Vim

Configuration

⏣SUPERIOR ULTRABEST™⏣ Vim config. Provides fancy-pants aliases, sane default settings, and other useful miscellanea:
https://github.com/mitochondrion/dotfiles/blob/master/.vimrc

Install:

# Install vim config
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mitochondrion/dotfiles/master/.vimrc -O ~/.vimrc

# Install Pathogen vim plugin loader
mkdir -p ~/.vim/autoload ~/.vim/bundle && \
curl -LSso ~/.vim/autoload/pathogen.vim https://tpo.pe/pathogen.vim

# Install vim plugins
git clone https://github.com/scrooloose/nerdcommenter.git ~/.vim/bundle/nerdcommenter
git clone https://github.com/scrooloose/nerdtree.git ~/.vim/bundle/nerdtree
git clone https://github.com/airblade/vim-gitgutter ~/.vim/bundle/vim-gitgutter
git clone https://github.com/mileszs/ack.vim.git ~/.vim/bundle/ack.vim
git clone https://github.com/bronson/vim-trailing-whitespace ~/.vim/bundle/vim-trailing-whitespace
git clone https://github.com/ctrlpvim/ctrlp.vim.git ~/.vim/bundle/ctrlp.vim
git clone https://github.com/ervandew/supertab ~/.vim/bundle/supertab
git clone https://github.com/ntpeters/vim-better-whitespace.git ~/.vim/bundle/vim-better-whitespace
git clone https://github.com/sheerun/vim-polyglot.git ~/.vim/bundle/vim-polyglot
# git clone https://github.com/scrooloose/syntastic ~/.vim/bundle/syntastic # 🐌Removed because Syntastic can make vim unuseably slow

# Install best vim colors
mkdir ~/.vim/colors
git clone https://github.com/chriskempson/tomorrow-theme.git ~/.vim/colors/tomorrow-theme
cp ~/.vim/colors/tomorrow-theme/vim/colors/*.vim ~/.vim/colors/

Vim Commands

Vim startup diagnostics

vim [file] --startuptime ~/vim.log

Vim debug logging

vim -V20vimlog [file]

# In another terminal
less -NM vimlog # Press F to start tailing
# OR
tail -f vimlog

Shell commands

Run from vim command-line mode

:![COMMAND] # e.g.: :!mv ./thing1 ./thing2

Run from shell

Ctrl-z # Stop (pause) currently exec'd process (vim)
[RUN COMMANDS]
fg # Resume (un-pause) vim

Chaining commands

:[COMMAND1] | [COMMAND2] | ...

Save and run current file

Executable

:w | !./%

Interpretable (e.g. python)

:w | !python ./%

Full path (in case not editing from same dir)

:w | !python %:p

Editor Commands:

Replace word repeatedly without having to re-copy

• Position cursor over word to copy: y, i, w
• Position cursor over word to replace: c, i, w, Ctrl+r, 0
• Position cursor over next word to replace: . (repeat this step for subsequent words)

Goto specific byte of file

[BYTE INDEX], g, o (e.g.: 1234go)

Block actions

Define block

• Position cursor at beginning of block: Ctrl+v
• Move cursor to end of block

Insert

• From buffer: Shift+i, Ctrl+r, 0, Esc
• New text: Shift+i, [NEW TEXT], Esc

Delete

• d

Replace block

• With new text: c, [NEW TEXT], Esc
• From buffer: p