(N)Vim

Notes on using vim and nvim

Common

Notes that should apply to both flavours of vim.

Keybindings

Keybinding	Mode	Description
<C-w> H	N	Move the current window to the far left, resizing it to be full-height.
<C-w> J	N	Move the current window to the bottom, resizing it to be full-width.
<C-w> K	N	Move the current window to the top, resizing it to be full-width.
<C-w> L	N	Move the current window to the far right, resizing it to be full-height.

Listing Registered autocmds

:autocmd lists all registered autocmds.

:autocmd <Event> lists all registered autocmds for the given event. e.g.

:autocmd FileType
--- Autocommands ---
filetypeplugin  FileType
    *         call s:LoadFTPlugin()
filetypeindent  FileType
    *         call s:LoadIndent()
syntaxset  FileType
    *         exe "set syntax=" . expand("<amatch>")
packer_load_aucmds  FileType
    python    lua require("packer.load")({'black'}, { ft = "python" }, _G.packer_plugins)

Synced Scrolling

To have 2 or more windows scroll together, simply :set scrollbind in each window you want to syncronise!

• :h scroll-binding

• :h scrollbind

• :h scrollopt

Neovim Only

Notes that apply to just nvim.

Vim Only

Notes that apply to just vim.