vim:foldmethod=marker nomodifiable

zo opens a fold
zc closes

The gVim text text editor -- tips and tricks (Volker Kiefel)

* Change end of line codes: DOS/UNIX {{{

:set fileformat=dos
:set fileformat=unix
}}}

* Search and replace with confirmation {{{
  :34,45s/old/new/gc
}}}

* Folds {{{

set foldmethod=manual

{Visual}zf  
   creates a fold

zd
   deletes the fold under the cursor

zE
   eliminates all folds in the window

zo
   opens the fold

zc
   closes the fold

For use of LaTeX files three curly braces are not optimal, as three curly
braces often occur in normal text/code. You may therefore define an
alternative (pair of) foldmarker(s). An example for a modeline for a LaTeX
file.

  % vim:foldmethod=marker foldmarker=--->,<--- 


}}}

* Navigate in a text {{{
  
** Local variables in C sourcecode
  jump from use of a variable to its local declaration:
  gd

** Coordinate movements in two windows
  in window 1:
  :set scrollbind
  in window 2,
  :set scrollbind

 This command is further specified:
    ver		Bind vertical scrolling for 'scrollbind' windows
    hor		Bind horizontal scrolling for 'scrollbind' windows
    jump	Applies to the offset between two windows for vertical
 example:
  :set scrollopt=ver,hor

}}}

* Use diff {{{

Start diff mode from VIM; fist file in actual window, call second file with
:diffsplit {filename}

Transfer differences for range from the other window to the current window
:[range]diffget
Transfer differences for range from the current window to the other window
:[range]diffput

}}}

* Using eVim (easy VIM) {{{

   gvim -y

** execute one command, return to Insert mode
   ctrl-o (described in help files i_CTRL-O)
   ctrl-l (switch to normal mode)
}}}

* iskeyword  {{{
  
  set isk+=58

}}}

* Modification of text files by external files {{{
  
  If changes of a text file by an external program are made vim shall read the
  file again automatically with

  :set autoread

}}}

* Processing files with <tab>s {{{
  :set tabstop=n
  (Number of spaces that a <Tab> in the file counts for)

  to remove tabs:
  :set expandtab
  :retab
}}}

* Visual  {{{

gv 
  Start Visual mode with the same area as the previous area and the same mode.
  In Visual mode the current and the previous Visual area are exchanged.

}}}

* Menus in console mode (Vim) {{{
  Description see console-menus 
}}}

* Line/word wrapping {{{
  set wrap 
  
  wraps lines exactly at end of window
  
  set wrap 
  set lbr [linebreak]
  
  wraps lines at whitespaces between words, however this only affects display,
  no <EOL>s are inserted.

  {Visual}J
  Join highlighted lines, remove the indent, insert spaces

  {Visual}gJ
  Join the highlighted lines, do not insert or remove spaces

}}}

* Distance between lines:  {{{
  set linespace=1

  engerer Abstand mit kleineren Ziffern 
}}}

* count words {{{
  g <CTRL-G>
  Works also in visual mode
}}}

* Problems with syntax highlighting {{{
  
  e. g. with TeX: force Vim to reanalyse
  current file from beginning
  :syntax sync fromstart


  a pleasant colorscheme for vim
  :colorscheme manxome
}}}
  
* Control maximum size of registers written to viminfo file {{{

  some configuration paramaters can be written into the viminfo string, an
  example:

  set viminfo='20,s1000,h

  this means that: 
  - marks are remembered for the last 20 edited files
  - maximum size of registers saved in Kbyte (1000 Kbyte)
  - Disables the effect of 'hlsearch' when loading the viminfo file

}}}

* Vim and the clipboard  {{{
  
  set clipboard=unnamed  

  Vim takes all text that should go in the unnamed register and puts it in the
  clipboard register

}}}

* set options of gvim GUI {{{
  
  Add scrollbar at the bottom of the screen:
  guioptions+=b

}}}

* set language for use of menu translation {{{
  
  if the language for the menus is set to a non-English language put
  :set langmenu=none
  before loading menus.

}}}

* Install German dictionary (Vim v7, win32, Linux) {{{

Get German Dictionary from 
  http://lingucomponent.openoffice.org/spell_dic.html

unzip de_DE.zip. Install with 
  :mkspell \vim\vim70\spell\de de_DE

Under Linux:
  Create ~/.vim/spell
  unzip de_DE.zip in the current directiry
  start vim and run
  :mkspell ~/.vim/spell/de de_DE

this generates de.latin1.spl.

to turn on spelling:

  :set spell
  :set spelllang=de

}}}

* Apply external program to marked text {{{

Mark Text, apply external command with "!"

  :!fmt -w 77

reformats block of text with 77 columns

}}}