After I make a jump to anywhere in the world, whether in the current file or a different file, is it possible to make vim automatically run zz (re-center on current line)?
I want this after things like search, ctrl-o and ctrl-i ... and pretty much any movement other than hjkl.
Thanks.
Voila:
" Center screen on next/previous selection.
nnoremap n nzz
nnoremap N Nzz
" Last and next jump should center too.
nnoremap <C-o> <C-o>zz
nnoremap <C-i> <C-i>zz
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I'd like to use gvim to view files with long lines. It's a table, so I'm not wrapping the lines.
Is this possible to configure gvim so arrows navigation will be like in "most" tool? Arrow key will move the whole screen 1 character lef/right/top/bottom?
Thanks a lot.
I think this should do what you want.
set nocompatible
set nowrap
set virtualedit=all
nnoremap <Left> zh
nnoremap <Right> zl
nnoremap <Up> <C-y>
nnoremap <Down> <C-e>
If you want the same behavior in insert mode, add the same mappings again as a second set, but use inoremap instead of nnoremap.
The virtualedit setting will allow the cursor to move beyond the end of the line and continue on as if the line had infinite whitespace to the right.
NOTE: virtualedit is only available if Vim was compiled with that feature. You can check with :version. If this feature is available, you should see a + next to it, e.g. +virtualedit.
Sometimes I want to swap current line with line up or below in vim. I can do it with commands :m+1 or :m-1. However it is too wordy. Is there shorter way doing the same?
give this a try:
ddp and ddkP
if it gives what you want. ;)
Both Tim Pope's unimpaired.vim - Pairs of handy bracket mappings and my own LineJuggler plugin provide (among others; my plugin has a focus on line moves and copies, whereas Tim's has a mixture of useful stuff) [e and ]e mappings to move the current line / selection above or below. These don't clobber the default register, as ddp et al. would do.
Give mappings a chance:
nnoremap <leader>k :move-2<CR>==
nnoremap <leader>j :move+<CR>==
xnoremap <leader>k :move-2<CR>gv=gv
xnoremap <leader>j :move'>+<CR>gv=gv
Vim has the :move command that allows you to move one line.
For instance, :m +1 will move the current line down.
I have these mappings in my .vimrc :
" move the lines of visual mode up or down
" JK to move and keep a correct indentation (with =)
" <up><down> to move keeping the correct indentation
vnoremap <silent> J :m '>+1<cr>gv=gv
vnoremap <silent> <down> :m '>+1<cr>gv
vnoremap <silent> K :m '<-2<cr>gv=gv
vnoremap <silent> <up> :m '<-2<cr>gv
With these lines, if you select a bunch of lines in visual mode, and then press <up> or <down> arrows, the lines will be moved up or down (and you will stay in the same visual selection thanks to the gv at the end).
J and K are almost the same, but they keep and autoindentation, using the = operator (gv= autoindents the last visual selection).
For sure, i encourage you to do modify the keys that are mapped to your own preferences. These are just mine. Also, copy-pasting without understanding is probably a bad idea. If you understand that mapping, you could check help pages for :m, gv and =.
I like highlighting while searching in vim. Here's what I want:
I search for a word with /
Then, all of the results are highlighted. If I press any key other than n or N, I want the highlighting to be toggled off.
If I press n or N again after any number of commands, I want to toggle on the highlighting.
Where do I start? I'm not even sure what to google.
I have this in my .vimrc
nnoremap <CR> :noh<CR>
so that when I'm done seeing the highlighting, I just hit enter to remove it. It stays gone until I hit n or N again.
Note: If you want to keep the functionality of enter, add another <CR> on the end of the command.
I remap control-l (lower case L) so that it clears the search result as well as repaints the screen. This line in .vimrc does it:
nnoremap <silent> <C-l> :nohl<CR><C-l>
You can manually disable the last highlight with nohl.
I will let you know if I can figure out how to automate this.
One method is to setup a toggle mapping. These are some toggle mappings I have in my .vimrc:
let mapleader="\\"
noremap <silent> <Leader>th :set invhls hls ?<CR>
noremap <silent> <Leader>tn :set invnumber number ?<CR>
noremap <silent> <Leader>ts :set invspell spell ?<CR>
noremap <silent> <Leader>tw :set invwrap wrap ?<CR>
To toggle highlighting just type \th for toggle hls. The others are line number, spell checking, line wrapping. The final hls ? will display the new mode.
I prefer this, because to me it is nothing but natural.
Start searching with /<pattern> and once done, simply type <Leader>/ to stop the highlighting.
nnoremap <silent> <Leader>/ :set nohl<CR>
I am using NERDTree on vim and usually open files with i
Is there an easy way to switch between different panes? Currently I use CTRL+W+W to move from one pane to another.
Long ago I found a tip (once on vim.org, now on wikia, apparently) that I've stuck with. Remap ctrl-[hjkl] to navigate splits. It has served me well.
" Use ctrl-[hjkl] to select the active split!
nmap <silent> <c-k> :wincmd k<CR>
nmap <silent> <c-j> :wincmd j<CR>
nmap <silent> <c-h> :wincmd h<CR>
nmap <silent> <c-l> :wincmd l<CR>
I prefer hitting single keys over hitting key-chords. The following maps pane movement to arrow keys:
" Smart way to move between panes
map <up> <C-w><up>
map <down> <C-w><down>
map <left> <C-w><left>
map <right> <C-w><right>
I know this is an old question, but I have a perfect way. Using the number of the split.
split_number C-w C-w
The panes are numbered from top-left to bottom-right with the first one getting the number 1.
for example to go to split number 3 do this 3 C-w C-w, press Ctrl-w twice.
Key mappings are definitely the way to go. I use the mappings mentioned by overthink. I also include the following mappings in my vimrc to move the splits themselves.
" Move the splits arround!
nmap <silent> <c-s-k> <C-W>k
nmap <silent> <c-s-j> <C-W>j
nmap <silent> <c-s-h> <C-W>h
nmap <silent> <c-s-l> <C-W>l
This makes it so that if the split opens in the wrong spot (lets say the left side and I want it on the right) I go to that split and hit <C-S-l> and the split moves where I want it to.
In order to be consistent with changing tabs via gt & gT, I'm currently trying out the g mappings for changing splits. I tend to hit the shift key as I go for the Ctrl key so this helps me avoid that mistake until I get better at not doing so.
nnoremap gh <C-W><C-H>
nnoremap gj <C-W><C-J>
nnoremap gk <C-W><C-K>
nnoremap gl <C-W><C-L>
I have mapped ctrl+w ctrl+w to <tab> (under normal mode as in normal mode tab does not have any use)and that's have made my life easier as now I can switch between panes easily by pressing <tab>.
For switching to a particular pane, I can press <i> + <tab> to switch between panes as split window panes also got their own number which can replace i.
Ex. i = 1,2...n.
Very easy way of achieving it. Type this shortcut twice, and that should work
ctrl+w ctrl+w
When I do a search with vim or gvim, the resulting positioning of the cursor within the window is somewhat random, all too frequently landing on the last (or first) line in the window. Search highlighting helps, but it's still cumbersome to have to look all around on the screen to find the cursor ... and a bit ironic, that after vim locates the next result in some megabytes-long log file, I have to use the ol' neocortex to isolate it from the last 4K or so.
I can manually get the effect I want by hitting 'zz' after every search, but would prefer to doctor up my _vimrc to make this happen automatically.
Will this work for you ?
:nmap n nzz
:nmap p pzz
I use this trick with other commands too:
nnoremap n nzz
nnoremap N Nzz
nnoremap <C-o> <C-o>zz
nnoremap <C-i> <C-i>zz
An alternative to nzz and Nzz is probably
:set scrolloff=5
which keeps 5 lines below/above cursor in view.
As #Mike-B pointed out, the accepted answer of doing
nmap n nzz
does not open folds.
As an alternative I propose the following. It is a bit hacky, but seems to work for me:
nmap nzvzz
and equivalent for the other motions, if you want. zv should open all folds till the current cursor position is visible.