Vim tips

Vim tips

• How do I open tabs in vim?
  • vim -p file1.txt file2.txt file3.txt
  • The second way to open files is to create new tabs within vim and open files using :tabnew file.txt in command mode, which opens a new tab and edits the specified file (if you omit the filename, you will get a new empty document). To close a tab, use :tabc
• How do I switch between tabs in vim?
  • gt (or :tabn ) to go to next tab.
  • gT (or :tabp or :tabN ) to go to previous tab.
  • #gt (or :tabn # ) to go to #th tab.
  • :tabr to go to first tab.
  • :tabl to go to last tab.
  • :tabm to move the current tab to the last position.
  • :tabm # to move the current tab to the #th position.
• Repeat characters
  • i For example: 12ia will insert 12 a’s.
• Setting/Using marks
  • set marks. type m followed by a letter. eg: ma
  • using marks. type ' followed by the letter. eg: ‘a