File folding can be useful on larger files. See
http://applications.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/05/18/1915233&tid=13 for more
details.
Steve
On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 09:06:28 +1200
Rex Johnston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Glynn Foster wrote:
>
> > set matchpairs+=<:>
>
> Awesome, didn't know that one. The vim help files aren't organised in the
> most logical
> manner.
>
> > Keep track of where you were
> > ============================
> > In normal mode, you can leave a mark at any cursor position. Just type
> > m<char>.
> > For example,
> > mh
> > Then to go back to that mark, you type a backtick: `<same char>
> > That is
> > `h
> > Or, to go to the start of the line containing the mark, type a single quote
> > '<same char>
> > 'h
> > If you use a lowercase letter, the mark is per-buffer. If you use an
> > uppercase
> > letter, the mark is global. You can see all marks you've set by typing
> > :marks
> >
> > Copying delimited objects
> > =========================
> > To copy the entire {} block the cursor is in: yab or ya{
> > To copy the entire [] delimited text the cursor is in: ya[
> > To copy the entire () delimited text the cursor is in: ya(
>
> You can combine these 2.
>
> Set the cursor somewhere, drop a mark (i.e. ma), then shift cursor somewhere
> else yank it
> (i.e. y`a, or more usefully, "ay`a, yank into buffer a, all from current
> position to mark "a").
> This is very useful when editing multiple, similar files (when code re-use
> isn't perhaps as good
> as it could be). "aP or "ap to paste buffer "a" back. I believe there are
> 27 buffers, more than
> enough.
>
> > My personal ~/.vimrc file contains -
> >
> > set textwidth=80
> > set softtabstop=4
> > set expandtab
> > set shiftround
>
> I like
>
> set sm
> set ts=4
> set sw=4
> set ai
> map! {{ { ^M}^[O
> set backupdir=~/tmp
>
> and a bunch of other code formatting macros.
>
> Cheers, Rex
