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1 *change.txt* For Vim version 7.4. Last change: 2014 Feb 11 |
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| 4 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar | |
| 5 | |
| 6 | |
| 7 This file describes commands that delete or change text. In this context, | |
| 8 changing text means deleting the text and replacing it with other text using | |
| 9 one command. You can undo all of these commands. You can repeat the non-Ex | |
| 10 commands with the "." command. | |
| 11 | |
| 12 1. Deleting text |deleting| | |
| 13 2. Delete and insert |delete-insert| | |
| 14 3. Simple changes |simple-change| *changing* | |
| 15 4. Complex changes |complex-change| | |
| 32 | 16 4.1 Filter commands |filter| |
| 17 4.2 Substitute |:substitute| | |
| 18 4.3 Search and replace |search-replace| | |
| 19 4.4 Changing tabs |change-tabs| | |
| 7 | 20 5. Copying and moving text |copy-move| |
| 21 6. Formatting text |formatting| | |
| 282 | 22 7. Sorting text |sorting| |
| 7 | 23 |
| 24 For inserting text see |insert.txt|. | |
| 25 | |
| 26 ============================================================================== | |
| 27 1. Deleting text *deleting* *E470* | |
| 28 | |
| 29 ["x]<Del> or *<Del>* *x* *dl* | |
| 30 ["x]x Delete [count] characters under and after the cursor | |
| 31 [into register x] (not |linewise|). Does the same as | |
| 32 "dl". | |
| 33 The <Del> key does not take a [count]. Instead, it | |
| 34 deletes the last character of the count. | |
| 35 See |:fixdel| if the <Del> key does not do what you | |
| 36 want. See |'whichwrap'| for deleting a line break | |
| 37 (join lines). {Vi does not support <Del>} | |
| 38 | |
| 39 *X* *dh* | |
| 40 ["x]X Delete [count] characters before the cursor [into | |
| 41 register x] (not |linewise|). Does the same as "dh". | |
| 42 Also see |'whichwrap'|. | |
| 43 | |
| 44 *d* | |
| 45 ["x]d{motion} Delete text that {motion} moves over [into register | |
| 46 x]. See below for exceptions. | |
| 47 | |
| 48 *dd* | |
| 49 ["x]dd Delete [count] lines [into register x] |linewise|. | |
| 50 | |
| 51 *D* | |
| 52 ["x]D Delete the characters under the cursor until the end | |
| 53 of the line and [count]-1 more lines [into register | |
| 54 x]; synonym for "d$". | |
| 55 (not |linewise|) | |
| 164 | 56 When the '#' flag is in 'cpoptions' the count is |
| 57 ignored. | |
| 7 | 58 |
| 59 {Visual}["x]x or *v_x* *v_d* *v_<Del>* | |
| 60 {Visual}["x]d or | |
| 61 {Visual}["x]<Del> Delete the highlighted text [into register x] (for | |
| 62 {Visual} see |Visual-mode|). {not in Vi} | |
| 63 | |
| 64 {Visual}["x]CTRL-H or *v_CTRL-H* *v_<BS>* | |
| 65 {Visual}["x]<BS> When in Select mode: Delete the highlighted text [into | |
| 66 register x]. | |
| 67 | |
| 68 {Visual}["x]X or *v_X* *v_D* *v_b_D* | |
| 69 {Visual}["x]D Delete the highlighted lines [into register x] (for | |
| 70 {Visual} see |Visual-mode|). In Visual block mode, | |
| 71 "D" deletes the highlighted text plus all text until | |
| 72 the end of the line. {not in Vi} | |
| 73 | |
| 5220 | 74 *:d* *:de* *:del* *:delete* *:dl* *:dp* |
| 7 | 75 :[range]d[elete] [x] Delete [range] lines (default: current line) [into |
| 76 register x]. | |
| 5220 | 77 Note these weird abbreviations: |
| 78 :dl delete and list | |
| 79 :dell idem | |
| 80 :delel idem | |
| 81 :deletl idem | |
| 82 :deletel idem | |
| 83 :dp delete and print | |
| 84 :dep idem | |
| 85 :delp idem | |
| 86 :delep idem | |
| 87 :deletp idem | |
| 88 :deletep idem | |
| 7 | 89 |
| 90 :[range]d[elete] [x] {count} | |
| 91 Delete {count} lines, starting with [range] | |
| 92 (default: current line |cmdline-ranges|) [into | |
| 93 register x]. | |
| 94 | |
| 3492 | 95 These commands delete text. You can repeat them with the `.` command |
| 96 (except `:d`) and undo them. Use Visual mode to delete blocks of text. See | |
| 7 | 97 |registers| for an explanation of registers. |
| 98 | |
| 99 An exception for the d{motion} command: If the motion is not linewise, the | |
| 100 start and end of the motion are not in the same line, and there are only | |
| 101 blanks before the start and after the end of the motion, the delete becomes | |
| 102 linewise. This means that the delete also removes the line of blanks that you | |
| 3256 | 103 might expect to remain. Use the |o_v| operator to force the motion to be |
| 104 characterwise. | |
| 7 | 105 |
| 106 Trying to delete an empty region of text (e.g., "d0" in the first column) | |
| 107 is an error when 'cpoptions' includes the 'E' flag. | |
| 108 | |
| 109 *J* | |
| 110 J Join [count] lines, with a minimum of two lines. | |
| 111 Remove the indent and insert up to two spaces (see | |
| 112 below). | |
| 113 | |
| 114 *v_J* | |
| 115 {Visual}J Join the highlighted lines, with a minimum of two | |
| 116 lines. Remove the indent and insert up to two spaces | |
| 117 (see below). {not in Vi} | |
| 118 | |
| 119 *gJ* | |
| 120 gJ Join [count] lines, with a minimum of two lines. | |
| 121 Don't insert or remove any spaces. {not in Vi} | |
| 122 | |
| 123 *v_gJ* | |
| 124 {Visual}gJ Join the highlighted lines, with a minimum of two | |
| 125 lines. Don't insert or remove any spaces. {not in | |
| 126 Vi} | |
| 127 | |
| 128 *:j* *:join* | |
| 168 | 129 :[range]j[oin][!] [flags] |
| 130 Join [range] lines. Same as "J", except with [!] | |
| 7 | 131 the join does not insert or delete any spaces. |
| 132 If a [range] has equal start and end values, this | |
| 133 command does nothing. The default behavior is to | |
| 134 join the current line with the line below it. | |
| 135 {not in Vi: !} | |
| 168 | 136 See |ex-flags| for [flags]. |
| 7 | 137 |
| 168 | 138 :[range]j[oin][!] {count} [flags] |
| 7 | 139 Join {count} lines, starting with [range] (default: |
| 140 current line |cmdline-ranges|). Same as "J", except | |
| 141 with [!] the join does not insert or delete any | |
| 142 spaces. | |
| 143 {not in Vi: !} | |
| 168 | 144 See |ex-flags| for [flags]. |
| 7 | 145 |
| 146 These commands delete the <EOL> between lines. This has the effect of joining | |
| 3492 | 147 multiple lines into one line. You can repeat these commands (except `:j`) and |
| 7 | 148 undo them. |
| 149 | |
| 150 These commands, except "gJ", insert one space in place of the <EOL> unless | |
| 151 there is trailing white space or the next line starts with a ')'. These | |
| 152 commands, except "gJ", delete any leading white space on the next line. If | |
| 153 the 'joinspaces' option is on, these commands insert two spaces after a '.', | |
| 154 '!' or '?' (but if 'cpoptions' includes the 'j' flag, they insert two spaces | |
| 155 only after a '.'). | |
| 156 The 'B' and 'M' flags in 'formatoptions' change the behavior for inserting | |
| 157 spaces before and after a multi-byte character |fo-table|. | |
| 158 | |
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| 7 | 162 |
| 163 ============================================================================== | |
| 164 2. Delete and insert *delete-insert* *replacing* | |
| 165 | |
| 166 *R* | |
| 167 R Enter Replace mode: Each character you type replaces | |
| 168 an existing character, starting with the character | |
| 169 under the cursor. Repeat the entered text [count]-1 | |
| 170 times. See |Replace-mode| for more details. | |
| 171 | |
| 172 *gR* | |
| 173 gR Enter Virtual Replace mode: Each character you type | |
| 174 replaces existing characters in screen space. So a | |
| 175 <Tab> may replace several characters at once. | |
| 176 Repeat the entered text [count]-1 times. See | |
| 177 |Virtual-Replace-mode| for more details. | |
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178 {not available when compiled without the |+vreplace| |
| 7 | 179 feature} |
| 180 | |
| 181 *c* | |
| 182 ["x]c{motion} Delete {motion} text [into register x] and start | |
| 183 insert. When 'cpoptions' includes the 'E' flag and | |
| 184 there is no text to delete (e.g., with "cTx" when the | |
| 185 cursor is just after an 'x'), an error occurs and | |
| 186 insert mode does not start (this is Vi compatible). | |
| 187 When 'cpoptions' does not include the 'E' flag, the | |
| 188 "c" command always starts insert mode, even if there | |
| 189 is no text to delete. | |
| 190 | |
| 191 *cc* | |
| 192 ["x]cc Delete [count] lines [into register x] and start | |
| 193 insert |linewise|. If 'autoindent' is on, preserve | |
| 194 the indent of the first line. | |
| 195 | |
| 196 *C* | |
| 197 ["x]C Delete from the cursor position to the end of the | |
| 198 line and [count]-1 more lines [into register x], and | |
| 199 start insert. Synonym for c$ (not |linewise|). | |
| 200 | |
| 201 *s* | |
| 202 ["x]s Delete [count] characters [into register x] and start | |
| 203 insert (s stands for Substitute). Synonym for "cl" | |
| 204 (not |linewise|). | |
| 205 | |
| 206 *S* | |
| 207 ["x]S Delete [count] lines [into register x] and start | |
| 208 insert. Synonym for "cc" |linewise|. | |
| 209 | |
| 210 {Visual}["x]c or *v_c* *v_s* | |
| 211 {Visual}["x]s Delete the highlighted text [into register x] and | |
| 212 start insert (for {Visual} see |Visual-mode|). {not | |
| 213 in Vi} | |
| 214 | |
| 215 *v_r* | |
| 216 {Visual}["x]r{char} Replace all selected characters by {char}. | |
| 217 | |
| 218 *v_C* | |
| 219 {Visual}["x]C Delete the highlighted lines [into register x] and | |
| 220 start insert. In Visual block mode it works | |
| 221 differently |v_b_C|. {not in Vi} | |
| 222 *v_S* | |
| 223 {Visual}["x]S Delete the highlighted lines [into register x] and | |
| 224 start insert (for {Visual} see |Visual-mode|). {not | |
| 225 in Vi} | |
| 226 *v_R* | |
| 227 {Visual}["x]R Currently just like {Visual}["x]S. In a next version | |
| 228 it might work differently. {not in Vi} | |
| 229 | |
| 230 Notes: | |
| 231 - You can end Insert and Replace mode with <Esc>. | |
| 232 - See the section "Insert and Replace mode" |mode-ins-repl| for the other | |
| 233 special characters in these modes. | |
| 234 - The effect of [count] takes place after Vim exits Insert or Replace mode. | |
| 235 - When the 'cpoptions' option contains '$' and the change is within one line, | |
| 236 Vim continues to show the text to be deleted and puts a '$' at the last | |
| 237 deleted character. | |
| 238 | |
| 239 See |registers| for an explanation of registers. | |
| 240 | |
| 241 Replace mode is just like Insert mode, except that every character you enter | |
| 242 deletes one character. If you reach the end of a line, Vim appends any | |
| 243 further characters (just like Insert mode). In Replace mode, the backspace | |
| 244 key restores the original text (if there was any). (See section "Insert and | |
| 245 Replace mode" |mode-ins-repl|). | |
| 246 | |
| 247 *cw* *cW* | |
| 1621 | 248 Special case: When the cursor is in a word, "cw" and "cW" do not include the |
| 249 white space after a word, they only change up to the end of the word. This is | |
| 250 because Vim interprets "cw" as change-word, and a word does not include the | |
| 251 following white space. | |
| 252 {Vi: "cw" when on a blank followed by other blanks changes only the first | |
| 253 blank; this is probably a bug, because "dw" deletes all the blanks; use the | |
| 254 'w' flag in 'cpoptions' to make it work like Vi anyway} | |
| 7 | 255 |
| 256 If you prefer "cw" to include the space after a word, use this mapping: > | |
| 257 :map cw dwi | |
| 1621 | 258 Or use "caw" (see |aw|). |
| 259 | |
| 7 | 260 *:c* *:ch* *:change* |
| 168 | 261 :{range}c[hange][!] Replace lines of text with some different text. |
| 7 | 262 Type a line containing only "." to stop replacing. |
| 263 Without {range}, this command changes only the current | |
| 264 line. | |
| 168 | 265 Adding [!] toggles 'autoindent' for the time this |
| 266 command is executed. | |
| 7 | 267 |
| 268 ============================================================================== | |
| 269 3. Simple changes *simple-change* | |
| 270 | |
| 271 *r* | |
| 272 r{char} Replace the character under the cursor with {char}. | |
| 273 If {char} is a <CR> or <NL>, a line break replaces the | |
| 274 character. To replace with a real <CR>, use CTRL-V | |
| 275 <CR>. CTRL-V <NL> replaces with a <Nul>. | |
| 276 {Vi: CTRL-V <CR> still replaces with a line break, | |
| 277 cannot replace something with a <CR>} | |
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| 7 | 284 If you give a [count], Vim replaces [count] characters |
| 285 with [count] {char}s. When {char} is a <CR> or <NL>, | |
| 286 however, Vim inserts only one <CR>: "5r<CR>" replaces | |
| 287 five characters with a single line break. | |
| 288 When {char} is a <CR> or <NL>, Vim performs | |
| 289 autoindenting. This works just like deleting the | |
| 290 characters that are replaced and then doing | |
| 291 "i<CR><Esc>". | |
| 292 {char} can be entered as a digraph |digraph-arg|. | |
| 293 |:lmap| mappings apply to {char}. The CTRL-^ command | |
| 294 in Insert mode can be used to switch this on/off | |
| 295 |i_CTRL-^|. See |utf-8-char-arg| about using | |
| 296 composing characters when 'encoding' is Unicode. | |
| 297 | |
| 298 *gr* | |
| 299 gr{char} Replace the virtual characters under the cursor with | |
| 300 {char}. This replaces in screen space, not file | |
| 301 space. See |gR| and |Virtual-Replace-mode| for more | |
| 302 details. As with |r| a count may be given. | |
| 303 {char} can be entered like with |r|. | |
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304 {not available when compiled without the |+vreplace| |
| 7 | 305 feature} |
| 306 | |
| 307 *digraph-arg* | |
| 308 The argument for Normal mode commands like |r| and |t| is a single character. | |
| 309 When 'cpo' doesn't contain the 'D' flag, this character can also be entered | |
| 310 like |digraphs|. First type CTRL-K and then the two digraph characters. | |
| 311 {not available when compiled without the |+digraphs| feature} | |
| 312 | |
| 313 *case* | |
| 314 The following commands change the case of letters. The currently active | |
| 315 |locale| is used. See |:language|. The LC_CTYPE value matters here. | |
| 316 | |
| 317 *~* | |
| 318 ~ 'notildeop' option: Switch case of the character | |
| 319 under the cursor and move the cursor to the right. | |
| 320 If a [count] is given, do that many characters. {Vi: | |
| 321 no count} | |
| 322 | |
| 323 ~{motion} 'tildeop' option: switch case of {motion} text. {Vi: | |
| 324 tilde cannot be used as an operator} | |
| 325 | |
| 326 *g~* | |
| 327 g~{motion} Switch case of {motion} text. {not in Vi} | |
| 328 | |
| 329 g~g~ *g~g~* *g~~* | |
| 330 g~~ Switch case of current line. {not in Vi}. | |
| 331 | |
| 332 *v_~* | |
| 333 {Visual}~ Switch case of highlighted text (for {Visual} see | |
| 334 |Visual-mode|). {not in Vi} | |
| 335 | |
| 336 *v_U* | |
| 337 {Visual}U Make highlighted text uppercase (for {Visual} see | |
| 338 |Visual-mode|). {not in Vi} | |
| 339 | |
| 340 *gU* *uppercase* | |
| 341 gU{motion} Make {motion} text uppercase. {not in Vi} | |
| 342 Example: > | |
| 343 :map! <C-F> <Esc>gUiw`]a | |
| 344 < This works in Insert mode: press CTRL-F to make the | |
| 345 word before the cursor uppercase. Handy to type | |
| 346 words in lowercase and then make them uppercase. | |
| 347 | |
| 348 | |
| 349 gUgU *gUgU* *gUU* | |
| 350 gUU Make current line uppercase. {not in Vi}. | |
| 351 | |
| 352 *v_u* | |
| 353 {Visual}u Make highlighted text lowercase (for {Visual} see | |
| 354 |Visual-mode|). {not in Vi} | |
| 355 | |
| 356 *gu* *lowercase* | |
| 357 gu{motion} Make {motion} text lowercase. {not in Vi} | |
| 358 | |
| 359 gugu *gugu* *guu* | |
| 360 guu Make current line lowercase. {not in Vi}. | |
| 361 | |
| 362 *g?* *rot13* | |
| 363 g?{motion} Rot13 encode {motion} text. {not in Vi} | |
| 364 | |
| 365 *v_g?* | |
| 366 {Visual}g? Rot13 encode the highlighted text (for {Visual} see | |
| 367 |Visual-mode|). {not in Vi} | |
| 368 | |
| 369 g?g? *g?g?* *g??* | |
| 370 g?? Rot13 encode current line. {not in Vi}. | |
| 371 | |
| 1621 | 372 To turn one line into title caps, make every first letter of a word |
| 373 uppercase: > | |
| 374 :s/\v<(.)(\w*)/\u\1\L\2/g | |
| 375 | |
| 7 | 376 |
| 377 Adding and subtracting ~ | |
| 378 *CTRL-A* | |
| 379 CTRL-A Add [count] to the number or alphabetic character at | |
| 380 or after the cursor. {not in Vi} | |
| 381 | |
| 382 *CTRL-X* | |
| 383 CTRL-X Subtract [count] from the number or alphabetic | |
| 384 character at or after the cursor. {not in Vi} | |
| 385 | |
| 386 The CTRL-A and CTRL-X commands work for (signed) decimal numbers, unsigned | |
| 387 octal and hexadecimal numbers and alphabetic characters. This depends on the | |
| 388 'nrformats' option. | |
| 36 | 389 - When 'nrformats' includes "octal", Vim considers numbers starting with a '0' |
| 39 | 390 to be octal, unless the number includes a '8' or '9'. Other numbers are |
| 391 decimal and may have a preceding minus sign. | |
| 36 | 392 If the cursor is on a number, the commands apply to that number; otherwise |
| 393 Vim uses the number to the right of the cursor. | |
| 7 | 394 - When 'nrformats' includes "hex", Vim assumes numbers starting with '0x' or |
| 395 '0X' are hexadecimal. The case of the rightmost letter in the number | |
| 396 determines the case of the resulting hexadecimal number. If there is no | |
| 397 letter in the current number, Vim uses the previously detected case. | |
| 36 | 398 - When 'nrformats' includes "alpha", Vim will change the alphabetic character |
| 399 under or after the cursor. This is useful to make lists with an alphabetic | |
| 400 index. | |
| 7 | 401 |
| 402 For numbers with leading zeros (including all octal and hexadecimal numbers), | |
| 403 Vim preserves the number of characters in the number when possible. CTRL-A on | |
| 36 | 404 "0077" results in "0100", CTRL-X on "0x100" results in "0x0ff". |
| 39 | 405 There is one exception: When a number that starts with a zero is found not to |
| 406 be octal (it contains a '8' or '9'), but 'nrformats' does include "octal", | |
| 407 leading zeros are removed to avoid that the result may be recognized as an | |
| 408 octal number. | |
| 36 | 409 |
| 410 Note that when 'nrformats' includes "octal", decimal numbers with leading | |
| 39 | 411 zeros cause mistakes, because they can be confused with octal numbers. |
| 7 | 412 |
| 413 The CTRL-A command is very useful in a macro. Example: Use the following | |
| 414 steps to make a numbered list. | |
| 415 | |
| 416 1. Create the first list entry, make sure it starts with a number. | |
| 99 | 417 2. qa - start recording into register 'a' |
| 7 | 418 3. Y - yank the entry |
| 419 4. p - put a copy of the entry below the first one | |
| 420 5. CTRL-A - increment the number | |
| 421 6. q - stop recording | |
| 422 7. <count>@a - repeat the yank, put and increment <count> times | |
| 423 | |
| 424 | |
| 425 SHIFTING LINES LEFT OR RIGHT *shift-left-right* | |
| 426 | |
| 427 *<* | |
| 428 <{motion} Shift {motion} lines one 'shiftwidth' leftwards. | |
| 429 | |
| 430 *<<* | |
| 431 << Shift [count] lines one 'shiftwidth' leftwards. | |
| 432 | |
| 433 *v_<* | |
| 434 {Visual}[count]< Shift the highlighted lines [count] 'shiftwidth' | |
| 435 leftwards (for {Visual} see |Visual-mode|). {not in | |
| 436 Vi} | |
| 437 | |
| 438 *>* | |
| 439 >{motion} Shift {motion} lines one 'shiftwidth' rightwards. | |
| 440 | |
| 441 *>>* | |
| 442 >> Shift [count] lines one 'shiftwidth' rightwards. | |
| 443 | |
| 444 *v_>* | |
| 445 {Visual}[count]> Shift the highlighted lines [count] 'shiftwidth' | |
| 446 rightwards (for {Visual} see |Visual-mode|). {not in | |
| 447 Vi} | |
| 448 | |
| 449 *:<* | |
| 450 :[range]< Shift [range] lines one 'shiftwidth' left. Repeat '<' | |
| 451 for shifting multiple 'shiftwidth's. | |
| 452 | |
| 453 :[range]< {count} Shift {count} lines one 'shiftwidth' left, starting | |
| 454 with [range] (default current line |cmdline-ranges|). | |
| 455 Repeat '<' for shifting multiple 'shiftwidth's. | |
| 456 | |
| 457 :[range]le[ft] [indent] left align lines in [range]. Sets the indent in the | |
| 458 lines to [indent] (default 0). {not in Vi} | |
| 459 | |
| 460 *:>* | |
| 168 | 461 :[range]> [flags] Shift {count} [range] lines one 'shiftwidth' right. |
| 7 | 462 Repeat '>' for shifting multiple 'shiftwidth's. |
| 168 | 463 See |ex-flags| for [flags]. |
| 7 | 464 |
| 168 | 465 :[range]> {count} [flags] |
| 466 Shift {count} lines one 'shiftwidth' right, starting | |
| 7 | 467 with [range] (default current line |cmdline-ranges|). |
| 468 Repeat '>' for shifting multiple 'shiftwidth's. | |
| 168 | 469 See |ex-flags| for [flags]. |
| 7 | 470 |
| 471 The ">" and "<" commands are handy for changing the indentation within | |
| 472 programs. Use the 'shiftwidth' option to set the size of the white space | |
| 473 which these commands insert or delete. Normally the 'shiftwidth' option is 8, | |
| 474 but you can set it to, say, 3 to make smaller indents. The shift leftwards | |
| 475 stops when there is no indent. The shift right does not affect empty lines. | |
| 476 | |
| 477 If the 'shiftround' option is on, the indent is rounded to a multiple of | |
| 478 'shiftwidth'. | |
| 479 | |
| 480 If the 'smartindent' option is on, or 'cindent' is on and 'cinkeys' contains | |
| 5466 | 481 '#' with a zero value, shift right does not affect lines starting with '#' |
| 482 (these are supposed to be C preprocessor lines that must stay in column 1). | |
| 7 | 483 |
| 484 When the 'expandtab' option is off (this is the default) Vim uses <Tab>s as | |
| 485 much as possible to make the indent. You can use ">><<" to replace an indent | |
| 486 made out of spaces with the same indent made out of <Tab>s (and a few spaces | |
| 487 if necessary). If the 'expandtab' option is on, Vim uses only spaces. Then | |
| 488 you can use ">><<" to replace <Tab>s in the indent by spaces (or use | |
| 3492 | 489 `:retab!`). |
| 7 | 490 |
| 3492 | 491 To move a line several 'shiftwidth's, use Visual mode or the `:` commands. |
| 7 | 492 For example: > |
| 493 Vjj4> move three lines 4 indents to the right | |
| 494 :<<< move current line 3 indents to the left | |
| 495 :>> 5 move 5 lines 2 indents to the right | |
| 496 :5>> move line 5 2 indents to the right | |
| 497 | |
| 498 ============================================================================== | |
| 499 4. Complex changes *complex-change* | |
| 500 | |
| 856 | 501 4.1 Filter commands *filter* |
| 32 | 502 |
| 503 A filter is a program that accepts text at standard input, changes it in some | |
| 504 way, and sends it to standard output. You can use the commands below to send | |
| 1621 | 505 some text through a filter, so that it is replaced by the filter output. |
| 32 | 506 Examples of filters are "sort", which sorts lines alphabetically, and |
| 507 "indent", which formats C program files (you need a version of indent that | |
| 508 works like a filter; not all versions do). The 'shell' option specifies the | |
| 509 shell Vim uses to execute the filter command (See also the 'shelltype' | |
| 510 option). You can repeat filter commands with ".". Vim does not recognize a | |
| 3492 | 511 comment (starting with '"') after the `:!` command. |
| 32 | 512 |
| 513 *!* | |
| 7 | 514 !{motion}{filter} Filter {motion} text lines through the external |
| 515 program {filter}. | |
| 516 | |
| 517 *!!* | |
| 518 !!{filter} Filter [count] lines through the external program | |
| 519 {filter}. | |
| 520 | |
| 521 *v_!* | |
| 522 {Visual}!{filter} Filter the highlighted lines through the external | |
| 523 program {filter} (for {Visual} see |Visual-mode|). | |
| 524 {not in Vi} | |
| 525 | |
| 526 :{range}![!]{filter} [!][arg] *:range!* | |
| 527 Filter {range} lines through the external program | |
| 528 {filter}. Vim replaces the optional bangs with the | |
| 529 latest given command and appends the optional [arg]. | |
| 530 Vim saves the output of the filter command in a | |
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| 603 | 534 However, if the 'shelltemp' option is off then pipes |
| 535 are used when possible (on Unix). | |
| 7 | 536 When the 'R' flag is included in 'cpoptions' marks in |
| 537 the filtered lines are deleted, unless the | |
| 538 |:keepmarks| command is used. Example: > | |
| 539 :keepmarks '<,'>!sort | |
| 540 < When the number of lines after filtering is less than | |
| 541 before, marks in the missing lines are deleted anyway. | |
| 542 | |
| 543 *=* | |
| 544 ={motion} Filter {motion} lines through the external program | |
| 545 given with the 'equalprg' option. When the 'equalprg' | |
| 546 option is empty (this is the default), use the | |
| 2833 | 547 internal formatting function |C-indenting| and |
| 548 |'lisp'|. But when 'indentexpr' is not empty, it will | |
| 549 be used instead |indent-expression|. When Vim was | |
| 550 compiled without internal formatting then the "indent" | |
| 551 program is used as a last resort. | |
| 7 | 552 |
| 553 *==* | |
| 554 == Filter [count] lines like with ={motion}. | |
| 555 | |
| 556 *v_=* | |
| 557 {Visual}= Filter the highlighted lines like with ={motion}. | |
| 558 {not in Vi} | |
| 559 | |
| 560 | |
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| 32 | 577 4.2 Substitute *:substitute* |
| 578 *:s* *:su* | |
| 170 | 579 :[range]s[ubstitute]/{pattern}/{string}/[flags] [count] |
| 7 | 580 For each line in [range] replace a match of {pattern} |
| 581 with {string}. | |
| 582 For the {pattern} see |pattern|. | |
| 583 {string} can be a literal string, or something | |
| 584 special; see |sub-replace-special|. | |
| 585 When [range] and [count] are omitted, replace in the | |
| 586 current line only. | |
| 587 When [count] is given, replace in [count] lines, | |
| 588 starting with the last line in [range]. When [range] | |
| 589 is omitted start in the current line. | |
| 590 Also see |cmdline-ranges|. | |
| 170 | 591 See |:s_flags| for [flags]. |
| 7 | 592 |
| 170 | 593 :[range]s[ubstitute] [flags] [count] |
| 594 :[range]&[&][flags] [count] *:&* | |
| 7 | 595 Repeat last :substitute with same search pattern and |
| 596 substitute string, but without the same flags. You | |
| 170 | 597 may add [flags], see |:s_flags|. |
| 3492 | 598 Note that after `:substitute` the '&' flag can't be |
| 7 | 599 used, it's recognized as a pattern separator. |
| 3492 | 600 The space between `:substitute` and the 'c', 'g' and |
| 7 | 601 'r' flags isn't required, but in scripts it's a good |
| 602 idea to keep it to avoid confusion. | |
| 603 | |
| 170 | 604 :[range]~[&][flags] [count] *:~* |
| 7 | 605 Repeat last substitute with same substitute string |
| 606 but with last used search pattern. This is like | |
| 3492 | 607 `:&r`. See |:s_flags| for [flags]. |
| 7 | 608 |
| 170 | 609 *&* |
| 3492 | 610 & Synonym for `:s` (repeat last substitute). Note |
| 7 | 611 that the flags are not remembered, thus it might |
| 3492 | 612 actually work differently. You can use `:&&` to keep |
| 7 | 613 the flags. |
| 614 | |
| 170 | 615 *g&* |
| 3920 | 616 g& Synonym for `:%s//~/&` (repeat last substitute with |
| 617 last search pattern on all lines with the same flags). | |
| 4186 | 618 For example, when you first do a substitution with |
| 3920 | 619 `:s/pattern/repl/flags` and then `/search` for |
| 620 something else, `g&` will do `:%s/search/repl/flags`. | |
| 7 | 621 Mnemonic: global substitute. {not in Vi} |
| 622 | |
| 623 *:snomagic* *:sno* | |
| 3492 | 624 :[range]sno[magic] ... Same as `:substitute`, but always use 'nomagic'. |
| 7 | 625 {not in Vi} |
| 626 | |
| 627 *:smagic* *:sm* | |
| 3492 | 628 :[range]sm[agic] ... Same as `:substitute`, but always use 'magic'. |
| 7 | 629 {not in Vi} |
| 630 | |
| 631 *:s_flags* | |
| 632 The flags that you can use for the substitute commands: | |
| 633 | |
| 634 [&] Must be the first one: Keep the flags from the previous substitute | |
| 635 command. Examples: > | |
| 636 :&& | |
| 637 :s/this/that/& | |
| 3492 | 638 < Note that `:s` and `:&` don't keep the flags. |
| 7 | 639 {not in Vi} |
| 640 | |
| 641 [c] Confirm each substitution. Vim highlights the matching string (with | |
| 642 |hl-IncSearch|). You can type: *:s_c* | |
| 643 'y' to substitute this match | |
| 644 'l' to substitute this match and then quit ("last") | |
| 645 'n' to skip this match | |
| 646 <Esc> to quit substituting | |
| 647 'a' to substitute this and all remaining matches {not in Vi} | |
| 648 'q' to quit substituting {not in Vi} | |
| 649 CTRL-E to scroll the screen up {not in Vi, not available when | |
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| 7 | 653 If the 'edcompatible' option is on, Vim remembers the [c] flag and |
| 654 toggles it each time you use it, but resets it when you give a new | |
| 655 search pattern. | |
| 656 {not in Vi: highlighting of the match, other responses than 'y' or 'n'} | |
| 657 | |
| 658 [e] When the search pattern fails, do not issue an error message and, in | |
| 659 particular, continue in maps as if no error occurred. This is most | |
| 660 useful to prevent the "No match" error from breaking a mapping. Vim | |
| 661 does not suppress the following error messages, however: | |
| 662 Regular expressions can't be delimited by letters | |
| 663 \ should be followed by /, ? or & | |
| 664 No previous substitute regular expression | |
| 665 Trailing characters | |
| 666 Interrupted | |
| 667 {not in Vi} | |
| 668 | |
| 669 [g] Replace all occurrences in the line. Without this argument, | |
| 670 replacement occurs only for the first occurrence in each line. If | |
| 671 the 'edcompatible' option is on, Vim remembers this flag and toggles | |
| 672 it each time you use it, but resets it when you give a new search | |
| 673 pattern. If the 'gdefault' option is on, this flag is on by default | |
| 674 and the [g] argument switches it off. | |
| 675 | |
| 676 [i] Ignore case for the pattern. The 'ignorecase' and 'smartcase' options | |
| 677 are not used. | |
| 678 {not in Vi} | |
| 679 | |
| 680 [I] Don't ignore case for the pattern. The 'ignorecase' and 'smartcase' | |
| 681 options are not used. | |
| 682 {not in Vi} | |
| 683 | |
| 170 | 684 [n] Report the number of matches, do not actually substitute. The [c] |
| 685 flag is ignored. The matches are reported as if 'report' is zero. | |
| 686 Useful to |count-items|. | |
| 3750 | 687 If \= |sub-replace-expression| is used, the expression will be |
| 688 evaluated in the |sandbox| at every match. | |
| 170 | 689 |
| 7 | 690 [p] Print the line containing the last substitute. |
| 168 | 691 |
| 692 [#] Like [p] and prepend the line number. | |
| 693 | |
| 1121 | 694 [l] Like [p] but print the text like |:list|. |
| 7 | 695 |
| 3492 | 696 [r] Only useful in combination with `:&` or `:s` without arguments. `:&r` |
| 697 works the same way as `:~`: When the search pattern is empty, use the | |
| 7 | 698 previously used search pattern instead of the search pattern from the |
| 3492 | 699 last substitute or `:global`. If the last command that did a search |
| 700 was a substitute or `:global`, there is no effect. If the last | |
| 7 | 701 command was a search command such as "/", use the pattern from that |
| 702 command. | |
| 3492 | 703 For `:s` with an argument this already happens: > |
| 7 | 704 :s/blue/red/ |
| 705 /green | |
| 706 :s//red/ or :~ or :&r | |
| 707 < The last commands will replace "green" with "red". > | |
| 708 :s/blue/red/ | |
| 709 /green | |
| 710 :& | |
| 711 < The last command will replace "blue" with "red". | |
| 712 {not in Vi} | |
| 713 | |
| 714 Note that there is no flag to change the "magicness" of the pattern. A | |
| 1621 | 715 different command is used instead, or you can use |/\v| and friends. The |
| 716 reason is that the flags can only be found by skipping the pattern, and in | |
| 717 order to skip the pattern the "magicness" must be known. Catch 22! | |
| 7 | 718 |
| 719 If the {pattern} for the substitute command is empty, the command uses the | |
| 3492 | 720 pattern from the last substitute or `:global` command. If there is none, but |
| 2725 | 721 there is a previous search pattern, that one is used. With the [r] flag, the |
| 3492 | 722 command uses the pattern from the last substitute, `:global`, or search |
| 7 | 723 command. |
| 724 | |
| 1121 | 725 If the {string} is omitted the substitute is done as if it's empty. Thus the |
| 726 matched pattern is deleted. The separator after {pattern} can also be left | |
| 727 out then. Example: > | |
| 728 :%s/TESTING | |
| 729 This deletes "TESTING" from all lines, but only one per line. | |
| 730 | |
| 7 | 731 For compatibility with Vi these two exceptions are allowed: |
| 732 "\/{string}/" and "\?{string}?" do the same as "//{string}/r". | |
| 733 "\&{string}&" does the same as "//{string}/". | |
| 734 *E146* | |
| 735 Instead of the '/' which surrounds the pattern and replacement string, you | |
| 1121 | 736 can use any other single-byte character, but not an alphanumeric character, |
| 737 '\', '"' or '|'. This is useful if you want to include a '/' in the search | |
| 738 pattern or replacement string. Example: > | |
| 7 | 739 :s+/+//+ |
| 740 | |
| 1621 | 741 For the definition of a pattern, see |pattern|. In Visual block mode, use |
| 742 |/\%V| in the pattern to have the substitute work in the block only. | |
| 743 Otherwise it works on whole lines anyway. | |
| 7 | 744 |
| 745 *sub-replace-special* *:s\=* | |
| 746 When the {string} starts with "\=" it is evaluated as an expression, see | |
| 2908 | 747 |sub-replace-expression|. You can use that for complex replacement or special |
| 748 characters. | |
| 749 | |
| 452 | 750 Otherwise these characters in {string} have a special meaning: |
| 168 | 751 *:s%* |
| 843 | 752 When {string} is equal to "%" and '/' is included with the 'cpoptions' option, |
| 2908 | 753 then the {string} of the previous substitute command is used, see |cpo-/| |
| 7 | 754 |
| 755 magic nomagic action ~ | |
| 756 & \& replaced with the whole matched pattern *s/\&* | |
| 757 \& & replaced with & | |
| 758 \0 replaced with the whole matched pattern *\0* *s/\0* | |
| 759 \1 replaced with the matched pattern in the first | |
| 760 pair of () *s/\1* | |
| 26 | 761 \2 replaced with the matched pattern in the second |
| 7 | 762 pair of () *s/\2* |
| 763 .. .. *s/\3* | |
| 764 \9 replaced with the matched pattern in the ninth | |
| 765 pair of () *s/\9* | |
| 766 ~ \~ replaced with the {string} of the previous | |
| 767 substitute *s~* | |
| 768 \~ ~ replaced with ~ *s/\~* | |
| 769 \u next character made uppercase *s/\u* | |
| 770 \U following characters made uppercase, until \E *s/\U* | |
| 771 \l next character made lowercase *s/\l* | |
| 772 \L following characters made lowercase, until \E *s/\L* | |
| 773 \e end of \u, \U, \l and \L (NOTE: not <Esc>!) *s/\e* | |
| 774 \E end of \u, \U, \l and \L *s/\E* | |
| 775 <CR> split line in two at this point | |
| 776 (Type the <CR> as CTRL-V <Enter>) *s<CR>* | |
| 777 \r idem *s/\r* | |
| 778 \<CR> insert a carriage-return (CTRL-M) | |
| 779 (Type the <CR> as CTRL-V <Enter>) *s/\<CR>* | |
| 780 \n insert a <NL> (<NUL> in the file) | |
| 781 (does NOT break the line) *s/\n* | |
| 782 \b insert a <BS> *s/\b* | |
| 783 \t insert a <Tab> *s/\t* | |
| 784 \\ insert a single backslash *s/\\* | |
| 785 \x where x is any character not mentioned above: | |
| 786 Reserved for future expansion | |
| 787 | |
| 2908 | 788 The special meaning is also used inside the third argument {sub} of |
| 789 the |substitute()| function with the following exceptions: | |
| 790 - A % inserts a percent literally without regard to 'cpoptions'. | |
| 791 - magic is always set without regard to 'magic'. | |
| 792 - A ~ inserts a tilde literally. | |
| 793 - <CR> and \r inserts a carriage-return (CTRL-M). | |
| 794 - \<CR> does not have a special meaning. it's just one of \x. | |
| 795 | |
| 7 | 796 Examples: > |
| 797 :s/a\|b/xxx\0xxx/g modifies "a b" to "xxxaxxx xxxbxxx" | |
| 798 :s/\([abc]\)\([efg]\)/\2\1/g modifies "af fa bg" to "fa fa gb" | |
| 799 :s/abcde/abc^Mde/ modifies "abcde" to "abc", "de" (two lines) | |
| 800 :s/$/\^M/ modifies "abcde" to "abcde^M" | |
| 772 | 801 :s/\w\+/\u\0/g modifies "bla bla" to "Bla Bla" |
| 4264 | 802 :s/\w\+/\L\u/g modifies "BLA bla" to "Bla Bla" |
| 803 | |
| 804 Note: "\L\u" can be used to capitalize the first letter of a word. This is | |
| 805 not compatible with Vi and older versions of Vim, where the "\u" would cancel | |
| 806 out the "\L". Same for "\U\l". | |
| 7 | 807 |
| 808 Note: In previous versions CTRL-V was handled in a special way. Since this is | |
| 809 not Vi compatible, this was removed. Use a backslash instead. | |
| 810 | |
| 811 command text result ~ | |
| 812 :s/aa/a^Ma/ aa a<line-break>a | |
| 813 :s/aa/a\^Ma/ aa a^Ma | |
| 814 :s/aa/a\\^Ma/ aa a\<line-break>a | |
| 815 | |
| 816 (you need to type CTRL-V <CR> to get a ^M here) | |
| 817 | |
| 818 The numbering of "\1", "\2" etc. is done based on which "\(" comes first in | |
| 819 the pattern (going left to right). When a parentheses group matches several | |
| 820 times, the last one will be used for "\1", "\2", etc. Example: > | |
| 821 :s/\(\(a[a-d] \)*\)/\2/ modifies "aa ab x" to "ab x" | |
| 822 | |
| 823 When using parentheses in combination with '|', like in \([ab]\)\|\([cd]\), | |
| 824 either the first or second pattern in parentheses did not match, so either | |
| 825 \1 or \2 is empty. Example: > | |
| 826 :s/\([ab]\)\|\([cd]\)/\1x/g modifies "a b c d" to "ax bx x x" | |
| 827 < | |
| 828 | |
| 829 Substitute with an expression *sub-replace-expression* | |
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| 270 | 831 When the substitute string starts with "\=" the remainder is interpreted as an |
| 2908 | 832 expression. This does not work recursively: a |substitute()| function inside |
| 7 | 833 the expression cannot use "\=" for the substitute string. |
| 834 | |
| 835 The special meaning for characters as mentioned at |sub-replace-special| does | |
| 2908 | 836 not apply except for "<CR>". A <NL> character is used as a line break, you |
| 837 can get one with a double-quote string: "\n". Prepend a backslash to get a | |
| 838 real <NL> character (which will be a NUL in the file). | |
| 7 | 839 |
| 2908 | 840 The "\=" notation can also be used inside the third argument {sub} of |
| 841 |substitute()| function. In this case, the special meaning for characters as | |
| 842 mentioned at |sub-replace-special| does not apply at all. Especially, <CR> and | |
| 843 <NL> are interpreted not as a line break but as a carriage-return and a | |
| 844 new-line respectively. | |
| 7 | 845 |
| 714 | 846 When the result is a |List| then the items are joined with separating line |
| 847 breaks. Thus each item becomes a line, except that they can contain line | |
| 848 breaks themselves. | |
| 849 | |
| 7 | 850 The whole matched text can be accessed with "submatch(0)". The text matched |
| 851 with the first pair of () with "submatch(1)". Likewise for further | |
| 852 sub-matches in (). | |
| 853 | |
| 854 Be careful: The separation character must not appear in the expression! | |
| 855 Consider using a character like "@" or ":". There is no problem if the result | |
| 856 of the expression contains the separation character. | |
| 857 | |
| 452 | 858 Examples: > |
| 7 | 859 :s@\n@\="\r" . expand("$HOME") . "\r"@ |
| 452 | 860 This replaces an end-of-line with a new line containing the value of $HOME. > |
| 861 | |
| 862 s/E/\="\<Char-0x20ac>"/g | |
| 1668 | 863 This replaces each 'E' character with a euro sign. Read more in |<Char->|. |
| 7 | 864 |
| 865 | |
| 32 | 866 4.3 Search and replace *search-replace* |
| 867 | |
| 868 *:pro* *:promptfind* | |
| 7 | 869 :promptf[ind] [string] |
| 870 Put up a Search dialog. When [string] is given, it is | |
| 871 used as the initial search string. | |
| 872 {only for Win32, Motif and GTK GUI} | |
| 873 | |
| 874 *:promptr* *:promptrepl* | |
| 875 :promptr[epl] [string] | |
| 876 Put up a Search/Replace dialog. When [string] is | |
| 877 given, it is used as the initial search string. | |
| 878 {only for Win32, Motif and GTK GUI} | |
| 879 | |
| 32 | 880 |
| 881 4.4 Changing tabs *change-tabs* | |
| 3492 | 882 *:ret* *:retab* *:retab!* |
| 7 | 883 :[range]ret[ab][!] [new_tabstop] |
| 884 Replace all sequences of white-space containing a | |
| 885 <Tab> with new strings of white-space using the new | |
| 886 tabstop value given. If you do not specify a new | |
| 887 tabstop size or it is zero, Vim uses the current value | |
| 888 of 'tabstop'. | |
| 889 The current value of 'tabstop' is always used to | |
| 890 compute the width of existing tabs. | |
| 891 With !, Vim also replaces strings of only normal | |
| 892 spaces with tabs where appropriate. | |
| 893 With 'expandtab' on, Vim replaces all tabs with the | |
| 894 appropriate number of spaces. | |
| 895 This command sets 'tabstop' to the new value given, | |
| 896 and if performed on the whole file, which is default, | |
| 897 should not make any visible change. | |
| 898 Careful: This command modifies any <Tab> characters | |
| 899 inside of strings in a C program. Use "\t" to avoid | |
| 900 this (that's a good habit anyway). | |
| 3492 | 901 `:retab!` may also change a sequence of spaces by |
| 7 | 902 <Tab> characters, which can mess up a printf(). |
| 903 {not in Vi} | |
| 904 Not available when |+ex_extra| feature was disabled at | |
| 905 compile time. | |
| 906 | |
| 907 *retab-example* | |
| 908 Example for using autocommands and ":retab" to edit a file which is stored | |
| 909 with tabstops at 8 but edited with tabstops set at 4. Warning: white space | |
| 910 inside of strings can change! Also see 'softtabstop' option. > | |
| 911 | |
| 912 :auto BufReadPost *.xx retab! 4 | |
| 913 :auto BufWritePre *.xx retab! 8 | |
| 914 :auto BufWritePost *.xx retab! 4 | |
| 915 :auto BufNewFile *.xx set ts=4 | |
| 916 | |
| 917 ============================================================================== | |
| 918 5. Copying and moving text *copy-move* | |
| 919 | |
| 920 *quote* | |
| 921 "{a-zA-Z0-9.%#:-"} Use register {a-zA-Z0-9.%#:-"} for next delete, yank | |
| 922 or put (use uppercase character to append with | |
| 923 delete and yank) ({.%#:} only work with put). | |
| 924 | |
| 925 *:reg* *:registers* | |
| 926 :reg[isters] Display the contents of all numbered and named | |
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| 7 | 931 |
| 932 :reg[isters] {arg} Display the contents of the numbered and named | |
| 933 registers that are mentioned in {arg}. For example: > | |
| 934 :dis 1a | |
| 935 < to display registers '1' and 'a'. Spaces are allowed | |
| 936 in {arg}. {not in Vi} | |
| 937 | |
| 938 *:di* *:display* | |
| 939 :di[splay] [arg] Same as :registers. {not in Vi} | |
| 940 | |
| 941 *y* *yank* | |
| 942 ["x]y{motion} Yank {motion} text [into register x]. When no | |
| 943 characters are to be yanked (e.g., "y0" in column 1), | |
| 944 this is an error when 'cpoptions' includes the 'E' | |
| 945 flag. | |
| 946 | |
| 947 *yy* | |
| 948 ["x]yy Yank [count] lines [into register x] |linewise|. | |
| 949 | |
| 950 *Y* | |
| 951 ["x]Y yank [count] lines [into register x] (synonym for | |
| 952 yy, |linewise|). If you like "Y" to work from the | |
| 953 cursor to the end of line (which is more logical, | |
| 954 but not Vi-compatible) use ":map Y y$". | |
| 955 | |
| 956 *v_y* | |
| 957 {Visual}["x]y Yank the highlighted text [into register x] (for | |
| 958 {Visual} see |Visual-mode|). {not in Vi} | |
| 959 | |
| 960 *v_Y* | |
| 961 {Visual}["x]Y Yank the highlighted lines [into register x] (for | |
| 962 {Visual} see |Visual-mode|). {not in Vi} | |
| 963 | |
| 2791 | 964 *:y* *:yank* *E850* |
| 965 :[range]y[ank] [x] Yank [range] lines [into register x]. Yanking to the | |
| 2826 | 966 "* or "+ registers is possible only when the |
| 967 |+clipboard| feature is included. | |
| 7 | 968 |
| 969 :[range]y[ank] [x] {count} | |
| 970 Yank {count} lines, starting with last line number | |
| 971 in [range] (default: current line |cmdline-ranges|), | |
| 972 [into register x]. | |
| 973 | |
| 974 *p* *put* *E353* | |
| 975 ["x]p Put the text [from register x] after the cursor | |
| 976 [count] times. {Vi: no count} | |
| 977 | |
| 978 *P* | |
| 979 ["x]P Put the text [from register x] before the cursor | |
| 980 [count] times. {Vi: no count} | |
| 981 | |
| 982 *<MiddleMouse>* | |
| 983 ["x]<MiddleMouse> Put the text from a register before the cursor [count] | |
| 984 times. Uses the "* register, unless another is | |
| 856 | 985 specified. |
| 36 | 986 Leaves the cursor at the end of the new text. |
| 987 Using the mouse only works when 'mouse' contains 'n' | |
| 988 or 'a'. | |
| 7 | 989 {not in Vi} |
| 990 If you have a scrollwheel and often accidentally paste | |
| 991 text, you can use these mappings to disable the | |
| 992 pasting with the middle mouse button: > | |
| 993 :map <MiddleMouse> <Nop> | |
| 994 :imap <MiddleMouse> <Nop> | |
| 995 < You might want to disable the multi-click versions | |
| 996 too, see |double-click|. | |
| 997 | |
| 998 *gp* | |
| 999 ["x]gp Just like "p", but leave the cursor just after the new | |
| 1000 text. {not in Vi} | |
| 1001 | |
| 1002 *gP* | |
| 1003 ["x]gP Just like "P", but leave the cursor just after the new | |
| 1004 text. {not in Vi} | |
| 1005 | |
| 1006 *:pu* *:put* | |
| 1007 :[line]pu[t] [x] Put the text [from register x] after [line] (default | |
| 1008 current line). This always works |linewise|, thus | |
| 1009 this command can be used to put a yanked block as new | |
| 1010 lines. | |
| 3492 | 1011 If no register is specified, it depends on the 'cb' |
| 1012 option: If 'cb' contains "unnamedplus", paste from the | |
| 1013 + register |quoteplus|. Otherwise, if 'cb' contains | |
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| 3492 | 1015 Otherwise, paste from the unnamed register |
| 1016 |quote_quote|. | |
| 7 | 1017 The register can also be '=' followed by an optional |
| 1018 expression. The expression continues until the end of | |
| 1019 the command. You need to escape the '|' and '"' | |
| 1020 characters to prevent them from terminating the | |
| 1021 command. Example: > | |
| 1022 :put ='path' . \",/test\" | |
| 1023 < If there is no expression after '=', Vim uses the | |
| 1024 previous expression. You can see it with ":dis =". | |
| 1025 | |
| 1026 :[line]pu[t]! [x] Put the text [from register x] before [line] (default | |
| 1027 current line). | |
| 1028 | |
| 1029 ["x]]p or *]p* *]<MiddleMouse>* | |
| 1030 ["x]]<MiddleMouse> Like "p", but adjust the indent to the current line. | |
| 1031 Using the mouse only works when 'mouse' contains 'n' | |
| 1032 or 'a'. {not in Vi} | |
| 1033 | |
| 1034 ["x][P or *[P* | |
| 1035 ["x]]P or *]P* | |
| 1036 ["x][p or *[p* *[<MiddleMouse>* | |
| 1037 ["x][<MiddleMouse> Like "P", but adjust the indent to the current line. | |
| 1038 Using the mouse only works when 'mouse' contains 'n' | |
| 1039 or 'a'. {not in Vi} | |
| 1040 | |
| 1041 You can use these commands to copy text from one place to another. Do this | |
| 1042 by first getting the text into a register with a yank, delete or change | |
| 1043 command, then inserting the register contents with a put command. You can | |
| 1044 also use these commands to move text from one file to another, because Vim | |
| 1045 preserves all registers when changing buffers (the CTRL-^ command is a quick | |
| 1046 way to toggle between two files). | |
| 1047 | |
| 1048 *linewise-register* *characterwise-register* | |
| 1049 You can repeat the put commands with "." (except for :put) and undo them. If | |
| 1050 the command that was used to get the text into the register was |linewise|, | |
| 1051 Vim inserts the text below ("p") or above ("P") the line where the cursor is. | |
| 1052 Otherwise Vim inserts the text after ("p") or before ("P") the cursor. With | |
| 1053 the ":put" command, Vim always inserts the text in the next line. You can | |
| 1054 exchange two characters with the command sequence "xp". You can exchange two | |
| 1055 lines with the command sequence "ddp". You can exchange two words with the | |
| 1056 command sequence "deep" (start with the cursor in the blank space before the | |
| 1057 first word). You can use the "']" or "`]" command after the put command to | |
| 1058 move the cursor to the end of the inserted text, or use "'[" or "`[" to move | |
| 1059 the cursor to the start. | |
| 1060 | |
| 1061 *put-Visual-mode* *v_p* *v_P* | |
| 1062 When using a put command like |p| or |P| in Visual mode, Vim will try to | |
| 1063 replace the selected text with the contents of the register. Whether this | |
| 1064 works well depends on the type of selection and the type of the text in the | |
| 1065 register. With blockwise selection it also depends on the size of the block | |
| 236 | 1066 and whether the corners are on an existing character. (Implementation detail: |
| 7 | 1067 it actually works by first putting the register after the selection and then |
| 236 | 1068 deleting the selection.) |
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| 7 | 1074 |
| 5365 | 1075 When you use a blockwise Visual mode command and yank only a single line into |
| 1076 a register, a paste on a visual selected area will paste that single line on | |
| 1077 each of the selected lines (thus replacing the blockwise selected region by a | |
| 1078 block of the pasted line). | |
| 1079 | |
| 7 | 1080 *blockwise-register* |
| 1081 If you use a blockwise Visual mode command to get the text into the register, | |
| 1082 the block of text will be inserted before ("P") or after ("p") the cursor | |
| 1083 column in the current and next lines. Vim makes the whole block of text start | |
| 1084 in the same column. Thus the inserted text looks the same as when it was | |
| 1085 yanked or deleted. Vim may replace some <Tab> characters with spaces to make | |
| 1086 this happen. However, if the width of the block is not a multiple of a <Tab> | |
| 1087 width and the text after the inserted block contains <Tab>s, that text may be | |
| 1088 misaligned. | |
| 1089 | |
| 1090 Note that after a characterwise yank command, Vim leaves the cursor on the | |
| 1091 first yanked character that is closest to the start of the buffer. This means | |
| 1092 that "yl" doesn't move the cursor, but "yh" moves the cursor one character | |
| 1093 left. | |
| 1094 Rationale: In Vi the "y" command followed by a backwards motion would | |
| 1095 sometimes not move the cursor to the first yanked character, | |
| 1096 because redisplaying was skipped. In Vim it always moves to | |
| 1097 the first character, as specified by Posix. | |
| 1098 With a linewise yank command the cursor is put in the first line, but the | |
| 1099 column is unmodified, thus it may not be on the first yanked character. | |
| 1100 | |
| 1101 There are nine types of registers: *registers* *E354* | |
| 1102 1. The unnamed register "" | |
| 1103 2. 10 numbered registers "0 to "9 | |
| 1104 3. The small delete register "- | |
| 1105 4. 26 named registers "a to "z or "A to "Z | |
| 1106 5. four read-only registers ":, "., "% and "# | |
| 1107 6. the expression register "= | |
| 1108 7. The selection and drop registers "*, "+ and "~ | |
| 1109 8. The black hole register "_ | |
| 1110 9. Last search pattern register "/ | |
| 1111 | |
| 1112 1. Unnamed register "" *quote_quote* *quotequote* | |
| 1113 Vim fills this register with text deleted with the "d", "c", "s", "x" commands | |
| 1114 or copied with the yank "y" command, regardless of whether or not a specific | |
| 8 | 1115 register was used (e.g. "xdd). This is like the unnamed register is pointing |
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| 42 | 1120 Vim uses the contents of the unnamed register for any put command (p or P) |
| 1121 which does not specify a register. Additionally you can access it with the | |
| 1122 name '"'. This means you have to type two double quotes. Writing to the "" | |
| 1123 register writes to register "0. | |
| 7 | 1124 {Vi: register contents are lost when changing files, no '"'} |
| 1125 | |
| 1126 2. Numbered registers "0 to "9 *quote_number* *quote0* *quote1* | |
| 1127 *quote2* *quote3* *quote4* *quote9* | |
| 1128 Vim fills these registers with text from yank and delete commands. | |
| 1129 Numbered register 0 contains the text from the most recent yank command, | |
| 1130 unless the command specified another register with ["x]. | |
| 1131 Numbered register 1 contains the text deleted by the most recent delete or | |
| 1132 change command, unless the command specified another register or the text is | |
| 1133 less than one line (the small delete register is used then). An exception is | |
| 42 | 1134 made for the delete operator with these movement commands: |%|, |(|, |)|, |`|, |
| 1135 |/|, |?|, |n|, |N|, |{| and |}|. Register "1 is always used then (this is Vi | |
| 1136 compatible). The "- register is used as well if the delete is within a line. | |
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| 5340 | 1138 plugin. |
| 7 | 1139 With each successive deletion or change, Vim shifts the previous contents |
| 1140 of register 1 into register 2, 2 into 3, and so forth, losing the previous | |
| 1141 contents of register 9. | |
| 1142 {Vi: numbered register contents are lost when changing files; register 0 does | |
| 1143 not exist} | |
| 1144 | |
| 1145 3. Small delete register "- *quote_-* *quote-* | |
| 1146 This register contains text from commands that delete less than one line, | |
| 1147 except when the command specifies a register with ["x]. | |
| 1148 {not in Vi} | |
| 1149 | |
| 1150 4. Named registers "a to "z or "A to "Z *quote_alpha* *quotea* | |
| 1151 Vim fills these registers only when you say so. Specify them as lowercase | |
| 1152 letters to replace their previous contents or as uppercase letters to append | |
| 164 | 1153 to their previous contents. When the '>' flag is present in 'cpoptions' then |
| 1154 a line break is inserted before the appended text. | |
| 7 | 1155 |
| 1156 5. Read-only registers ":, "., "% and "# | |
| 1157 These are '%', '#', ':' and '.'. You can use them only with the "p", "P", | |
| 1158 and ":put" commands and with CTRL-R. {not in Vi} | |
| 1159 *quote_.* *quote.* *E29* | |
| 1160 ". Contains the last inserted text (the same as what is inserted | |
| 1161 with the insert mode commands CTRL-A and CTRL-@). Note: this | |
| 1162 doesn't work with CTRL-R on the command-line. It works a bit | |
| 1163 differently, like inserting the text instead of putting it | |
| 1164 ('textwidth' and other options affect what is inserted). | |
| 1165 *quote_%* *quote%* | |
| 1166 "% Contains the name of the current file. | |
| 1167 *quote_#* *quote#* | |
| 1168 "# Contains the name of the alternate file. | |
| 1169 *quote_:* *quote:* *E30* | |
| 1170 ": Contains the most recent executed command-line. Example: Use | |
| 1171 "@:" to repeat the previous command-line command. | |
| 1172 The command-line is only stored in this register when at least | |
| 1173 one character of it was typed. Thus it remains unchanged if | |
| 1174 the command was completely from a mapping. | |
| 1175 {not available when compiled without the |+cmdline_hist| | |
| 1176 feature} | |
| 1177 | |
| 1121 | 1178 6. Expression register "= *quote_=* *quote=* *@=* |
| 7 | 1179 This is not really a register that stores text, but is a way to use an |
| 1180 expression in commands which use a register. The expression register is | |
| 1181 read-only; you cannot put text into it. After the '=', the cursor moves to | |
| 1182 the command-line, where you can enter any expression (see |expression|). All | |
| 1183 normal command-line editing commands are available, including a special | |
| 1184 history for expressions. When you end the command-line by typing <CR>, Vim | |
| 1185 computes the result of the expression. If you end it with <Esc>, Vim abandons | |
| 1186 the expression. If you do not enter an expression, Vim uses the previous | |
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| 332 | 1197 register. {not in Vi} |
| 7 | 1198 |
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| 7 | 1201 See |quotestar| and |quoteplus|. When the clipboard is not available or not |
| 571 | 1202 working, the unnamed register is used instead. For Unix systems the clipboard |
| 1203 is only available when the |+xterm_clipboard| feature is present. {not in Vi} | |
| 7 | 1204 |
| 1205 Note that there is only a distinction between "* and "+ for X11 systems. For | |
| 1206 an explanation of the difference, see |x11-selection|. Under MS-Windows, use | |
| 1207 of "* and "+ is actually synonymous and refers to the |gui-clipboard|. | |
| 1208 | |
| 1209 *quote_~* *quote~* *<Drop>* | |
| 1210 The read-only "~ register stores the dropped text from the last drag'n'drop | |
| 1211 operation. When something has been dropped onto Vim, the "~ register is | |
| 1212 filled in and the <Drop> pseudo key is sent for notification. You can remap | |
| 1213 this key if you want; the default action (for all modes) is to insert the | |
| 1214 contents of the "~ register at the cursor position. {not in Vi} | |
| 9 | 1215 {only available when compiled with the |+dnd| feature, currently only with the |
| 7 | 1216 GTK GUI} |
| 1217 | |
| 1218 Note: The "~ register is only used when dropping plain text onto Vim. | |
| 1219 Drag'n'drop of URI lists is handled internally. | |
| 1220 | |
| 1221 8. Black hole register "_ *quote_* | |
| 1222 When writing to this register, nothing happens. This can be used to delete | |
| 1223 text without affecting the normal registers. When reading from this register, | |
| 1224 nothing is returned. {not in Vi} | |
| 1225 | |
| 1226 9. Last search pattern register "/ *quote_/* *quote/* | |
| 1227 Contains the most recent search-pattern. This is used for "n" and 'hlsearch'. | |
| 3492 | 1228 It is writable with `:let`, you can change it to have 'hlsearch' highlight |
| 7 | 1229 other matches without actually searching. You can't yank or delete into this |
| 1621 | 1230 register. The search direction is available in |v:searchforward|. |
| 1231 Note that the valued is restored when returning from a function | |
| 1232 |function-search-undo|. | |
| 1233 {not in Vi} | |
| 7 | 1234 |
| 1235 *@/* | |
| 3492 | 1236 You can write to a register with a `:let` command |:let-@|. Example: > |
| 7 | 1237 :let @/ = "the" |
| 1238 | |
| 1239 If you use a put command without specifying a register, Vim uses the register | |
| 1240 that was last filled (this is also the contents of the unnamed register). If | |
| 3492 | 1241 you are confused, use the `:dis` command to find out what Vim will put (this |
| 7 | 1242 command displays all named and numbered registers; the unnamed register is |
| 1243 labelled '"'). | |
| 1244 | |
| 1245 The next three commands always work on whole lines. | |
| 1246 | |
| 1247 :[range]co[py] {address} *:co* *:copy* | |
| 1248 Copy the lines given by [range] to below the line | |
| 1249 given by {address}. | |
| 1250 | |
| 1251 *:t* | |
| 1252 :t Synonym for copy. | |
| 1253 | |
| 1254 :[range]m[ove] {address} *:m* *:mo* *:move* *E134* | |
| 1255 Move the lines given by [range] to below the line | |
| 1256 given by {address}. | |
| 1257 | |
| 1258 ============================================================================== | |
| 1259 6. Formatting text *formatting* | |
| 1260 | |
| 1261 :[range]ce[nter] [width] *:ce* *:center* | |
| 1262 Center lines in [range] between [width] columns | |
| 1263 (default 'textwidth' or 80 when 'textwidth' is 0). | |
| 1264 {not in Vi} | |
| 1265 Not available when |+ex_extra| feature was disabled at | |
| 1266 compile time. | |
| 1267 | |
| 1268 :[range]ri[ght] [width] *:ri* *:right* | |
| 1269 Right-align lines in [range] at [width] columns | |
| 1270 (default 'textwidth' or 80 when 'textwidth' is 0). | |
| 1271 {not in Vi} | |
| 1272 Not available when |+ex_extra| feature was disabled at | |
| 1273 compile time. | |
| 1274 | |
| 1275 *:le* *:left* | |
| 1276 :[range]le[ft] [indent] | |
| 1277 Left-align lines in [range]. Sets the indent in the | |
| 1278 lines to [indent] (default 0). {not in Vi} | |
| 1279 Not available when |+ex_extra| feature was disabled at | |
| 1280 compile time. | |
| 1281 | |
| 1282 *gq* | |
| 216 | 1283 gq{motion} Format the lines that {motion} moves over. |
| 667 | 1284 Formatting is done with one of three methods: |
| 1285 1. If 'formatexpr' is not empty the expression is | |
| 1286 evaluated. This can differ for each buffer. | |
| 670 | 1287 2. If 'formatprg' is not empty an external program |
| 667 | 1288 is used. |
| 843 | 1289 3. Otherwise formatting is done internally. |
| 667 | 1290 |
| 1291 In the third case the 'textwidth' option controls the | |
| 1292 length of each formatted line (see below). | |
| 216 | 1293 If the 'textwidth' option is 0, the formatted line |
| 1294 length is the screen width (with a maximum width of | |
| 667 | 1295 79). |
| 7 | 1296 The 'formatoptions' option controls the type of |
| 1297 formatting |fo-table|. | |
| 216 | 1298 The cursor is left on the first non-blank of the last |
| 1299 formatted line. | |
| 7 | 1300 NOTE: The "Q" command formerly performed this |
| 1301 function. If you still want to use "Q" for | |
| 1302 formatting, use this mapping: > | |
| 1303 :nnoremap Q gq | |
| 1304 | |
| 1305 gqgq *gqgq* *gqq* | |
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1307 many lines. {not in Vi} |
| 7 | 1308 |
| 1309 *v_gq* | |
| 1310 {Visual}gq Format the highlighted text. (for {Visual} see | |
| 1311 |Visual-mode|). {not in Vi} | |
| 1312 | |
| 1313 *gw* | |
| 1314 gw{motion} Format the lines that {motion} moves over. Similar to | |
| 1315 |gq| but puts the cursor back at the same position in | |
| 667 | 1316 the text. However, 'formatprg' and 'formatexpr' are |
| 1317 not used. {not in Vi} | |
| 7 | 1318 |
| 9 | 1319 gwgw *gwgw* *gww* |
| 1320 gww Format the current line as with "gw". {not in Vi} | |
| 1321 | |
| 1322 *v_gw* | |
| 1323 {Visual}gw Format the highlighted text as with "gw". (for | |
| 1324 {Visual} see |Visual-mode|). {not in Vi} | |
| 1325 | |
| 7 | 1326 Example: To format the current paragraph use: *gqap* > |
| 1327 gqap | |
| 1328 | |
| 1329 The "gq" command leaves the cursor in the line where the motion command takes | |
| 1330 the cursor. This allows you to repeat formatting repeated with ".". This | |
| 1331 works well with "gqj" (format current and next line) and "gq}" (format until | |
| 1332 end of paragraph). Note: When 'formatprg' is set, "gq" leaves the cursor on | |
| 1333 the first formatted line (as with using a filter command). | |
| 1334 | |
| 1335 If you want to format the current paragraph and continue where you were, use: > | |
| 1336 gwap | |
| 1337 If you always want to keep paragraphs formatted you may want to add the 'a' | |
| 1338 flag to 'formatoptions'. See |auto-format|. | |
| 1339 | |
| 1340 If the 'autoindent' option is on, Vim uses the indent of the first line for | |
| 1341 the following lines. | |
| 1342 | |
| 1343 Formatting does not change empty lines (but it does change lines with only | |
| 1344 white space!). | |
| 1345 | |
| 1346 The 'joinspaces' option is used when lines are joined together. | |
| 1347 | |
| 667 | 1348 You can set the 'formatexpr' option to an expression or the 'formatprg' option |
| 1349 to the name of an external program for Vim to use for text formatting. The | |
| 1350 'textwidth' and other options have no effect on formatting by an external | |
| 1351 program. | |
| 7 | 1352 |
| 1353 *right-justify* | |
| 1354 There is no command in Vim to right justify text. You can do it with | |
| 1355 an external command, like "par" (e.g.: "!}par" to format until the end of the | |
| 1356 paragraph) or set 'formatprg' to "par". | |
| 1357 | |
| 1358 *format-comments* | |
| 1621 | 1359 An overview of comment formatting is in section |30.6| of the user manual. |
| 1360 | |
| 1361 Vim can automatically insert and format comments in a special way. Vim | |
| 1362 recognizes a comment by a specific string at the start of the line (ignoring | |
| 1363 white space). Three types of comments can be used: | |
| 7 | 1364 |
| 1365 - A comment string that repeats at the start of each line. An example is the | |
| 1366 type of comment used in shell scripts, starting with "#". | |
| 1367 - A comment string that occurs only in the first line, not in the following | |
| 1368 lines. An example is this list with dashes. | |
| 1369 - Three-piece comments that have a start string, an end string, and optional | |
| 1370 lines in between. The strings for the start, middle and end are different. | |
| 1621 | 1371 An example is the C style comment: |
| 7 | 1372 /* |
| 1373 * this is a C comment | |
| 1374 */ | |
| 1375 | |
| 1376 The 'comments' option is a comma-separated list of parts. Each part defines a | |
| 1377 type of comment string. A part consists of: | |
| 1378 {flags}:{string} | |
| 1379 | |
| 1380 {string} is the literal text that must appear. | |
| 1381 | |
| 1382 {flags}: | |
| 1383 n Nested comment. Nesting with mixed parts is allowed. If 'comments' | |
| 1384 is "n:),n:>" a line starting with "> ) >" is a comment. | |
| 1385 | |
| 1386 b Blank (<Space>, <Tab> or <EOL>) required after {string}. | |
| 1387 | |
| 1388 f Only the first line has the comment string. Do not repeat comment on | |
| 1389 the next line, but preserve indentation (e.g., a bullet-list). | |
| 1390 | |
| 1391 s Start of three-piece comment | |
| 1392 | |
| 1393 m Middle of a three-piece comment | |
| 1394 | |
| 1395 e End of a three-piece comment | |
| 1396 | |
| 1621 | 1397 l Left align. Used together with 's' or 'e', the leftmost character of |
| 1398 start or end will line up with the leftmost character from the middle. | |
| 1399 This is the default and can be omitted. See below for more details. | |
| 7 | 1400 |
| 1621 | 1401 r Right align. Same as above but rightmost instead of leftmost. See |
| 1402 below for more details. | |
| 7 | 1403 |
| 1621 | 1404 O Don't consider this comment for the "O" command. |
| 7 | 1405 |
| 1406 x Allows three-piece comments to be ended by just typing the last | |
| 1621 | 1407 character of the end-comment string as the first action on a new |
| 1408 line when the middle-comment string has been inserted automatically. | |
| 1409 See below for more details. | |
| 7 | 1410 |
| 1411 {digits} | |
| 1621 | 1412 When together with 's' or 'e': add {digit} amount of offset to an |
| 1413 automatically inserted middle or end comment leader. The offset begins | |
| 1414 from a left alignment. See below for more details. | |
| 7 | 1415 |
| 1416 -{digits} | |
| 1417 Like {digits} but reduce the indent. This only works when there is | |
| 1418 some indent for the start or end part that can be removed. | |
| 1419 | |
| 1420 When a string has none of the 'f', 's', 'm' or 'e' flags, Vim assumes the | |
| 1421 comment string repeats at the start of each line. The flags field may be | |
| 1422 empty. | |
| 1423 | |
| 1424 Any blank space in the text before and after the {string} is part of the | |
| 1425 {string}, so do not include leading or trailing blanks unless the blanks are a | |
| 1426 required part of the comment string. | |
| 1427 | |
| 1428 When one comment leader is part of another, specify the part after the whole. | |
| 1429 For example, to include both "-" and "->", use > | |
| 1430 :set comments=f:->,f:- | |
| 1431 | |
| 1432 A three-piece comment must always be given as start,middle,end, with no other | |
| 1433 parts in between. An example of a three-piece comment is > | |
| 1434 sr:/*,mb:*,ex:*/ | |
| 1435 for C-comments. To avoid recognizing "*ptr" as a comment, the middle string | |
| 1436 includes the 'b' flag. For three-piece comments, Vim checks the text after | |
| 1437 the start and middle strings for the end string. If Vim finds the end string, | |
| 1438 the comment does not continue on the next line. Three-piece comments must | |
| 1439 have a middle string because otherwise Vim can't recognize the middle lines. | |
| 1440 | |
| 1441 Notice the use of the "x" flag in the above three-piece comment definition. | |
| 1442 When you hit Return in a C-comment, Vim will insert the middle comment leader | |
| 1621 | 1443 for the new line: " * ". To close this comment you just have to type "/" |
| 7 | 1444 before typing anything else on the new line. This will replace the |
| 1621 | 1445 middle-comment leader with the end-comment leader and apply any specified |
| 1446 alignment, leaving just " */". There is no need to hit BackSpace first. | |
| 1447 | |
| 2826 | 1448 When there is a match with a middle part, but there also is a maching end part |
| 1449 which is longer, the end part is used. This makes a C style comment work | |
| 1450 without requiring the middle part to end with a space. | |
| 1621 | 1451 |
| 1452 Here is an example of alignment flags at work to make a comment stand out | |
| 2826 | 1453 (kind of looks like a 1 too). Consider comment string: > |
| 1454 :set comments=sr:/***,m:**,ex-2:******/ | |
| 1455 < | |
| 1456 /*** ~ | |
| 1457 **<--right aligned from "r" flag ~ | |
| 1458 ** ~ | |
| 1459 offset 2 spaces for the "-2" flag--->** ~ | |
| 1460 ******/ ~ | |
| 1621 | 1461 In this case, the first comment was typed, then return was pressed 4 times, |
| 1462 then "/" was pressed to end the comment. | |
| 7 | 1463 |
| 1621 | 1464 Here are some finer points of three part comments. There are three times when |
| 1465 alignment and offset flags are taken into consideration: opening a new line | |
| 1466 after a start-comment, opening a new line before an end-comment, and | |
| 1467 automatically ending a three-piece comment. The end alignment flag has a | |
| 1468 backwards perspective; the result is that the same alignment flag used with | |
| 1469 "s" and "e" will result in the same indent for the starting and ending pieces. | |
| 1470 Only one alignment per comment part is meant to be used, but an offset number | |
| 1471 will override the "r" and "l" flag. | |
| 1472 | |
| 1473 Enabling 'cindent' will override the alignment flags in many cases. | |
| 1474 Reindenting using a different method like |gq| or |=| will not consult | |
| 1475 alignment flags either. The same behaviour can be defined in those other | |
| 1476 formatting options. One consideration is that 'cindent' has additional options | |
| 1477 for context based indenting of comments but cannot replicate many three piece | |
| 2826 | 1478 indent alignments. However, 'indentexpr' has the ability to work better with |
| 1479 three piece comments. | |
| 1621 | 1480 |
| 1481 Other examples: > | |
| 7 | 1482 "b:*" Includes lines starting with "*", but not if the "*" is |
| 1483 followed by a non-blank. This avoids a pointer dereference | |
| 1484 like "*str" to be recognized as a comment. | |
| 1485 "n:>" Includes a line starting with ">", ">>", ">>>", etc. | |
| 1486 "fb:-" Format a list that starts with "- ". | |
| 1487 | |
| 1488 By default, "b:#" is included. This means that a line that starts with | |
| 1489 "#include" is not recognized as a comment line. But a line that starts with | |
| 1490 "# define" is recognized. This is a compromise. | |
| 1491 | |
| 1492 {not available when compiled without the |+comments| feature} | |
| 1493 | |
| 1494 *fo-table* | |
| 1495 You can use the 'formatoptions' option to influence how Vim formats text. | |
| 1496 'formatoptions' is a string that can contain any of the letters below. The | |
| 1497 default setting is "tcq". You can separate the option letters with commas for | |
| 1498 readability. | |
| 1499 | |
| 1500 letter meaning when present in 'formatoptions' ~ | |
| 1501 | |
| 1121 | 1502 t Auto-wrap text using textwidth |
| 7 | 1503 c Auto-wrap comments using textwidth, inserting the current comment |
| 1504 leader automatically. | |
| 1505 r Automatically insert the current comment leader after hitting | |
| 1506 <Enter> in Insert mode. | |
| 1507 o Automatically insert the current comment leader after hitting 'o' or | |
| 1508 'O' in Normal mode. | |
| 1509 q Allow formatting of comments with "gq". | |
| 1510 Note that formatting will not change blank lines or lines containing | |
| 1511 only the comment leader. A new paragraph starts after such a line, | |
| 1512 or when the comment leader changes. | |
| 1513 w Trailing white space indicates a paragraph continues in the next line. | |
| 1514 A line that ends in a non-white character ends a paragraph. | |
| 1515 a Automatic formatting of paragraphs. Every time text is inserted or | |
| 1516 deleted the paragraph will be reformatted. See |auto-format|. | |
| 1517 When the 'c' flag is present this only happens for recognized | |
| 1518 comments. | |
| 41 | 1519 n When formatting text, recognize numbered lists. This actually uses |
| 1520 the 'formatlistpat' option, thus any kind of list can be used. The | |
| 1521 indent of the text after the number is used for the next line. The | |
| 1621 | 1522 default is to find a number, optionally followed by '.', ':', ')', |
| 41 | 1523 ']' or '}'. Note that 'autoindent' must be set too. Doesn't work |
| 1524 well together with "2". | |
| 7 | 1525 Example: > |
| 1526 1. the first item | |
| 1527 wraps | |
| 1528 2. the second item | |
| 1529 2 When formatting text, use the indent of the second line of a paragraph | |
| 1530 for the rest of the paragraph, instead of the indent of the first | |
| 1531 line. This supports paragraphs in which the first line has a | |
| 1532 different indent than the rest. Note that 'autoindent' must be set | |
| 1533 too. Example: > | |
| 1534 first line of a paragraph | |
| 1535 second line of the same paragraph | |
| 1536 third line. | |
| 3682 | 1537 < This also works inside comments, ignoring the comment leader. |
| 7 | 1538 v Vi-compatible auto-wrapping in insert mode: Only break a line at a |
| 1539 blank that you have entered during the current insert command. (Note: | |
| 1540 this is not 100% Vi compatible. Vi has some "unexpected features" or | |
| 1541 bugs in this area. It uses the screen column instead of the line | |
| 1542 column.) | |
| 1543 b Like 'v', but only auto-wrap if you enter a blank at or before | |
| 1544 the wrap margin. If the line was longer than 'textwidth' when you | |
| 1545 started the insert, or you do not enter a blank in the insert before | |
| 1546 reaching 'textwidth', Vim does not perform auto-wrapping. | |
| 1547 l Long lines are not broken in insert mode: When a line was longer than | |
| 1548 'textwidth' when the insert command started, Vim does not | |
| 1549 automatically format it. | |
| 1550 m Also break at a multi-byte character above 255. This is useful for | |
| 1551 Asian text where every character is a word on its own. | |
| 1552 M When joining lines, don't insert a space before or after a multi-byte | |
| 1553 character. Overrules the 'B' flag. | |
| 1554 B When joining lines, don't insert a space between two multi-byte | |
| 1555 characters. Overruled by the 'M' flag. | |
| 1556 1 Don't break a line after a one-letter word. It's broken before it | |
| 1557 instead (if possible). | |
| 3562 | 1558 j Where it makes sense, remove a comment leader when joining lines. For |
| 1559 example, joining: | |
| 1560 int i; // the index ~ | |
| 1561 // in the list ~ | |
| 1562 Becomes: | |
| 1563 int i; // the index in the list ~ | |
| 7 | 1564 |
| 1565 | |
| 1566 With 't' and 'c' you can specify when Vim performs auto-wrapping: | |
| 1567 value action ~ | |
| 1568 "" no automatic formatting (you can use "gq" for manual formatting) | |
| 1569 "t" automatic formatting of text, but not comments | |
| 1570 "c" automatic formatting for comments, but not text (good for C code) | |
| 1571 "tc" automatic formatting for text and comments | |
| 1572 | |
| 867 | 1573 Note that when 'textwidth' is 0, Vim does no automatic formatting anyway (but |
| 1574 does insert comment leaders according to the 'comments' option). An exception | |
| 1575 is when the 'a' flag is present. |auto-format| | |
| 7 | 1576 |
| 1577 Note that when 'paste' is on, Vim does no formatting at all. | |
| 1578 | |
| 1579 Note that 'textwidth' can be non-zero even if Vim never performs auto-wrapping; | |
| 1580 'textwidth' is still useful for formatting with "gq". | |
| 1581 | |
| 1582 If the 'comments' option includes "/*", "*" and/or "*/", then Vim has some | |
| 1583 built in stuff to treat these types of comments a bit more cleverly. | |
| 1584 Opening a new line before or after "/*" or "*/" (with 'r' or 'o' present in | |
| 1585 'formatoptions') gives the correct start of the line automatically. The same | |
| 236 | 1586 happens with formatting and auto-wrapping. Opening a line after a line |
| 7 | 1587 starting with "/*" or "*" and containing "*/", will cause no comment leader to |
| 1588 be inserted, and the indent of the new line is taken from the line containing | |
| 1589 the start of the comment. | |
| 1590 E.g.: | |
| 1591 /* ~ | |
| 1592 * Your typical comment. ~ | |
| 1593 */ ~ | |
| 1594 The indent on this line is the same as the start of the above | |
| 1595 comment. | |
| 1596 | |
| 1597 All of this should be really cool, especially in conjunction with the new | |
| 1598 :autocmd command to prepare different settings for different types of file. | |
| 1599 | |
| 1600 Some examples: | |
| 1601 for C code (only format comments): > | |
| 1602 :set fo=croq | |
| 1603 < for Mail/news (format all, don't start comment with "o" command): > | |
| 1604 :set fo=tcrq | |
| 1605 < | |
| 1606 | |
| 3492 | 1607 Automatic formatting *auto-format* *autoformat* |
| 7 | 1608 |
| 1609 When the 'a' flag is present in 'formatoptions' text is formatted | |
| 1610 automatically when inserting text or deleting text. This works nice for | |
| 1611 editing text paragraphs. A few hints on how to use this: | |
| 1612 | |
| 1613 - You need to properly define paragraphs. The simplest is paragraphs that are | |
| 1614 separated by a blank line. When there is no separating blank line, consider | |
| 1615 using the 'w' flag and adding a space at the end of each line in the | |
| 1616 paragraphs except the last one. | |
| 1617 | |
| 1618 - You can set the 'formatoptions' based on the type of file |filetype| or | |
| 1619 specifically for one file with a |modeline|. | |
| 1620 | |
| 1621 - Set 'formatoptions' to "aw2tq" to make text with indents like this: | |
| 1622 | |
| 1623 bla bla foobar bla | |
| 1624 bla foobar bla foobar bla | |
| 1625 bla bla foobar bla | |
| 1626 bla foobar bla bla foobar | |
| 1627 | |
| 1628 - Add the 'c' flag to only auto-format comments. Useful in source code. | |
| 1629 | |
| 867 | 1630 - Set 'textwidth' to the desired width. If it is zero then 79 is used, or the |
| 1631 width of the screen if this is smaller. | |
| 1632 | |
| 7 | 1633 And a few warnings: |
| 1634 | |
| 1635 - When part of the text is not properly separated in paragraphs, making | |
| 1636 changes in this text will cause it to be formatted anyway. Consider doing > | |
| 1637 | |
| 1638 :set fo-=a | |
| 1639 | |
| 1640 - When using the 'w' flag (trailing space means paragraph continues) and | |
| 1641 deleting the last line of a paragraph with |dd|, the paragraph will be | |
| 1642 joined with the next one. | |
| 1643 | |
| 1644 - Changed text is saved for undo. Formatting is also a change. Thus each | |
| 1645 format action saves text for undo. This may consume quite a lot of memory. | |
| 1646 | |
| 1647 - Formatting a long paragraph and/or with complicated indenting may be slow. | |
| 1648 | |
| 282 | 1649 ============================================================================== |
| 1650 7. Sorting text *sorting* | |
| 1651 | |
| 1652 Vim has a sorting function and a sorting command. The sorting function can be | |
| 1653 found here: |sort()|. | |
| 1654 | |
| 1655 *:sor* *:sort* | |
| 826 | 1656 :[range]sor[t][!] [i][u][r][n][x][o] [/{pattern}/] |
| 586 | 1657 Sort lines in [range]. When no range is given all |
| 1658 lines are sorted. | |
| 282 | 1659 |
| 1660 With [!] the order is reversed. | |
| 1661 | |
| 1662 With [i] case is ignored. | |
| 1663 | |
| 293 | 1664 With [n] sorting is done on the first decimal number |
| 826 | 1665 in the line (after or inside a {pattern} match). |
| 1698 | 1666 One leading '-' is included in the number. |
| 293 | 1667 |
| 1668 With [x] sorting is done on the first hexadecimal | |
| 826 | 1669 number in the line (after or inside a {pattern} |
| 1670 match). A leading "0x" or "0X" is ignored. | |
| 1698 | 1671 One leading '-' is included in the number. |
| 293 | 1672 |
| 1673 With [o] sorting is done on the first octal number in | |
| 826 | 1674 the line (after or inside a {pattern} match). |
| 293 | 1675 |
| 282 | 1676 With [u] only keep the first of a sequence of |
| 1677 identical lines (ignoring case when [i] is used). | |
| 826 | 1678 Without this flag, a sequence of identical lines |
| 1679 will be kept in their original order. | |
| 293 | 1680 Note that leading and trailing white space may cause |
| 1681 lines to be different. | |
| 282 | 1682 |
| 826 | 1683 When /{pattern}/ is specified and there is no [r] flag |
| 1684 the text matched with {pattern} is skipped, so that | |
| 1685 you sort on what comes after the match. | |
| 282 | 1686 Instead of the slash any non-letter can be used. |
| 1687 For example, to sort on the second comma-separated | |
| 1688 field: > | |
| 1689 :sort /[^,]*,/ | |
| 1690 < To sort on the text at virtual column 10 (thus | |
| 1691 ignoring the difference between tabs and spaces): > | |
| 1692 :sort /.*\%10v/ | |
| 824 | 1693 < To sort on the first number in the line, no matter |
| 1694 what is in front of it: > | |
| 1621 | 1695 :sort /.\{-}\ze\d/ |
| 1696 < (Explanation: ".\{-}" matches any text, "\ze" sets the | |
| 1697 end of the match and \d matches a digit.) | |
| 1698 With [r] sorting is done on the matching {pattern} | |
| 826 | 1699 instead of skipping past it as described above. |
| 1700 For example, to sort on only the first three letters | |
| 1701 of each line: > | |
| 1702 :sort /\a\a\a/ r | |
| 1703 | |
| 1704 < If a {pattern} is used, any lines which don't have a | |
| 1705 match for {pattern} are kept in their current order, | |
| 1706 but separate from the lines which do match {pattern}. | |
| 1707 If you sorted in reverse, they will be in reverse | |
| 1708 order after the sorted lines, otherwise they will be | |
| 1709 in their original order, right before the sorted | |
| 1710 lines. | |
| 1711 | |
| 1314 | 1712 If {pattern} is empty (e.g. // is specified), the |
| 1713 last search pattern is used. This allows trying out | |
| 1714 a pattern first. | |
| 1715 | |
| 3492 | 1716 Note that using `:sort` with `:global` doesn't sort the matching lines, it's |
| 293 | 1717 quite useless. |
| 7 | 1718 |
| 359 | 1719 The details about sorting depend on the library function used. There is no |
| 1720 guarantee that sorting is "stable" or obeys the current locale. You will have | |
| 1721 to try it out. | |
| 1722 | |
| 826 | 1723 The sorting can be interrupted, but if you interrupt it too late in the |
| 1724 process you may end up with duplicated lines. This also depends on the system | |
| 1725 library function used. | |
| 481 | 1726 |
| 7 | 1727 vim:tw=78:ts=8:ft=help:norl: |