You can do this in vim using the ! command. For instance to count the number of words in the current file you can do: :! wc % The % is replaced by the current filename. To run a script you could call the interpreter on the file – for instance if you are writing … Read more
This should normally work: C-w= see window-resize There are exceptions with windows that maintain a minimum/maximum width. This is frequently the case with ‘sidebar’ style plugins (taglist, nerdtree); In which case it is probably only what you wanted when they don’t resize.
Update to MacVim 7.3 Go into the General Preferences Under “Open files from applications:” choose “in the current window” In the pull down menu below this option select “and set the arglist”
I don’t know of a single key command, but a lot of times I do “r” then “Enter” to break a line. “r” replaces the current character under the cursor without going into insert mode. This may not be what you want if you don’t want to replace a character…
# is simply an Ex special character that will be replaced with the name of the alternate file. Do an :ls, and the alternate file will be marked with a # there also. # can similarly be used with :tabnew and split. In the examples below I’ll use :tabe in place of :tabnew as :tabe … Read more
You can use * and/or # to search for the word under the cursor or viw to visually select the word under the cursor.
Step 1. Install homebrew from here: http://brew.sh Step 1.1. Run export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH Step 2. Run brew update Step 3. Run brew install vim && brew install macvim Step 4. Run brew link macvim You now have the latest versions of vim and macvim managed by brew. Run brew update && brew upgrade every once in … Read more
You can use autocmd to accomplish that, i.e.: augroup twig_ft au! autocmd BufNewFile,BufRead *.html.twig set syntax=html augroup END Should work.
Here’s a tip sheet I wrote up once, with the commands I actually use regularly: References vim documentation online advanced vim tips more useful tips and graphical cheat sheet General Nearly all commands can be preceded by a number for a repeat count. eg. 5dd delete 5 lines <Esc> gets you out of any mode … Read more
Another option is using the SuperTab plugin: ” if you use Vundle, load plugins: Bundle ‘ervandew/supertab’ Bundle ‘Valloric/YouCompleteMe’ Bundle ‘SirVer/ultisnips’ ” make YCM compatible with UltiSnips (using supertab) let g:ycm_key_list_select_completion = [‘<C-n>’, ‘<Down>’] let g:ycm_key_list_previous_completion = [‘<C-p>’, ‘<Up>’] let g:SuperTabDefaultCompletionType=”<C-n>” ” better key bindings for UltiSnipsExpandTrigger let g:UltiSnipsExpandTrigger = “<tab>” let g:UltiSnipsJumpForwardTrigger = “<tab>” let … Read more