Vim Tips

Note: My configuration is a lightly-modified fork of kickstart-nvim , which provides a decent starting point for neovim configs, complete with LSP support and many keybindings. I am not a neovim configuration wizard so I am not 100% clear on which of these keybindings are available by default in neovim.

General Tips

• vim -p file1 file2 to open multiple files as tabs
• :qa to quit out of all open buffers
• :Ex to return to netrw (file explorer)

Terminals

• :![cmd] to run a [cmd] in the shell, good for quick one-off commands
  • I use this for hugo new a lot when working on my website!
• :term to open a terminal in current window
• Use i to enter insert mode and type into the shell
• <C-\><C-n> to return to normal mode to allow scrolling or switching windows
  • I’ve remapped this to <C-space>

Windows

• <C-w> prefixes all window commands
• <C-w> + h,j,k,l to focus window to left, bottom, up, right, respectively
• <C-w>s to split current window horizontally, equivalent to :split
• <C-w>v to split current window vertically, equivalent to :vs
• <C-w>= to equally resize all windows

Registers

• "c before a command, where c is the register to store the text
• Use capital letter to append to the register, e.g. "C

Macros

• Press qc to start recording, where c is the register to store the macro
• Stop recording with q
• Replay the macro with @c

Jumps

• When you jump to a new location (such as using LSP go to definition), <C-o> will jump back to your previous spot
  • This is a stack, similar to undo, so you can jump back several times.