The default visual mode mapping of surround.vim is Shift–S, not lowercase s. You can check whether it’s defined with :verbose vmap S. Do the other surround.vim mappings (ys, cs, …) work? If not, check :scriptnames and :set runtimepath? for troubleshooting.
You should rearrange the inputrc so the commented line comes after set keymap vi-insert. Like this: set bell-style none $if mode=vi set keymap vi-command “gg”: beginning-of-history “G”: end-of-history set keymap vi-insert #notice how the “jj” movement is “jj”: vi-movement-mode #after ‘set keymap vi-insert’? “\C-w”: backward-kill-word “\C-p”: history-search-backward $endif
If you are using Vim 7.3, you should have the MatchIt vim macro available. Add runtime macros/matchit.vim to your .vimrc file and you should be able to use % to match the ruby blocks. You can look at the filetype plugin for ruby to see what it will move between.
The safest way without destroying a register is to do the following: p`[ If you want to create a shortcut, just use any of vim’s map functions that is suitable for you, eg: noremap p p`[
This is because of mswin.vim that is sourced by the default _vimrc generated when you install vim. Just override your _vimrc with the .vimrc you are using under *nix, or delete mswin.vim.
From the VIM documentation: The algorithm used is breakable. A 4 character key in about one hour, a 6 character key in one day (on a Pentium 133 PC). This requires that you know some text that must appear in the file. An expert can break it for any key. When the text has been … Read more
Do :set number to display line numbers.
If you just want a list of the occurences of “TODO” in .py files in the working directory, you can just use :vimgrep like so: :vimgrep TODO **/*.py Then open the quickfix window with: :cw (it might open it automatically anyway, not sure) and just scroll through the results, hitting Enter to go to each … Read more
Use CTRL-R with the expression register =. The following command would add 2.1 to a number on a line: C <CTRL-R> = <CTRL-R> ” +2.1 <ENTER> Combine with macro it can yield some interesting results, such as this example.
There’s two ways to do this, the canonical way, and the hack. First: The Canonical Way Window > Preferences… Fold out General > Editors > File Associations. Choose the file type you want to edit Click the “Add” button beside the “Associated editors” box. Click “External programs” and “Browse…”, then find gvim, or enter /usr/bin/gvim, … Read more