 'swb' sets behavior when switching to another buffer 884'synmaxcol' 'smc' maximum column to find syntax items 885'syntax' 'syn' syntax to be loaded for current buffer 886'tabstop' 'ts' number of spaces that <Tab> in file uses 887'tabline' 'tal' custom format for the console tab pages line 888'tabpagemax' 'tpm' maximum number of tab pages for |-p| and "tab all" 889'tagbsearch' 'tbs' use binary searching in tags files 890'taglength' 'tl' number of significant characters for a tag 891'tagrelative' 'tr' file names in tag file are relative 892'tags' 'tag' list of file names used by the tag command 893'tagstack' 'tgst' push tags onto the tag stack 894'term' name of the terminal 895'termbidi' 'tbidi' terminal takes care of bi-directionality 896'termencoding' 'tenc' character encoding used by the terminal 897'terse' shorten some messages 898'textauto' 'ta' obsolete, use 'fileformats' 899'textmode' 'tx' obsolete, use 'fileformat' 900'textwidth' 'tw' maximum width of text that is being inserted 901'thesaurus' 'tsr' list of thesaurus files for keyword completion 902'tildeop' 'top' tilde command "~" behaves like an operator 903'timeout' 'to' time out on mappings and key codes 904'timeoutlen' 'tm' time out time in milliseconds 905'title' let Vim set the title of the window 906'titlelen' percentage of 'columns' used for window title 907'titleold' old title, restored when exiting 908'titlestring' string to use for the Vim window title 909'toolbar' 'tb' GUI: which items to show in the toolbar 910'toolbariconsize' 'tbis' size of the toolbar icons (for GTK 2 only) 911'ttimeout' time out on mappings 912'ttimeoutlen' 'ttm' time out time for key codes in milliseconds 913'ttybuiltin' 'tbi' use built-in termcap before external termcap 914'ttyfast' 'tf' indicates a fast terminal connection 915'ttymouse' 'ttym' type of mouse codes generated 916'ttyscroll' 'tsl' maximum number of lines for a scroll 917'ttytype' 'tty' alias for 'term' 918'undodir' 'udir' where to store undo files 919'undofile' 'udf' save undo information in a file 920'undolevels' 'ul' maximum number of changes that can be undone 921'undoreload' 'ur' max nr of lines to save for undo on a buffer reload 922'updatecount' 'uc' after this many characters flush swap file 923'updatetime' 'ut' after this many milliseconds flush swap file 924'verbose' 'vbs' give informative messages 925'verbosefile' 'vfile' file to write messages in 926'viewdir' 'vdir' directory where to store files with :mkview 927'viewoptions' 'vop' specifies what to save for :mkview 928'viminfo' 'vi' use .viminfo file upon startup and exiting 929'virtualedit' 've' when to use virtual editing 930'visualbell' 'vb' use visual bell instead of beeping 931'warn' warn for shell command when buffer was changed 932'weirdinvert' 'wiv' for terminals that have weird inversion method 933'whichwrap' 'ww' allow specified keys to cross line boundaries 934'wildchar' 'wc' command-line character for wildcard expansion 935'wildcharm' 'wcm' like 'wildchar' but also works when mapped 936'wildignore' 'wig' files matching these patterns are not completed 937'wildmenu' 'wmnu' use menu for command line completion 938'wildmode' 'wim' mode for 'wildchar' command-line expansion 939'wildoptions' 'wop' specifies how command line completion is done 940'winaltkeys' 'wak' when the windows system handles ALT keys 941'window' 'wi' nr of lines to scroll for CTRL-F and CTRL-B 942'winheight' 'wh' minimum number of lines for the current window 943'winfixheight' 'wfh' keep window height when opening/closing windows 944'winfixwidth' 'wfw' keep window width when opening/closing windows 945'winminheight' 'wmh' minimum number of lines for any window 946'winminwidth' 'wmw' minimal number of columns for any window 947'winwidth' 'wiw' minimal number of columns for current window 948'wrap' long lines wrap and continue on the next line 949'wrapmargin' 'wm' chars from the right where wrapping starts 950'wrapscan' 'ws' searches wrap around the end of the file 951'write' writing to a file is allowed 952'writeany' 'wa' write to file with no need for "!" override 953'writebackup' 'wb' make a backup before overwriting a file 954'writedelay' 'wd' delay this many msec for each char (for debug) 955------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 956*Q_ur* Undo/Redo commands 957 958|u| N u undo last N changes 959|CTRL-R| N CTRL-R redo last N undone changes 960|U| U restore last changed line 961------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 962*Q_et* External commands 963 964|:shell| :sh[ell] start a shell 965|:!| :!{command} execute {command} with a shell 966|K| K lookup keyword under the cursor with 967 'keywordprg' program (default: "man") 968------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 969*Q_qf* Quickfix commands 970 971|:cc| :cc [nr] display error [nr] (default is the same again) 972|:cnext| :cn display the next error 973|:cprevious| :cp display the previous error 974|:clist| :cl list all errors 975|:cfile| :cf read errors from the file 'errorfile' 976|:cgetbuffer| :cgetb like :cbuffer but don't jump to the first error 977|:cgetfile| :cg like :cfile but don't jump to the first error 978|:cgetexpr| :cgete like :cexpr but don't jump to the first error 979|:caddfile| :caddf add errors from the error file to the current 980 quickfix list 981|:caddexpr| :cad add errors from an expression to the current 982 quickfix list 983|:cbuffer| :cb read errors from text in a buffer 984|:cexpr| :cex read errors from an expression 985|:cquit| :cq quit without writing and return error code (to 986 the compiler) 987|:make| :make [args] start make, read errors, and jump to first 988 error 989|:grep| :gr[ep] [args] execute 'grepprg' to find matches and jump to 990 the first one 991------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 992*Q_vc* Various commands 993 994|CTRL-L| CTRL-L clear and redraw the screen 995|CTRL-G| CTRL-G show current file name (with path) and cursor 996 position 997|ga| ga show ascii value of character under cursor in 998 decimal, hex, and octal 999|g8| g8 for utf-8 encoding: show byte sequence for 1000 character under cursor in hex 1001|g_CTRL-G| g CTRL-G show cursor column, line, and character 1002 position 1003|CTRL-C| CTRL-C during searches: Interrupt the search 1004|dos-CTRL-Break| CTRL-Break MS-DOS: during searches: Interrupt the search 1005|<Del>| <Del> while entering a count: delete last character 1006|:version| :ve[rsion] show version information 1007|:mode| :mode N MS-DOS: set screen mode to N (number, C80, 1008 C4350, etc.) 1009|:normal| :norm[al][!] {commands} 1010 execute Normal mode commands 1011|Q| Q switch to "Ex" mode 1012 1013|:redir| :redir >{file} redirect messages to {file} 1014|:silent| :silent[!] {command} execute {command} silently 1015|:confirm| :confirm {command} quit, write, etc., asking about 1016 unsaved changes or read-only files 1017|:browse| :browse {command} open/read/write file, using a 1018 file selection dialog 1019------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1020*Q_ce* Command-line editing 1021 1022|c_<Esc>| <Esc> abandon command-line (if 'wildchar' is 1023 <Esc>, type it twice) 1024 1025|c_CTRL-V| CTRL-V {char} insert {char} literally 1026|c_CTRL-V| CTRL-V {number} enter decimal value of character (up to 1027 three digits) 1028|c_CTRL-K| CTRL-K {char1} {char2} 1029 enter digraph (See |Q_di|) 1030|c_CTRL-R| CTRL-R {0-9a-z"%#:-=} 1031 insert the contents of a register 1032 1033|c_<Left>| <Left>/<Right> cursor left/right 1034|c_<S-Left>| <S-Left>/<S-Right> cursor one word left/right 1035|c_CTRL-B| CTRL-B/CTRL-E cursor to beginning/end of command-line 1036 1037|c_<BS>| <BS> delete the character in front of the cursor 1038|c_<Del>| <Del> delete the character under the cursor 1039|c_CTRL-W| CTRL-W delete the word in front of the cursor 1040|c_CTRL-U| CTRL-U remove all characters 1041 1042|c_<Up>| <Up>/<Down> recall older/newer command-line that starts 1043 with current command 1044|c_<S-Up>| <S-Up>/<S-Down> recall older/newer command-line from history 1045|:history| :his[tory] show older command-lines 1046 1047Context-sensitive completion on the command-line: 1048 1049|c_wildchar| 'wildchar' (default: <Tab>) 1050 do completion on the pattern in front of the 1051 cursor; if there are multiple matches, 1052 beep and show the first one; further 1053 'wildchar' will show the next ones 1054|c_CTRL-D| CTRL-D list all names that match the pattern in 1055 front of the cursor 1056|c_CTRL-A| CTRL-A insert all names that match pattern in front 1057 of cursor 1058|c_CTRL-L| CTRL-L insert longest common part of names that 1059 match pattern 1060|c_CTRL-N| CTRL-N after 'wildchar' with multiple matches: go 1061 to next match 1062|c_CTRL-P| CTRL-P after 'wildchar' with multiple matches: go 1063 to previous match 1064------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1065*Q_ra* Ex ranges 1066 1067|:range| , separates two line numbers 1068|:range| ; idem, set cursor to the first line number 1069 before interpreting the second one 1070 1071|:range| {number} an absolute line number 1072|:range| . the current line 1073|:range| $ the last line in the file 1074|:range| % equal to 1,$ (the entire file) 1075|:range| * equal to '<,'> (visual area) 1076|:range| 't position of mark t 1077|:range| /{pattern}[/] the next line where {pattern} matches 1078|:range| ?{pattern}[?] the previous line where {pattern} matches 1079 1080|:range| +[num] add [num] to the preceding line number 1081 (default: 1) 1082|:range| -[num] subtract [num] from the preceding line 1083 number (default: 1) 1084------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1085*Q_ex* Special Ex characters 1086 1087|:bar| | separates two commands (not for ":global" and ":!") 1088|:quote| " begins comment 1089 1090|:_%| % current file name (only where a file name is expected) 1091|:_#| #[num] alternate file name [num] (only where a file name is 1092 expected) 1093 Note: The next seven are typed literally; these are not special keys! 1094|:<afile>| <abuf> buffer number, for use in an autocommand (only where a 1095 file name is expected) 1096|:<afile>| <afile> file name, for user in an autocommand (only where a 1097 file name is expected) 1098|:<afile>| <amatch> what matched with the pattern, for use in an 1099 autocommand (only where a file name is expected) 1100|:<cword>| <cword> word under the cursor (only where a file name is 1101 expected) 1102|:<cWORD>| <cWORD> WORD under the cursor (only where a file name is 1103 expected) (see |WORD|) 1104|:<cfile>| <cfile> file name under the cursor (only where a file name is 1105 expected) 1106|:<sfile>| <sfile> file name of a ":source"d file, within that file (only 1107 where a file name is expected) 1108 1109 After "%", "#", "<cfile>", "<sfile>" or "<afile>" 1110 |::p| :p full path 1111 |::h| :h head (file name removed) 1112 |::t| :t tail (file name only) 1113 |::r| :r root (extension removed) 1114 |::e| :e extension 1115 |::s| :s/{pat}/{repl}/ substitute {pat} with {repl} 1116------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1117*Q_st* Starting Vim 1118 1119|-vim| vim [options] start editing with an empty buffer 1120|-file| vim [options] {file} .. start editing one or more files 1121|--| vim [options] - read file from stdin 1122|-tag| vim [options] -t {tag} edit the file associated with {tag} 1123|-qf| vim [options] -q [fname] start editing in QuickFix mode, 1124 display the first error 1125 1126 Most useful Vim arguments (for full list see |startup-options|) 1127 1128|-gui| -g start GUI (also allows other options) 1129 1130|-+| +[num] put the cursor at line [num] (default: last line) 1131|-+c| +{command} execute {command} after loading the file 1132|-+/| +/{pat} {file} .. put the cursor at the first occurrence of {pat} 1133|-v| -v Vi mode, start ex in Normal mode 1134|-e| -e Ex mode, start vim in Ex mode 1135|-R| -R Read-only mode, implies -n 1136|-m| -m modifications not allowed (resets 'write' option) 1137|-d| -d diff mode |diff| 1138|-b| -b binary mode 1139|-l| -l lisp mode 1140|-A| -A Arabic mode ('arabic' is set) 1141|-F| -F Farsi mode ('fkmap' and 'rightleft' are set) 1142|-H| -H Hebrew mode ('hkmap' and 'rightleft' are set) 1143|-V| -V Verbose, give informative messages 1144|-C| -C Compatible, set the 'compatible' option 1145|-N| -N Nocompatible, reset the 'compatible' option 1146|-r| -r give list of swap files 1147|-r| -r {file} .. recover aborted edit session 1148|-n| -n do not create a swap file 1149|-o| -o [num] open [num] windows (default: one for each file) 1150|-f| -f GUI: foreground process, don't fork 1151 Amiga: do not restart Vim to open a window (for 1152 e.g., mail) 1153|-s| -s {scriptin} first read commands from the file {scriptin} 1154|-w| -w {scriptout} write typed chars to file {scriptout} (append) 1155|-W| -W {scriptout} write typed chars to file {scriptout} (overwrite) 1156|-T| -T {terminal} set terminal name 1157|-d| -d {device} Amiga: open {device} to be used as a console 1158|-u| -u {vimrc} read inits from {vimrc} instead of other inits 1159|-U| -U {gvimrc} idem, for when starting the GUI 1160|-i| -i {viminfo} read info from {viminfo} instead of other files 1161|---| -- end of options, other arguments are file names 1162|--help| --help show list of arguments and exit 1163|--version| --version show version info and exit 1164|--| - read file from stdin 1165------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1166*Q_ed* Editing a file 1167 1168 Without !: Fail if changes have been made to the current buffer. 1169 With !: Discard any changes to the current buffer. 1170|:edit_f| :e[dit][!] {file} edit {file} 1171|:edit| :e[dit][!] reload the current file 1172|:enew| :ene[w][!] edit a new, unnamed buffer 1173|:find| :fin[d][!] {file} find {file} in 'path' and edit it 1174 1175|CTRL-^| N CTRL-^ edit alternate file N (equivalent to ":e #N") 1176|gf| gf or ]f edit the file whose name is under the cursor 1177|:pwd| :pwd print the current directory name 1178|:cd| :cd [path] change the current directory to [path] 1179|:cd-| :cd - back to previous current directory 1180|:file| :f[ile] print the current file name and the cursor 1181 position 1182|:file| :f[ile] {name} set the current file name to {name} 1183|:files| :files show alternate file names 1184------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1185*Q_fl* Using the argument list |argument-list| 1186 1187|:args| :ar[gs] print the argument list, with the current file 1188 in "[]" 1189|:all| :all or :sall open a window for every file in the arg list 1190|:wn| :wn[ext][!] write file and edit next file 1191|:wn| :wn[ext][!] {file} write to {file} and edit next file, unless 1192 {file} exists; With !, overwrite existing 1193 file 1194|:wN| :wN[ext][!] [file] write file and edit previous file 1195 1196 in current window in new window ~ 1197|:argument| :argu[ment] N :sar[gument] N edit file N 1198|:next| :n[ext] :sn[ext] edit next file 1199|:next_f| :n[ext] {arglist} :sn[ext] {arglist} define new arg list 1200 and edit first file 1201|:Next| :N[ext] :sN[ext] edit previous file 1202|:first| :fir[st] :sfir[st] edit first file 1203|:last| :la[st] :sla[st] edit last file 1204------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1205*Q_wq* Writing and quitting 1206 1207|:w| :[range]w[rite][!] write to the current file 1208|:w_f| :[range]w[rite] {file} write to {file}, unless it already 1209 exists 1210|:w_f| :[range]w[rite]! {file} write to {file}. Overwrite an existing 1211 file 1212|:w_a| :[range]w[rite][!] >> append to the current file 1213|:w_a| :[range]w[rite][!] >> {file} append to {file} 1214|:w_c| :[range]w[rite] !{cmd} execute {cmd} with [range] lines as 1215 standard input 1216|:up| :[range]up[date][!] write to current file if modified 1217|:wall| :wa[ll][!] write all changed buffers 1218 1219|:q| :q[uit] quit current buffer, unless changes have been 1220 made; Exit Vim when there are no other 1221 non-help buffers 1222|:q| :q[uit]! quit current buffer always, discard any 1223 changes. Exit Vim when there are no other 1224 non-help buffers 1225|:qa| :qa[ll] exit Vim, unless changes have been made 1226|:qa| :qa[ll]! exit Vim always, discard any changes 1227|:cq| :cq quit without writing and return error code 1228 1229|:wq| :wq[!] write the current file and exit 1230|:wq| :wq[!] {file} write to {file} and exit 1231|:xit| :x[it][!] [file] like ":wq" but write only when changes have 1232 been made 1233|ZZ| ZZ same as ":x" 1234|ZQ| ZQ same as ":q!" 1235|:xall| :xa[ll][!] or :wqall[!] 1236 write all changed buffers and exit 1237 1238|:stop| :st[op][!] suspend Vim or start new shell; if 'aw' option 1239 is set and [!] not given write the buffer 1240|CTRL-Z| CTRL-Z same as ":stop" 1241------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1242*Q_ac* Automatic Commands 1243 1244|viminfo-file| read registers, marks, history at startup, save when exiting. 1245 1246|:rviminfo| :rv[iminfo] [file] read info from viminfo file [file] 1247|:rviminfo| :rv[iminfo]! [file] idem, overwrite existing info 1248|:wviminfo| :wv[iminfo] [file] add info to viminfo file [file] 1249|:wviminfo| :wv[iminfo]! [file] write info to viminfo file [file] 1250 1251|modeline| Automatic option setting when editing a file 1252 1253|modeline| vim:{set-arg}: .. In the first and last lines of the 1254 file (see 'ml' option), {set-arg} is 1255 given as an argument to ":set" 1256 1257|autocommand| Automatic execution of commands on certain events. 1258 1259|:autocmd| :au list all autocommands 1260|:autocmd| :au {event} list all autocommands for {event} 1261|:autocmd| :au {event} {pat} list all autocommands for {event} 1262 with {pat} 1263|:autocmd| :au {event} {pat} {cmd} enter new autocommands for {event} 1264 with {pat} 1265|:autocmd| :au! remove all autocommands 1266|:autocmd| :au! {event} remove all autocommands for {event} 1267|:autocmd| :au! * {pat} remove all autocommands for {pat} 1268|:autocmd| :au! {event} {pat} remove all autocommands for {event} 1269 with {pat} 1270|:autocmd| :au! {event} {pat} {cmd} remove all autocommands for {event} 1271 with {pat} and enter new one 1272------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1273*Q_wi* Multi-window commands 1274 1275|CTRL-W_s| CTRL-W s or :split split window into two parts 1276|:split_f| :split {file} split window and edit {file} in one of 1277 them 1278|:vsplit| :vsplit {file} same, but split vertically 1279|:vertical| :vertical {cmd} make {cmd} split vertically 1280 1281|:sfind| :sf[ind] {file} split window, find {file} in 'path' 1282 and edit it 1283|CTRL-W_]| CTRL-W ] split window and jump to tag under 1284 cursor 1285|CTRL-W_f| CTRL-W f split window and edit file name under 1286 the cursor 1287|CTRL-W_^| CTRL-W ^ split window and edit alternate file 1288|CTRL-W_n| CTRL-W n or :new create new empty window 1289|CTRL-W_q| CTRL-W q or :q[uit] quit editing and close window 1290|CTRL-W_c| CTRL-W c or :cl[ose] make buffer hidden and close window 1291|CTRL-W_o| CTRL-W o or :on[ly] make current window only one on the 1292 screen 1293 1294|CTRL-W_j| CTRL-W j move cursor to window below 1295|CTRL-W_k| CTRL-W k move cursor to window above 1296|CTRL-W_CTRL-W| CTRL-W CTRL-W move cursor to window below (wrap) 1297|CTRL-W_W| CTRL-W W move cursor to window above (wrap) 1298|CTRL-W_t| CTRL-W t move cursor to top window 1299|CTRL-W_b| CTRL-W b move cursor to bottom window 1300|CTRL-W_p| CTRL-W p move cursor to previous active window 1301 1302|CTRL-W_r| CTRL-W r rotate windows downwards 1303|CTRL-W_R| CTRL-W R rotate windows upwards 1304|CTRL-W_x| CTRL-W x exchange current window with next one 1305 1306|CTRL-W_=| CTRL-W = make all windows equal height 1307|CTRL-W_-| CTRL-W - decrease current window height 1308|CTRL-W_+| CTRL-W + increase current window height 1309|CTRL-W__| CTRL-W _ set current window height (default: 1310 very high) 1311------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1312*Q_bu* Buffer list commands 1313 1314|:buffers| :buffers or :files list all known buffer and file names 1315 1316|:ball| :ball or :sball edit all args/buffers 1317|:unhide| :unhide or :sunhide edit all loaded buffers 1318 1319|:badd| :badd {fname} add file name {fname} to the list 1320|:bunload| :bunload[!] [N] unload buffer [N] from memory 1321|:bdelete| :bdelete[!] [N] unload buffer [N] and delete it from 1322 the buffer list 1323 1324 in current window in new window ~ 1325|:buffer| :[N]buffer [N] :[N]sbuffer [N] to arg/buf N 1326|:bnext| :[N]bnext [N] :[N]sbnext [N] to Nth next arg/buf 1327|:bNext| :[N]bNext [N] :[N]sbNext [N] to Nth previous arg/buf 1328|:bprevious| :[N]bprevious [N] :[N]sbprevious [N] to Nth previous arg/buf 1329|:bfirst| :bfirst :sbfirst to first arg/buf 1330|:blast| :blast :sblast to last arg/buf 1331|:bmodified| :[N]bmod [N] :[N]sbmod [N] to Nth modified buf 1332------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1333*Q_sy* Syntax Highlighting 1334 1335|:syn-on| :syntax on start using syntax highlighting 1336|:syn-off| :syntax off stop using syntax highlighting 1337 1338|:syn-keyword| :syntax keyword {group-name} {keyword} .. 1339 add a syntax keyword item 1340|:syn-match| :syntax match {group-name} {pattern} ... 1341 add syntax match item 1342|:syn-region| :syntax region {group-name} {pattern} ... 1343 add syntax region item 1344|:syn-sync| :syntax sync [ccomment | lines {N} | ...] 1345 tell syntax how to sync 1346|:syntax| :syntax [list] list current syntax items 1347|:syn-clear| :syntax clear clear all syntax info 1348 1349|:highlight| :highlight clear clear all highlight info 1350|:highlight| :highlight {group-name} {key}={arg} .. 1351 set highlighting for {group-name} 1352 1353|:filetype| :filetype on switch on file type detection, without 1354 syntax highlighting 1355|:filetype| :filetype plugin indent on 1356 switch on file type detection, with 1357 automatic indenting and settings 1358------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1359*Q_gu* GUI commands 1360 1361|:gui| :gui UNIX: start the GUI 1362|:gui| :gui {fname} .. idem, and edit {fname} .. 1363 1364|:menu| :menu list all menus 1365|:menu| :menu {mpath} list menus starting with {mpath} 1366|:menu| :menu {mpath} {rhs} add menu {mpath}, giving {rhs} 1367|:menu| :menu {pri} {mpath} {rhs} 1368 idem, with priorities {pri} 1369|:menu| :menu ToolBar.{name} {rhs} 1370 add toolbar item, giving {rhs} 1371|:tmenu| :tmenu {mpath} {text} add tooltip to menu {mpath} 1372|:unmenu| :unmenu {mpath} remove menu {mpath} 1373------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1374*Q_fo* Folding 1375 1376|'foldmethod'| set foldmethod=manual manual folding 1377 set foldmethod=indent folding by indent 1378 set foldmethod=expr folding by 'foldexpr' 1379 set foldmethod=syntax folding by syntax regions 1380 set foldmethod=marker folding by 'foldmarkers' 1381 1382|zf| zf{motion} operator: Define a fold manually 1383|:fold| :{range}fold define a fold for {range} lines 1384|zd| zd delete one fold under the cursor 1385|zD| zD delete all folds under the cursor 1386 1387|zo| zo open one fold under the cursor 1388|zO| zO open all folds under the cursor 1389|zc| zc close one fold under the cursor 1390|zC| zC close all folds under the cursor 1391 1392|zm| zm fold more: decrease 'foldlevel' 1393|zM| zM close all folds: make 'foldlevel' zero 1394|zr| zr reduce folding: increase 'foldlevel' 1395|zR| zR open all folds: make 'foldlevel' max. 1396 1397|zn| zn fold none: reset 'foldenable' 1398|zN| zN fold normal set 'foldenable' 1399|zi| zi invert 'foldenable' 1400 1401 vim:tw=78:ts=8:ft=help:norl: 1402