Hacking Vim: A Cookbook to get the Most out of the Latest Vim Editor Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Preface

• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Vi, Vim, and Friends
• vi
• STEVIE
• Elvis
• Nvi
• Vim
• Vile
• Compatibility
• Vim is Charityware
• Summary

• Chapter 2: Personalizing Vim
• Where are the Config Files?
• vimrc
• gvimrc
• exrc
• Changing the Fonts
• Changing Color Scheme
• Personal Highlighting
• A More Informative Status Line
• Toggle Menu and Toolbar
• Adding Your Own Menu and Toolbar Buttons
• Adding a Menu
• Adding Toolbar Icons
• Modifying Tabs
• Work Area Personalization
• Adding a More Visual Cursor
• Adding Line Numbers
• Spell Checking Your Language
• Adding Helpful Tool Tips
• Using Abbreviations
• Modifying Key Bindings
• Summary

• Chapter 3: Better Navigation
• Faster Navigation in a File
• Context-Aware Navigation
• Navigating Long Lines

• Faster Navigation in Vim Help
• Faster Navigation in Multiple Buffers
• Open Referenced Files Faster

• Search and You Will Find
• Search the Current File
• Search in Multiple Files
• Search the Help System

• X Marks the Spot
• Visible Markers—Using Signs
• Hidden Markers—Using Marks

• Summary

• Chapter 4: Production Boosters
• Using Templates
• Using Template Files
• Abbreviations as Templates
• Using Tag Lists
• Easier Taglist Navigation
• Other Usages of Taglists
• Using Auto-Completion
• Auto-Completion with Known Words
• Auto-Completion using Dictionary Lookup
• Omni-Completion
• All-in-One Completion
• Using Macro Recording
• Using Sessions
• Simple Session Usage
• Satisfy your own Session Needs
• Sessions as a Project Manager
• Registers and Undo Branching
• Using Registers
• The Unnamed Register
• The Small Delete Register
• The Numbered Registers
• The Named Registers
• The Read-Only Registers
• The Selection and Drop Registers
• The Black Hole Register
• Search Pattern Register
• The Expression Register
• Using Undo Branching
• Folding
• Simple Text File Outlining
• Using vimdiff to Track the Changes
• Navigation in vimdiff
• Using Diff to Track Changes

• Open Files Anywhere
• Faster Remote File Editing

• Summary

• Chapter 5: Advanced Formatting
• Formatting Text
• Putting Text into Paragraphs
• Aligning Text
• Marking Headlines
• Creating Lists
• Formatting Code
• Autoindent
• Smartindent
• Cindent
• Indentexpr
• Fast Code Block Formatting
• Auto Format Pasted Code

• Using External Formatting Tools
• Indent
• Berkeley Par
• Tidy

• Summary

• Chapter 6: Vim Scripting
• Syntax-Color Schemes
• Your First Syntax-Color File
• Syntax Regions
• Color Scheme and Syntax Coloring
• Using Scripts
• Script Types
• Installing Scripts
• Uninstalling Scripts
• Script Development
• Scripting Basics
• Types
• Variables
• Conditions
• Lists and Dictionaries
• Loops
• Creating Functions
• Script Structure
• Scripting Tips
• Gvim or Vim?
• Which Operating System?
• Which Version of Vim?
• Printing Longer Lines
• Debugging Vim Scripts
• Distributing Vim Scripts
• Making Vimballs
• Remember the Documentation
• Using External Interpreters
• Vim Scripting in Perl
• Vim Scripting in Python
• Vim Scripting in Ruby
• Summary

• Appendix A: Vim Can Do Everything
• Vim Games
• Game of Life
• Nibbles
• Rubik's Cube
• Tic-Tac-Toe
• Mines
• Sokoban
• Tetris
• Programmers IDE
• Mail Program
• Chat with Vim

• Appendix B: Vim Configuration Alternatives
• Tips for Keeping your Vimrc Clean
• A Vimrc Setup System
• Storing Vimrc Online

• Index