" ======================================== " General vim sanity improvements " ======================================== " " alias yw to yank the entire word even if the " cursor is inside the word nnoremap yw yaw " ======================================== " RSI Prevention - keyboard remaps " ======================================== " Certain things we do every day as programmers stress " out our hands. For example, typing underscores and " dashes are very common, and in position that require " a lot of hand movement. Vim to the rescue " " Now using the middle finger of either hand you can type " underscores with apple-k or apple-d, and add Shift " to type dashes imap _ imap _ imap - imap - " alias W to write the file instead of :w nnoremap W :w " Don't have to use Shift to get into command mode, just hit semicolon nnoremap ; : " move up/down quickly by using Ctrl-j, Ctrl-k " which will move us around by functions nnoremap } nnoremap { " Open the project tree and expose current file in the nerdtree with Ctrl-\ nnoremap :NERDTreeFind " Command-/ to toggle comments map :TComment imap :TCommenti "open up a git grep line, with a quote started for the search nnoremap ,gg :GitGrep " nnoremap ,gcp :GitGrepCurrentPartial " hit F to find the definition of the current class " this uses ctags. the standard way to get this is Ctrl-] nnoremap F "toggle between last two buffers with Z (normally ctrl-shift-6) nnoremap Z "git grep the current word using K (mnemonic Kurrent) nnoremap K :GitGrep " Move between split windows by using the four directions H, L, I, N " (note that I use I and N instead of J and K because J already does " line joins and K is mapped to GitGrep the current word nnoremap H h nnoremap L l nnoremap I k nnoremap M j " Create window splits easier. The default " way is Ctrl-w,v and Ctrl-w,s. I remap " this to vv and ss nnoremap vv v nnoremap ss s " Remap Q to close a window nnoremap Q c " Use \Q to kill the buffer entirely nnoremap Q :bw "open the taglist (method browser) using \t nnoremap t :TlistToggle " create <%= foo %> erb tags using Ctrl-k in edit mode imap <%= %>3hi " create <%= foo %> erb tags using Ctrl-j in edit mode imap <% %>2hi " ============================ " Shortcuts for everyday tasks " ============================ " copy current filename into system clipboard - mnemonic: (c)urrent(f)ilename " this is helpful to paste someone the path you're looking at nnoremap cf :let @* = expand("%:p") "Clear current search highlight by double tapping // nmap // :nohlsearch " (C)opy (c)ommand - which allows us to execute " the line we're looking at (it does so by yy-copy, colon " to get to the command mode, C-f to get to history editing " p to paste it, C-c to return to command mode, and CR to execute nmap Cc yy:p " Type ,hl to toggle highlighting on/off, and show current value. noremap ,hl :set hlsearch! hlsearch? " Apple-* Highlight all occurrences of current word (like '*' but without moving) " http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Highlight_all_search_pattern_matches nnoremap :let @/='\<=expand("")\>':set hls " After repeating a command, return the cursor to where it started " http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/VimTip1142 nmap . .`[ " These are very similar keys. Typing 'a will jump to the line in the current " file marked with ma. However, `a will jump to the line and column marked " with ma. It’s more useful in any case I can imagine, but it’s located way " off in the corner of the keyboard. The best way to handle this is just to " swap them: http://items.sjbach.com/319/configuring-vim-right nnoremap ' ` nnoremap ` '