vim

Console text editor for *NIX.

Zenburn look and feel for Vim and GVim

Edit ~/.vimrc and add the following

set t_Co=256
colors zenburn

Run the following:

• mkdir -p ~/.vim/colors
• cd ~/.vim/colors

• wget https://github.com/jnurmine/Zenburn/blob/master/colors/zenburn.vim

Zenburn colors: zenburn.vim

Open file

• Escape

• :o! <filename>

Exit without save

• Escape
• :q!

Save and exit

• Escape
• :wq

Insert

• Escape
• Place cursor
• Press i

Delete line

• Escape
• Place cursor
• Press dd

Delete character

• Escape
• Place cursor
• Press x

Undo

• Escape
• Press u

Copy

• Escape
• Place cursor on start
• Press v
• Select with cursor
• Press y

Cut

• Escape
• Place cursor on start
• Press v
• Select with cursor
• Press d

Paste

• Escape
• Place cursor on destination
• Press p

Search and replace all occurrences

• Escape
• :%s/oldString/newString/g

Search

• Escape
• /searchPatern

• go to previous and next with n and p

Go to the top of a file

• Escape
• :0 or gg

Go to the end of a file

• Escape
• G

Vi settings

Settings are saved in ~/.exrc. For OpenSolaris/OpenIndiana

set number
set showmode

Add extension wsgi

File /usr/share/vim/vim74/filetype.vim in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty).

#line 1577 in Ubuntu
au BufNewFile,BufRead *.py,*.pyw,*.wsgi         setf python

vimrc with key mappings

filetype plugin on
filetype indent on
colors zenburn

set t_Co=256
set nocompatible
set tabstop=4
set shiftwidth=4
set expandtab
set cursorline
set number
"This is a comment in vimrc. It does not have a closing quote 
map <M-left> :previous<cr>
map <M-right> :next<cr>
"save
map <C-s> :w<cr>
" quit all
map <F4> :qa!<cr>
" go to shell
map <F1> :sh<cr>
" write curr date time
map! <F6> <C-R>=strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S')<cr>
" paste  
map <C-v> p
" undo
map <C-u> u
" refresh
map <F5> :edit!<cr>
" go beginning
map <F7> gg=G
" search
map <F3> /
" start marking
map <C-b> v
" copy
map <C-c> y
" select all
map <C-a> ggVG