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VIM Tricks Match & Replace

• Match the whole word (eg:match printf but not snprintf/fprintf)
  You can use \< to match the beginning of a word and > to match the end:

    
       
     
  
     
        
      
  %s/\<printf\>/PRINTF/gc
    
       
     

• match the current line to last line of file

   
       
     
   
        
      
    ,   $s  / printf  / printf  / Span class= "PLN" >GC  
   
       
     
   

• match the current line to the next and line of file

   
       
     
   
        
      
    .,+  2s  /  printf  / printf  / GC   
   
       
     

• Replace word contain/, eg. Printf->//print

    
       
     
  
     
        
      
  :s!printf!//printf!gc
    
       
     

Text selection

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If you want to does the same thing to a collection of lines, like cut, copy, sort, or format, your first need to select the T Ext. Get out of insert mode, hit one of the options below, and then move up or down a few lines. You should see the selected text highlighted

Key	Description
V	Selects entire lines
V	Selects range of text
Ctrl-v	Selects Colums
Gv	Reselect block

Word & Line Completion

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Key	Description
Ctrl-n	Next word completion (similar word in the current file
Ctrl-p	Previous word completion (similar word in the current file
Ctrl-x, Ctrl-l	Line completion
Ctrl-w	Erases word (insert mode)
Ctrl-u	Erases line ... or command line

When we command set path value

 
   
  

  
    
   
:set dictionary=/usr/share/dict/words
 
   
  

Then, Ctrl-x, Ctrl-k, the dictionary completion

Markers

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Use the markers to set places your want to hotfoot get back to, or to specify a block of text you want to copy or cut.

Key	Description
Ma A	Mark current position as mark A (can use a-Z)
' K	Move to Mark K
d ' k	Delete form current Positon to mark K
' A-Z	Same file

Reformatting

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These is useful to reformat text paragraphs or chunks of code (Note: This does not Python code ...)

Key	Description
v=	Select text, then reformat with =
=	Would correct alignment of code
==	One line
Gq	Reformat paragraph

Folding

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Use folds to collapse selected blocks. Useful if you had finished a subroutine and want to save window space, or maybe want to fold allboocks of comments

Key	Description
Zo	Open Current Scope fold
Zc	Close current Scope fold
ZO	Open current scope fold and sub scope fold
Zc	Close current scope fold and sub scope fold

Insert text beginning multi-line of same columns

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• Use + to select the first column of text in the Ctrl lines you want to V comment.
• Then hits shift + and i type the text you want to insert.
• Then hit Esc wait 1 second and the inserted text would appear on every line.

From for notes (Wiz)

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