Vim 2

Windows

Action	Key
close frame (saving changes)	ZZ
split window	^ws
close window	^wc
close all other windows	^wo
next window	^w^w
previous window	^wk
go to 3rd window	3^w^w
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Windows II

Question	Answer
new file (in new window)	^wn
move window down	^wr
move window up	^wR
move up	^w^k
move down	^w^j
recenter	zz
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Buffers / Replacing

Action	Key
close buffer	:bd
see all *txt* buffers	:b txt [tab]
go to next search item	n
go to previous search item	N
Search and replace (on current line)	:s/old/new/g
Search and replace (on all lines)	:%s/old/new/g
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Selecting and copying

Action	Key
start selecting	v
copy (vim clipboard)	y
paste (vim clipboard)	p
copy (windows clipboard)	^c
paste (windows clipboard)	^v
select all	^a
jump to other end of selection	o (while selecting)
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Advanced selecting and copying

Action	Key
create mark named a	ma
jump to mark named a	`a
copy current line	yy
select current line	V
copy up to a	y/a
select what you last had selected	gv
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Advanced inserting

Action	Key
insert (after current line)	o
insert (beginning of current line)	I
insert (above current line)	O
insert ls output (at current point)	:r !ls
insert f.txt (at current point)	:r f.txt
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Macros

Action	Key
start recording macro (named a)	qa
stop recording macro	q
execute macro (named a)	@a
rerun last macro	@@
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Helpful config file (.vimrc) settings

Question	Answer
set incsearch	incremental searching
set ignorecase	case insensitive searching
set g:netrw_keepdir=0	set current dir, when viewing a dir
:nmap ; :	make ; key behave like :
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The last one is useful because it saves you from having to hold down the shift key ((while typing a command, such as :w))

Misc II

Question	Answer
undo all changes to current line	U
show help	:h
help for the set command	:h set
vim irc channel	irc.openprojects.net #vim
Plugin to helps navigate buffers	bufexplorer
autocompletion	^p (while inserting)
:abbreviate h hello	abbreviate h as hello
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Packages

Package	Description
netrw	edit files remotely
vimshell	run shells within vim (unix-only)
:Nread scp://you@yourserver.com/	view remote directory
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