• gpg with vim

    1 min read · vim data GPG

    The vim-gnupg plugin lets vim edit gpg-encrypted files as if they were unencrypted. It's probably in your package manager. If not, you'll need to endure the faff of following the instructions.


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  • keyboard

    1 min read · keyboard vim

    System-Wide Capslock and Escape Swap This works everywhere, including in a bare-ass tty. Select a keymap, and create a new custom map. 1su root 2ls /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/i386/qwerty/ 3 4basemap=/usr/share/kbd/keymaps/i386/qwerty/pl1.map.gz 5newmap=/usr/share/kbd/keymaps/custom.map.gz 6 7gunzip -c $basemap | \ 8 sed …


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  • vim basics

    1 min read · vim basic

    Insert text by pressing i. Stop inserting text by pressing Ctrl+[. Exit with ZZ. Congratulations, you now know vim. Extras Navigation Completion Search Window Splits


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  • vim completion

    1 min read · vim completion

    Complete the word by searching for the next similar word: C-n Complete the word by searching for a previous similar word: C-p Complete the full line: C-x C-l


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  • vim in bash

    1 min read · vim bash inputrc

    Put bash in vim mode! Place the following in your ~/.inputrc: 1set editing-mode vi 2set show-mode-in-prompt on 3set vi-ins-mode-string \1\e[33;32m\2[>]=\1\e[0m\2 4set vi-cmd-mode-string \1\e[33;1m\2[?]=\1\e[0m\2 5 6set keymap vi-insert 7RETURN: "\e\n"


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  • vim navigation

    1 min read · vim navigation

    Move Command Down page Ctl-f Down half page Ctl-d Up page Ctl-b Up half page Ctl-u Scroll down Ctl-e Scroll up Ctl-y Jump to previous place Ctl-i Jump to back Ctl-o Jump to last change g; Jump to next change g, Go to current filename gf Go to a filename, and type gf (Go-to-File). For example, if you put your cursor …


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  • vim search

    1 min read · vim search

    Search for the next and or previous occurrence of the word under your cursor with * and #. Search and replace the first 'one' found with 'two': :%s/one/two/ Same, but replace 'one' globally: :%s/one/two/g Put quotes around every occurrence of $HOME: :%s/$HOME/"&" Same, but add curly brackets around $HOSTNAME: …


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  • Vim Tricks

    1 min read · vim

    Remote Editing vim scp://user@myserver[:port]//path/to/file.txt


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  • vim windows

    1 min read · vim

    Command Keys split window C-w s split window vertically C-w v close window C-q change window C-w w rotate windows C-w r split open new file :sf $filepath


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