Vim

links

• http://www.vim.org/ - vim homepage
• http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/ - the online source for Vim documentation

FAQ

Commands are entered by hitting the Esc button then ":" and the setting, function, command etc.

Indentation

:set filetype=xml

• http://psy.swan.ac.uk/staff/carter/Unix/vim_indent.htm
• http://www.chovy.com/web-development/fix-indentation-and-tabs-in-vim/

Enable/Disable line numbering

 set nu!

Importing the output of ls -l into the current buffer

 r !ls -l

syntax highlighting on dark background

:set background=dark

Sort lines 50 to 76 ussing the unix sort command

 50,76 !sort

Change syntax colours

find syncolor.vim

• http://nosheep.net/story/vi-color-schemes/

End highlighting search results

<f9> <esc>:nohlsearch<cr>

show tabs

:set list