VIm notes

• apply a script file of ex commands ex_command to a given file my_file
  • on the command line:

user@host:~$ vim -S ex_command my_file

• inside VIm, in ex mode:

:source! ex_command

• sort lines 1 to 30 using external command

:1,30!sort

• usefull commands (in command mode)

gt  will go to the next tab
gT  will go to the previous tab

• save the file with root privileges using sudo

:w !sudo tee %

• interesting options

Description	enable	disable	enable (short form)	disable (short form)
auto-indentation	:set autoindent	:set noautoindent	:set ai	:set noai
case-unsensitivity	:set ignorecase	:set noignorecase	:set ic	:set noic
line number display	:set number	:set nonumber	:set nu	:set nonu

• spell cheking

• to enable:

:set spell spelllang=en_us   # enable US english spell checking
:set spell spelllang=fr      # enable french spell checking
:setlocal spell spelllang=fr # enable french spell checking for the current view

• to disable:

:set nospell

• dictionary files

Dictionnaries can be found at http://ftp.vim.org/vim/runtime/spell/

New dictionnaries (*.spl and *.sug files) must be copied inside ~/.vim/spell

• to get propositions about a misspelled word hit z=

• folding commands
  • zfnj creates a fold from the cursor down n lines.
  • zo opens a fold on the cursor.
  • zj moves the cursor to the next fold.
  • zk moves the cursor to the previous fold.
  • zd deletes the fold at the cursor.
  • zE deletes all folds in the document.
  • zM closes all open folds.
  • zR opens all folds.