A practical Vim configuration

Warning All GUI setup are now deprecated. It should all be on the gvimrc but won't be maintained as we are now favouring NeoVim.

Configuration

Clone the repo and run the following to set it up:

ATTENTION: This deletes any previous configuration.

cd path_to_where_you_cloned_the_repo
./setup.sh

Shortcuts (outdated)

Most of the shortcuts with Alt are getting Leader '' versions. Some of them will continue to work on NeoVim, but not on terminal version of Vim. The idea is to remove almost all of the Alt versions gradually.

• AutoComplete

  <Control-Shift-Space> - opens the autocomplete menu

• NerdTree

  <F2> - open the NERDTree windows (drawer)

• Search/Open OUDATED

  <Alt/Option-Shift-f> - search for a file (it is possible to filter the search)

  <Alt/Option-Shift-o> - show the open files (buffers). The last viewed file is selected and you can also filter the result

  <Alt/Option-Shift-t> c - search for a tag in the current buffer

  <Alt/Option-Shift-t> a - search for a tag in all open buffers

  <Alt/Option-Shift-t> w - search for the word under the cursor as a tag in current buffer

  <Alt/Option-Shift-t> W - search for the word under the cursor as a tag in all open buffers

  <Alt/Option-Shift-t> s - search for the selection as a tag in current buffer

  <Alt/Option-Shift-t> S - search for the selection as a tag in all open buffers

• Rails specific (you can press tab to auto-complete in most of them) OUTDATED

  <Alt/Option-Shift-m> - opens a model

  <Alt/Option-Shift-c> - opens a controller

  <Alt/Option-Shift-v> - opens a view

  <Alt/Option-Shift-s> - runs a script

  <Alt/Option-Shift-e> - extract a partial

  <Alt/Option-Shift-g> - runs generate

  <Alt/Option-Shift-l> - opens the log

  <Alt/Option-Shift-p> - preview the file

  <Alt/Option-Shift-t> t - create tags file for the current project (works only for rails projects)

  <F3> - goes to the test file (test unit/rspec)

  <F4> - goes to the migration file (models) or view file (controller method)

  <F5> - runs the test file

  <F6> - runs the test under the cursor

• Git specific

  <F7> - blame

  <Shift-F7> - diff

• Windows

  <Space><Space> - expand the current window

  <Space>= - set the window back to the default size

  <Space>o - keep only the current window open

  <Space>_ - expand current horizontal split

  <Space>| - expand current vertical split

  <Control-h> - goes to the splitted window at the left

  <Control-j> - goes to the splitted window at the down

  <Control-k> - goes to the splitted window at the up

  <Control-l> - goes to the splitted window at the right

  - - decrease the font size

  + - increase the font size

• Dealing with lines

  <Alt/Option-Shift-Up> - move the selected text or line up

  <Alt/Option-Shift-Down> - move the selected text or line down

  <Alt/Option-Shift-d> - duplicate the line under the cursor

  <Alt/Option-/> - comment the line

• Other

  <Alt/Option-a> - select all

• TagBar

  <Alt/Option-i> - open the tagbar and focus it

  <Alt/Option-Shift-i> - toggle the tagbar

• Tasks

  <Alt/Option-Shift-Enter> - toggle task (done/undone)