Useful Vim Shortcuts

Some powerful VIM configuration projects on Github:

• spf13-vim

https://github.com/spf13/spf13-vim

• dot-vimrc

https://github.com/humiaozuzu/dot-vimrc

• vimrc

https://github.com/amix/vimrc

Shortcuts:

Shifting blocks visually

In normal mode: type » to indent the current line, or « to unindent.

In insert mode, Ctrl-T indents the current line, and Ctrl-D unindents.

For all commands, pressing . repeats the operation.

For example, typing 5».. shifts five lines to the right, and then repeats the operation twice so that the five lines are shifted three times.

Insert current file name: :r! echo %