Arcana Vim

A Sassy configuration for Vim.

To Install

One-Command

Run: curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arkokoley/arcana-vim/master/installer.sh | sh

Longer-way

1. Clone this repository: git clone http://github.com/arkokoley/arcana-vim
2. cd arcana-vim
3. Run the bootstrap script: ./bootstrap.sh
4. Set your terminal font to Inconsolata for Powerline
5. Profit!

Vim Shortcuts

• Toggle directory view: ,d

• Get rainbow parenthesis: ,r

• Multicursor editing:

  • To start multicursor (select a word): F3
  • Select next word: Ctrl + n
  • Deselect last word: Ctrl + p
  • Skip next word: Ctrl + x
  • quit Multicursor: ESC

• Tabs and Splits:

  • New tab: Ctrl + t
  • Move between tabs: Ctrl + l or Ctrl + h
  • Vertical split: Ctrl + s
  • Move between splits: ,l or ,h
  • Close tab/split: Ctrl + w

• Search for files and open them, like in Sublime text: Ctrl + p and type filename, select from given options

• Commenting/Uncommenting lines with ease:

  • Comment n(eg 10) number of lines: 10,cc
  • Uncomment n(eg 5) number of lines: 5,cu

• Change surrounding braces, parenthesis, html/xml tags: ,cs<current><new surround> Eg, change " in "Hello" to ' : ,cs"' Change {} in { World } to () : ,cs{)

• Read HackerNews within Vim: ,hn

  • Open a link in vim: o, O to open in Browser
  • To go back: u
  • To close: :bd

• Show/hide class outline viewer, similar to ones in IDEs like Eclips, JetBrains: ,t

• Run shell/terminal commands in vim: ! <command> Eg, compiling x.c file to n: ! gcc x.c -o n

  If that is too limiting for you, run a entire terminal within vim ,m: a terminal window pops up. Use ,m to close the window.

• Spell Check:

  • ,s to toggle spell check. Incorrect words apprear in red, grammer errors in blue.
  • ,f to correct words.

• Specially mapped keys:

  • ; mapped to :, removing the necessity of using shift and ; key for Normal commands starting with :.
  • w mapped to :w: saves the file.
  • zz mapped to :wq: saves the file and quits.
  • jk in insert mode, mapped to <ESC>: For quickly changing modes without moving to the esc position.

• Remove old plugins: ,clean

• Update plugins installed: ,update