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

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Table of Contents

Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Personalizing Vim
Chapter 3: Better Navigation
Chapter 4: Production Boosters
Chapter 5: Advanced Formatting
Chapter 6: Vim Scripting
Appendix A: Vim Can Do Everything
Appendix B: Vim Configuration Alternatives
Index

• 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

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