Vim commands for developers, Part 2

The longer I work with Vim, the more great stuff I discover. Here’s another chunk.

Did you know there are so many ways to go to insert mode?

• i, a – insert before/after current character
• I, A – insert at the beginning/end of the line
• O, o – insert a line before/after current line
• gi – go to Insert mode where you last stopped editing

Behold – Folding!

• zf – fold selected block
• :{range}fo[ld]
• zo – open fold
• :{range}foldo[pen]

Ever changed your .vimrc and had to close Vim to load it? Well no need for that any more!

:source $MYVIMRC

And our plugin of the day is… NERDTree! NERDTree is a project file browser, very useful!

Commands:

:NERDTree [start-dir|bookmark]  # opens NERDTree
:NERDTreeToggle [start-dir|bookmark]
:NERDTreeClose
:NERDTreeFind  # find current file in tree

o, go # open / open and leave cursor in NERDTree
t, T  # open in new tab / open in tab and keep focus on current tab
i, gi # split window
s, gs # vsplit window

Also – you do know about Pathogen, right?

If you missed out on Vim commands for developers, Part 1, here it is.