====== GVim tips and tricks ======

This largely relates to getting GVim set up on the beautiful [[windows|Windows]] operating system.

* vimrc file on Wikia: [[http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Open_vimrc_file]]
* Setting the ''.vimrc'' file on windows: [[http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9120500/vim-settings-file-on-windows]]
* [[http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10612362/setting-up-gvim-on-windows?rq=1| Setting up GVim on windows]]
* NVAlt mode for GVIM  - there's a plugin called nvim here [[https://github.com/cwoac/nvim]]
* [[http://superuser.com/questions/119991/how-do-i-get-vim-home-directory?rq=| How do I get VIM home directory]]
* [[https://blog.interlinked.org/tutorials/vim_tutorial.html| VIM introduction and tutorial]]


====== Navigation =====

Source: [[http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-switch-between-multiple-files-in-unix-linux-vim-editor/]]


==== Between files ====

Open demo files, enter:

    $ vi /tmp/foo /tmp/bar

OR
    $ vi /tmp/{foo,bar}

To list open files:
    :ls

Sample outputs:

   1 %a   "/tmp/foo"                     line 1
   2      "/tmp/bar"                     line 0

To switch to next file:

    :n

OR

    :bn

To switch to previous file:

    :p

OR

    :bp

To open specific file buffer called 10 (use :ls command to list all open file buffers):

    :b10

You can also switch between all open files, using the following syntax:

    :b foo

OR

    :b bar

Modern text editor such as vim supports enhanced tab completion to get list of open file:

    :b [HIT-TAB-KEY]

To save currently open file:

    :w

==== Visual editor ====

To split the current window vertically:

    CTRL+W v

To split the current window horizontally:

    CTRL-W s

To switch between vertically open windows i.e. navigate through open windows:

    CTRL-W h

and/or

    CTRL-W l

To switch between horizontally open windows i.e. navigate through open windows:

    CTRL-W k

and/or

    CTRL-W j

Once switched you can load file using any one of syntax as discussed above:

    :n
    :b10
    :p

===== Templates and scripts ======

* [[http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Vim_Tips_Wiki:Template_guidelines|Template guidelines]]
* 
==== Changing fonts in the editor ====

From [[http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20015138/how-to-set-font-to-be-dejavu-sans-mono-in-vim-for-xp?rq=1|Stackoverflow]]

In ''$MYVIMRC'', add the line:

    set guifont=DejaVu\ Sans\ Mono:h11

...where '':h11'', specifies a height of 11 points.

==== Internal file linking like in the GVim help ====

From [[http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Keep_a_to-do_memo_file_with_links_as_in_Vim_help]]


    *memo.txt* My Memo - extending my poor memory |guide|
    ----------------------------------------------------------------
    *subjects* *toc*
    |cmd| command tips |def| definitions
    |dev| developments |ed| editors |friends| friends
    |lang| languages |misc| others
    |private| personal info |sys| system
    ----------------------------------------------------------------
    Commands *cmd*
    *General
    http://www.cslab.vt.edu/manuals
    ...
    |doskey| DOS key utility
    <F8>: expand history
    |man| Unix manual
    man foo
    nroff -man foo.1 | less
    nroff -man foo.1 | a2ps -m
    |unix|
    http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/linuxcommand.org/
    |winhelp|
    ...
    ----------------------------------------------------------------
    Development *develop* *dev*
    ...
    ----------------------------------------------------------------
    vim:tw=78:fo=tcq2:isk=!-~,^*,^\|,^\":ts=8:ft=help:norl:


Vim needs to have the following tag file to go to where you want it to go:

    %userprofile% memo.txt /*%userprofile%*
    .htaccess meo.txt /*.htaccess*
    access memo.txt /*access*
    access.conf memo.txt /*access.conf*
    addressbook memo.txt /*addressbook*
    anchor_keyword memo.txt /*anchor_keyword*
    apache memo.txt /*apache*
    as index.txt /*as*
    at index.txt /*at*
    awk index.txt /*awk*

==== Tags in Vim ====

Turning Vim into an IDE, using Tags as index: [[http://peterodding.com/code/vim/easytags/]]

==== Navigation between files ====