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  1. tuxfight3r revised this gist Dec 11, 2018. 1 changed file with 13 additions and 0 deletions.
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    @@ -163,6 +163,11 @@ CTRL+X - Decrement the number at cursor
    . - Repeat last change or delete
    ; - Repeat last f, t, F, or T command
    , - Repeat last f, t, F, or T command in opposite direction
    vim +10 <file_name> - opens the file at line 10
    vim +/bash cronjob-lab.yml - opens the file cronjob-lab.yml on the first occurence of bash
    vim scp://balasundaramm@mgmt-bst:22/~/automation/test-file.txt - Edit a remote file via scp
    ```

    ### HISTORY/COMMAND BUFFER
    @@ -191,6 +196,9 @@ CTRL+p - Press after typing part of a word. It scrolls up the list of
    :vertical ball - opens up all available buffero in vertical split window
    :q - close the buffer window
    :help buffers - help for buffers
    :r <file_path> - reads a file from the path to the buffer
    :r !<command> - reads the output of the command into buffer
    :.! cat <file_path> - reads the output of the command (eg: cat) into buffer or !! in ex-mode
    ```

    ### TAB VIEWS
    @@ -254,6 +262,11 @@ CTRL+w v - Split current window vertically
    CTRL+w c - Close current window
    CTRL+w m - Move to window according to motion m
    CTRL+w o - Maxmize current window (note: this overwrites your current window configuration)
    # EX Mode
    :Vex - Open Vertical Split in ex mode with file browser
    :Sex - Open Vertical Split in ex mode with file browser
    ```

    ### MOVING WINDOWS
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    # VIM KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

    ###MOVEMENT###
    ### MOVEMENT
    ```
    h - Move left
    j - Move down
    @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ n - Repeat the last / or ? command
    N - Repeat the last / or ? command in the opposite direction
    ```

    ###NORMAL MODE -> INSERT MODE###
    ### NORMAL MODE -> INSERT MODE
    ```
    i - Enter insert mode to the left of the cursor
    a - Enter insert mode to the right of the cursor
    @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ cc - Delete current line and enter insert mode (unlike dd which leaves y
    C - Delete (change) from cursor to end of line, and enter insert mode
    ```

    ###DELETION###
    ### DELETION
    ```
    x - Delete character forward (under cursor). use x do delete backwards (before cursor)
    r - Replace single character under cursor, and remain in normal mode
    @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ dd - Delete entire current line
    D - Delete until end of line
    ```

    ###YANK & PUT###
    ### YANK & PUT
    ```
    y - Yank (copy) highlighted text
    yy - Yank current linepPut (paste) yanked text below current line
    @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ J - Join current line with the next line. Use gJ to exclude join-positi
    xp - Transpose two letters (delete and paste, technically)
    ```

    ###VISUAL MODE###
    ### VISUAL MODE
    ```
    v - Enter visual mode and highlight characters
    V - Enter visual mode and highlight lines
    @@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ vac - Highlight all text including the pair marked with c (like va<, va'
    vic - Highlight all text inside the pair marked with c
    ```

    ###MARKING###
    ### MARKING
    ```
    ma - Set a marker a at cursor position to come back to later. a can be any character you choose
    mb - Set a marker b at current position
    @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ y`a - Yank text to unnamed buffer from cursor to position of mark a
    ```

    ###VIM FOLDING###
    ### VIM FOLDING
    ```
    zf#j - creates a fold from the cursor down # lines.
    zf/string - creates a fold from the cursor to string .
    @@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ zR - decreases the foldlevel to zero -- all folds will be open.
    :set foldmethod=indent - automatically fold programms per its indentation
    ```

    ###MISCELLANEOUS###
    ### MISCELLANEOUS
    ```
    u - Undo
    U - Undo all changes on current line
    @@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ CTRL+R - Redo
    g~ - switch case under cursor
    g~$ - Toggle case of all characters to end of line.
    g~~ - Toggle case of the current line (same as V~).
    gUU - switch the current line to upper case
    gUU - switch the current line to upper case
    guu - switch the current line to lower case
    CTRL+A - Increment the number at cursor
    @@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ CTRL+X - Decrement the number at cursor
    , - Repeat last f, t, F, or T command in opposite direction
    ```

    ###HISTORY/COMMAND BUFFER###
    ### HISTORY/COMMAND BUFFER
    ```
    q: - list history in command buffer
    q/ - search history in command buffer
    @@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ CTRL+n - Press after typing part of a word. It scrolls down the list
    CTRL+p - Press after typing part of a word. It scrolls up the list of all previously used words
    ```

    ###BUFFERS###
    ### BUFFERS
    ```
    :ls (or :buffers) - list / show available buffers
    :e filename - Edit a file in a new buffer
    @@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ CTRL+p - Press after typing part of a word. It scrolls up the list of
    :help buffers - help for buffers
    ```

    ###TAB VIEWS###
    ### TAB VIEWS
    ```
    :tabe filename - opens the file in newtab
    :tabe new - open an empty tab
    @@ -207,22 +207,22 @@ CTRL+p - Press after typing part of a word. It scrolls up the list of
    vim -p *.txt - open all txt files in tabs
    ```

    ###TAB NAVIGATION###
    ### TAB NAVIGATION
    ```
    gt - go to next tab
    gT - go to previous tab
    {i}gt - go to tab in position i
    ```

    ###TAB SHORTCUTS###
    ### TAB SHORTCUTS
    ```
    CTRL+W T - Break out current window into a new tabview
    CTRL+W o - Close every window in the current tabview but the current one
    CTRL+W n - create a new window in the current tabview
    CTRL+W c - Close current window in the current tabview
    ```

    ###WINDOW MANAGEMENT###
    ### WINDOW MANAGEMENT
    ```
    #split screen horizontal
    :split filename
    @@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ vim -O file1 file2
    :vertical resize 20
    #diff
    :windo diffthis - diff between 2 vsplit windows
    :diffs, diffsplit {filename} - diffs the current window with the file given
    :diffoff - turns off diff selection
    @@ -255,7 +256,7 @@ CTRL+w m - Move to window according to motion m
    CTRL+w o - Maxmize current window (note: this overwrites your current window configuration)
    ```

    ###MOVING WINDOWS###
    ### MOVING WINDOWS
    ```
    CTRL+W r - Swap bottom/top if split horizontally
    CTRL+W R - Swap top/bottom if split horizontally
    @@ -269,7 +270,7 @@ CTRL+w K - Move current window the far top and full width of the screen
    CTRL+w L - Move current window the far right and full height of the screen
    ```

    ###NAVIGATE BETWEEN WINDOWS###
    ### NAVIGATE BETWEEN WINDOWS
    ```
    CTRL+w CTRL+w - switch between windows
    CTRL+w UP - Move to the top window from current window
    @@ -278,7 +279,7 @@ CTRL+w LEFT - Move to the left window from current window
    CTRL+w RIGHT - Move to the right window from current window
    ```

    ###RESIZING WINDOWS###
    ### RESIZING WINDOWS
    ```
    #Sometimes windows open up funny or are rendered incorrectly after separating from an external monitor. Or maybe you want to make more room for an important file.
    @@ -292,28 +293,28 @@ CTRL+w - - Incrementally decrease the window's height. Takes a parameter
    CTRL+w + - Incrementally increase the window's height. Takes a parameter, e.g. CTRL-w 10 +
    ```

    ###COMMENT LINES (TCOMMENT PLUGIN)###
    ### COMMENT LINES (TCOMMENT PLUGIN)
    ```
    CTRL+_ CTRL+_ - Comment a line using tcomment
    CTRL+V - #{Select the block before commenting a block,
    CTRL+_ CTRL+_ - Comment a block of line using tcomment}
    ```

    ### MODELINE MAGIC ###
    ### MODELINE MAGIC
    ```
    :set modeline - Enable modeline magic or add this option to your .vimrc
    :set modeline - Enable modeline magic or add this option to your .vimrc
    \ml - write the modeline based on your settings to the file
    ```

    ###NERDTree Plugin###
    ### NERDTree Plugin
    ```
    CTRL-n - Toggle
    m - opens the menu
    ? - help
    i - horizontal split
    s - vertical split
    CTRL-w + <-|-> - (left or right) to navigate
    CTRL-w + <-|-> - (left or right) to navigate
    ```
    ### PERMISSION OVERRIDE ###
    ```
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    @@ -23,7 +23,10 @@ ge - Move backwards to next word, with cursor on last character (use gE
    CTRL+u - Move up by half a page
    CTRL+d - Move down by half a page
    H - Move cursor to header (top) line of current visible windo
    CTRL+b - Move up by a page
    CTRL+f - Move down by a page
    H - Move cursor to header (top) line of current visible window
    M - Move cursor to middle line of current visible window
    L - Move cursor to last line of current visible window
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    @@ -312,7 +312,12 @@ i - horizontal split
    s - vertical split
    CTRL-w + <-|-> - (left or right) to navigate
    ```
    ### PERMISSION OVERRIDE ###
    ```
    :w !sudo tee % - Allows to override the permission of the written file
    :w !sudo sh -c "cat > %" - " "
    ```
    More details:
    https://www.cs.oberlin.edu/~kuperman/help/vim/markers.html

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    @@ -134,6 +134,11 @@ zr - decreases the foldlevel by one.
    zR - decreases the foldlevel to zero -- all folds will be open.
    [z - move to start of open fold.
    ]z - move to end of open fold.
    :set foldmethod=manual - default method v{select block}zf to fold
    :set foldmethod=marker - use marker fold method {{{
    :set foldemethod=marker/*,*/ - user custom marker fold method
    :set foldmethod=indent - automatically fold programms per its indentation
    ```

    ###MISCELLANEOUS###
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    @@ -39,23 +39,19 @@ n - Repeat the last / or ? command
    N - Repeat the last / or ? command in the opposite direction
    ```

    ###MARKING###
    ###NORMAL MODE -> INSERT MODE###
    ```
    ma - Set a marker a at cursor position to come back to later. a can be any character you choose
    mb - Set a marker b at current position
    `a - Move cursor to exact position of the marker you set with ma
    'a - Move cursor to the first character of the line marked with ma
    d'a - Delete from current line to line of mark a
    d`a - Delete from current cursor position to position of mark a
    c'a - Change text from current line to line of mark a
    y`a - Yank text to unnamed buffer from cursor to position of mark a
    :marks - List all the current marks
    :marks ab - List marks a, b
    i - Enter insert mode to the left of the cursor
    a - Enter insert mode to the right of the cursor
    I - Enter insert mode at first character of current line
    A - Enter insert mode at last character of current line
    'a,'bs/test/foo/g - Search and replace test with foo between markers a and b
    o - Insert line below current line and enter insert mode
    O - Insert line above current line and enter insert mode
    cm - Delete (change) the character or word (w) in motion m, then enter insert mode
    cc - Delete current line and enter insert mode (unlike dd which leaves you in normal mode)
    C - Delete (change) from cursor to end of line, and enter insert mode
    ```

    ###DELETION###
    @@ -81,21 +77,6 @@ J - Join current line with the next line. Use gJ to exclude join-positi
    xp - Transpose two letters (delete and paste, technically)
    ```

    ###NORMAL MODE -> INSERT MODE###
    ```
    i - Enter insert mode to the left of the cursor
    a - Enter insert mode to the right of the cursor
    I - Enter insert mode at first character of current line
    A - Enter insert mode at last character of current line
    o - Insert line below current line and enter insert mode
    O - Insert line above current line and enter insert mode
    cm - Delete (change) the character or word (w) in motion m, then enter insert mode
    cc - Delete current line and enter insert mode (unlike dd which leaves you in normal mode)
    C - Delete (change) from cursor to end of line, and enter insert mode
    ```

    ###VISUAL MODE###
    ```
    v - Enter visual mode and highlight characters
    @@ -112,6 +93,25 @@ vac - Highlight all text including the pair marked with c (like va<, va'
    vic - Highlight all text inside the pair marked with c
    ```

    ###MARKING###
    ```
    ma - Set a marker a at cursor position to come back to later. a can be any character you choose
    mb - Set a marker b at current position
    `a - Move cursor to exact position of the marker you set with ma
    'a - Move cursor to the first character of the line marked with ma
    d'a - Delete from current line to line of mark a
    d`a - Delete from current cursor position to position of mark a
    c'a - Change text from current line to line of mark a
    y`a - Yank text to unnamed buffer from cursor to position of mark a
    :marks - List all the current marks
    :marks ab - List marks a, b
    'a,'bs/test/foo/g - Search and replace test with foo between markers a and b
    ```

    ###VIM FOLDING###
    ```
    zf#j - creates a fold from the cursor down # lines.
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    @@ -46,15 +46,15 @@ mb - Set a marker b at current position
    `a - Move cursor to exact position of the marker you set with ma
    'a - Move cursor to the first character of the line marked with ma
    d'a - Delete from current line to line of mark a
    d`a - Delete from current cursor position to position of mark a
    c'a - Change text from current line to line of mark a
    y`a - yank text to unnamed buffer from cursor to position of mark a
    d'a - Delete from current line to line of mark a
    d`a - Delete from current cursor position to position of mark a
    c'a - Change text from current line to line of mark a
    y`a - Yank text to unnamed buffer from cursor to position of mark a
    :marks - list all the current marks
    :marks ab - list marks a, b
    :marks - List all the current marks
    :marks ab - List marks a, b
    'a,'bs/test/foo/g - search and replace test with foo between markers a and b
    'a,'bs/test/foo/g - Search and replace test with foo between markers a and b
    ```

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    @@ -291,6 +291,12 @@ CTRL+V - #{Select the block before commenting a block,
    CTRL+_ CTRL+_ - Comment a block of line using tcomment}
    ```

    ### MODELINE MAGIC ###
    ```
    :set modeline - Enable modeline magic or add this option to your .vimrc
    \ml - write the modeline based on your settings to the file
    ```

    ###NERDTree Plugin###
    ```
    CTRL-n - Toggle
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    #vertical resize
    :vertical resize 20
    #diff
    :diffs, diffsplit {filename} - diffs the current window with the file given
    :diffoff - turns off diff selection
    CTRL+w s - Split current window horizontally
    CTRL+w v - Split current window vertically
    CTRL+w c - Close current window
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    @@ -29,18 +29,33 @@ L - Move cursor to last line of current visible window
    fc - Move cursor to next occurrence of character c on the current line. Use Fc to move backwards
    tc - Move cursor till next character c on the current line. Use Tc to move backwards
    % - Move cursor to next brace, bracket or comment paired to the current cursor location
    * - Search forward for word under cursor
    # - Search backwards for word under cursor
    /word - Search forward for word. Accepts regular expressions to search
    ?word - Search backwards for word. Accepts regular expressions to search
    n - Repeat the last / or ? command
    N - Repeat the last / or ? command in the opposite direction
    ```

    ###MARKING###
    ```
    ma - Set a marker a at cursor position to come back to later. a can be any character you choose
    mb - Set a marker b at current position
    `a - Move cursor to exact position of the marker you set with ma
    'a - Move cursor to the first character of the line marked with ma
    d'a - Delete from current line to line of mark a
    d`a - Delete from current cursor position to position of mark a
    c'a - Change text from current line to line of mark a
    y`a - yank text to unnamed buffer from cursor to position of mark a
    :marks - list all the current marks
    :marks ab - list marks a, b
    'a,'bs/test/foo/g - search and replace test with foo between markers a and b
    ma - Set a marker at cursor position to come back to later. a can be any character you choose
    `a - Move cursor to exact position of the marker you set with ma
    'a - Move cursor to the first character of the line marked with ma
    % - Move cursor to next brace, bracket or comment paired to the current cursor location
    ```

    ###DELETION###
    @@ -97,10 +112,13 @@ vac - Highlight all text including the pair marked with c (like va<, va'
    vic - Highlight all text inside the pair marked with c
    ```

    ###VIM FOLD COMMANDS###
    ###VIM FOLDING###
    ```
    zf#j - creates a fold from the cursor down # lines.
    zf/string - creates a fold from the cursor to string .
    v{move}zf - creates a visual select fold
    zf'a - creates a fold from cursor to mark a
    zo - opens a fold at the cursor.
    zO - opens all folds at the cursor.
    za - Toggles a fold at the cursor.
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    @@ -152,11 +152,48 @@ CTRL+n - Press after typing part of a word. It scrolls down the list
    CTRL+p - Press after typing part of a word. It scrolls up the list of all previously used words
    ```

    ###COMMENT LINES (TCOMMENT PLUGIN)###
    ###BUFFERS###
    ```
    CTRL+_ CTRL+_ - Comment a line using tcomment
    CTRL+V - #{Select the block before commenting a block,
    CTRL+_ CTRL+_ - Comment a block of line using tcomment}
    :ls (or :buffers) - list / show available buffers
    :e filename - Edit a file in a new buffer
    :bnext (or :bn) - go to next buffer
    :bprev (of :bp) - go to previous buffer
    :bdelete (or :bd) - unload a buffer (close a file)
    :bwipeout (or :bw) - unload a buffer and deletes it
    :b [N] - The number of the buffer you are interested to open
    :ball - opens up all available buffers in horizontal split window
    :vertical ball - opens up all available buffero in vertical split window
    :q - close the buffer window
    :help buffers - help for buffers
    ```

    ###TAB VIEWS###
    ```
    :tabe filename - opens the file in newtab
    :tabe new - open an empty tab
    :tabs - list opened tabs
    :tabc - close the active tab
    :tabn and tabp - Go to next tab or previous tab
    :tabfirst - Go to the first available tab
    :tablast - Go to the last available tab
    :help tabpage - help for tabs
    vim -p *.txt - open all txt files in tabs
    ```

    ###TAB NAVIGATION###
    ```
    gt - go to next tab
    gT - go to previous tab
    {i}gt - go to tab in position i
    ```

    ###TAB SHORTCUTS###
    ```
    CTRL+W T - Break out current window into a new tabview
    CTRL+W o - Close every window in the current tabview but the current one
    CTRL+W n - create a new window in the current tabview
    CTRL+W c - Close current window in the current tabview
    ```

    ###WINDOW MANAGEMENT###
    @@ -224,48 +261,11 @@ CTRL+w - - Incrementally decrease the window's height. Takes a parameter
    CTRL+w + - Incrementally increase the window's height. Takes a parameter, e.g. CTRL-w 10 +
    ```

    ###BUFFERS###
    ```
    :ls (or :buffers) - list / show available buffers
    :e filename - Edit a file in a new buffer
    :bnext (or :bn) - go to next buffer
    :bprev (of :bp) - go to previous buffer
    :bdelete (or :bd) - unload a buffer (close a file)
    :bwipeout (or :bw) - unload a buffer and deletes it
    :b [N] - The number of the buffer you are interested to open
    :ball - opens up all available buffers in horizontal split window
    :vertical ball - opens up all available buffero in vertical split window
    :q - close the buffer window
    :help buffers - help for buffers
    ```

    ###TAB VIEWS###
    ```
    :tabe filename - opens the file in newtab
    :tabe new - open an empty tab
    :tabs - list opened tabs
    :tabc - close the active tab
    :tabn and tabp - Go to next tab or previous tab
    :tabfirst - Go to the first available tab
    :tablast - Go to the last available tab
    :help tabpage - help for tabs
    vim -p *.txt - open all txt files in tabs
    ```

    ###TAB NAVIGATION###
    ```
    gt - go to next tab
    gT - go to previous tab
    {i}gt - go to tab in position i
    ```

    ###TAB SHORTCUTS###
    ###COMMENT LINES (TCOMMENT PLUGIN)###
    ```
    CTRL+W T - Break out current window into a new tabview
    CTRL+W o - Close every window in the current tabview but the current one
    CTRL+W n - create a new window in the current tabview
    CTRL+W c - Close current window in the current tabview
    CTRL+_ CTRL+_ - Comment a line using tcomment
    CTRL+V - #{Select the block before commenting a block,
    CTRL+_ CTRL+_ - Comment a block of line using tcomment}
    ```

    ###NERDTree Plugin###
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    :tabs - list opened tabs
    :tabc - close the active tab
    :tabn and tabp - Go to next tab or previous tab
    :tabfirst - Go to the first available tab
    :tablast - Go to the last available tab
    :help tabpage - help for tabs
    vim -p *.txt - open all txt files in tabs
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    @@ -131,6 +131,9 @@ g~~ - Toggle case of the current line (same as V~).
    gUU - switch the current line to upper case
    guu - switch the current line to lower case
    CTRL+A - Increment the number at cursor
    CTRL+X - Decrement the number at cursor
    . - Repeat last change or delete
    ; - Repeat last f, t, F, or T command
    , - Repeat last f, t, F, or T command in opposite direction
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    # VIM KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

    ##MOVEMENT##
    ###MOVEMENT###
    ```
    h - Move left
    j - Move down
    @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ ma - Set a marker at cursor position to come back to later. a can be any
    % - Move cursor to next brace, bracket or comment paired to the current cursor location
    ```

    ##DELETION##
    ###DELETION###
    ```
    x - Delete character forward (under cursor). use x do delete backwards (before cursor)
    r - Replace single character under cursor, and remain in normal mode
    @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ dd - Delete entire current line
    D - Delete until end of line
    ```

    ##YANK & PUT##
    ###YANK & PUT###
    ```
    y - Yank (copy) highlighted text
    yy - Yank current linepPut (paste) yanked text below current line
    @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ J - Join current line with the next line. Use gJ to exclude join-positi
    xp - Transpose two letters (delete and paste, technically)
    ```

    ##NORMAL MODE -> INSERT MODE##
    ###NORMAL MODE -> INSERT MODE###
    ```
    i - Enter insert mode to the left of the cursor
    a - Enter insert mode to the right of the cursor
    @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ cc - Delete current line and enter insert mode (unlike dd which leaves y
    C - Delete (change) from cursor to end of line, and enter insert mode
    ```

    ##VISUAL MODE##
    ###VISUAL MODE###
    ```
    v - Enter visual mode and highlight characters
    V - Enter visual mode and highlight lines
    @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ vac - Highlight all text including the pair marked with c (like va<, va'
    vic - Highlight all text inside the pair marked with c
    ```

    ##VIM FOLD COMMANDS##
    ###VIM FOLD COMMANDS###
    ```
    zf#j - creates a fold from the cursor down # lines.
    zf/string - creates a fold from the cursor to string .
    @@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ zR - decreases the foldlevel to zero -- all folds will be open.
    ]z - move to end of open fold.
    ```

    ##MISCELLANEOUS##
    ###MISCELLANEOUS###
    ```
    u - Undo
    U - Undo all changes on current line
    @@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ guu - switch the current line to lower case
    , - Repeat last f, t, F, or T command in opposite direction
    ```

    ##HISTORY/COMMAND BUFFER##
    ###HISTORY/COMMAND BUFFER###
    ```
    q: - list history in command buffer
    q/ - search history in command buffer
    @@ -149,14 +149,14 @@ CTRL+n - Press after typing part of a word. It scrolls down the list
    CTRL+p - Press after typing part of a word. It scrolls up the list of all previously used words
    ```

    ##COMMENT LINES (TCOMMENT PLUGIN)##
    ###COMMENT LINES (TCOMMENT PLUGIN)###
    ```
    CTRL+_ CTRL+_ - Comment a line using tcomment
    CTRL+V - #{Select the block before commenting a block,
    CTRL+_ CTRL+_ - Comment a block of line using tcomment}
    ```

    ##WINDOW MANAGEMENT##
    ###WINDOW MANAGEMENT###
    ```
    #split screen horizontal
    :split filename
    @@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ CTRL+w m - Move to window according to motion m
    CTRL+w o - Maxmize current window (note: this overwrites your current window configuration)
    ```

    ##MOVING WINDOWS##
    ###MOVING WINDOWS###
    ```
    CTRL+W r - Swap bottom/top if split horizontally
    CTRL+W R - Swap top/bottom if split horizontally
    @@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ CTRL+w K - Move current window the far top and full width of the screen
    CTRL+w L - Move current window the far right and full height of the screen
    ```

    ##NAVIGATE BETWEEN WINDOWS##
    ###NAVIGATE BETWEEN WINDOWS###
    ```
    CTRL+w CTRL+w - switch between windows
    CTRL+w UP - Move to the top window from current window
    @@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ CTRL+w LEFT - Move to the left window from current window
    CTRL+w RIGHT - Move to the right window from current window
    ```

    ##RESIZING WINDOWS##
    ###RESIZING WINDOWS###
    ```
    #Sometimes windows open up funny or are rendered incorrectly after separating from an external monitor. Or maybe you want to make more room for an important file.
    @@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ CTRL+w - - Incrementally decrease the window's height. Takes a parameter
    CTRL+w + - Incrementally increase the window's height. Takes a parameter, e.g. CTRL-w 10 +
    ```

    ##BUFFERS##
    ###BUFFERS###
    ```
    :ls (or :buffers) - list / show available buffers
    :e filename - Edit a file in a new buffer
    @@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ CTRL+w + - Incrementally increase the window's height. Takes a parameter
    :help buffers - help for buffers
    ```

    ##TAB VIEWS##
    ###TAB VIEWS###
    ```
    :tabe filename - opens the file in newtab
    :tabe new - open an empty tab
    @@ -248,22 +248,22 @@ CTRL+w + - Incrementally increase the window's height. Takes a parameter
    vim -p *.txt - open all txt files in tabs
    ```

    ## TAB NAVIGATION ##
    ###TAB NAVIGATION###
    ```
    gt - go to next tab
    gT - go to previous tab
    {i}gt - go to tab in position i
    ```

    ## TAB SHORTCUTS ##
    ###TAB SHORTCUTS###
    ```
    CTRL+W T - Break out current window into a new tabview
    CTRL+W o - Close every window in the current tabview but the current one
    CTRL+W n - create a new window in the current tabview
    CTRL+W c - Close current window in the current tabview
    ```

    ## NERDTree Plugin ##
    ###NERDTree Plugin###
    ```
    CTRL-n - Toggle
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    % - Move cursor to next brace, bracket or comment paired to the current cursor location
    ```

    ## DELETION ##
    ##DELETION##
    ```
    x - Delete character forward (under cursor). use x do delete backwards (before cursor)
    r - Replace single character under cursor, and remain in normal mode
    @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ dd - Delete entire current line
    D - Delete until end of line
    ```

    ### YANK & PUT
    ##YANK & PUT##
    ```
    y - Yank (copy) highlighted text
    yy - Yank current linepPut (paste) yanked text below current line
    @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ J - Join current line with the next line. Use gJ to exclude join-positi
    xp - Transpose two letters (delete and paste, technically)
    ```

    ## NORMAL MODE -> INSERT MODE ##
    ##NORMAL MODE -> INSERT MODE##
    ```
    i - Enter insert mode to the left of the cursor
    a - Enter insert mode to the right of the cursor
    @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ cc - Delete current line and enter insert mode (unlike dd which leaves y
    C - Delete (change) from cursor to end of line, and enter insert mode
    ```

    ## VISUAL MODE ##
    ##VISUAL MODE##
    ```
    v - Enter visual mode and highlight characters
    V - Enter visual mode and highlight lines
    @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ vac - Highlight all text including the pair marked with c (like va<, va'
    vic - Highlight all text inside the pair marked with c
    ```

    ## VIM FOLD COMMANDS ##
    ##VIM FOLD COMMANDS##
    ```
    zf#j - creates a fold from the cursor down # lines.
    zf/string - creates a fold from the cursor to string .
    @@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ zR - decreases the foldlevel to zero -- all folds will be open.
    ]z - move to end of open fold.
    ```

    ## MISCELLANEOUS ##
    ##MISCELLANEOUS##
    ```
    u - Undo
    U - Undo all changes on current line
    @@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ guu - switch the current line to lower case
    , - Repeat last f, t, F, or T command in opposite direction
    ```

    ## HISTORY/COMMAND BUFFER ##
    ##HISTORY/COMMAND BUFFER##
    ```
    q: - list history in command buffer
    q/ - search history in command buffer
    @@ -149,14 +149,14 @@ CTRL+n - Press after typing part of a word. It scrolls down the list
    CTRL+p - Press after typing part of a word. It scrolls up the list of all previously used words
    ```

    ## COMMENT LINES (TCOMMENT PLUGIN) ##
    ##COMMENT LINES (TCOMMENT PLUGIN)##
    ```
    CTRL+_ CTRL+_ - Comment a line using tcomment
    CTRL+V - #{Select the block before commenting a block,
    CTRL+_ CTRL+_ - Comment a block of line using tcomment}
    ```

    ## WINDOW MANAGEMENT ##
    ##WINDOW MANAGEMENT##
    ```
    #split screen horizontal
    :split filename
    @@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ CTRL+w m - Move to window according to motion m
    CTRL+w o - Maxmize current window (note: this overwrites your current window configuration)
    ```

    ##MOVING WINDOWS ##
    ##MOVING WINDOWS##
    ```
    CTRL+W r - Swap bottom/top if split horizontally
    CTRL+W R - Swap top/bottom if split horizontally
    @@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ CTRL+w K - Move current window the far top and full width of the screen
    CTRL+w L - Move current window the far right and full height of the screen
    ```

    ## NAVIGATE BETWEEN WINDOWS ##
    ##NAVIGATE BETWEEN WINDOWS##
    ```
    CTRL+w CTRL+w - switch between windows
    CTRL+w UP - Move to the top window from current window
    @@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ CTRL+w LEFT - Move to the left window from current window
    CTRL+w RIGHT - Move to the right window from current window
    ```

    ## RESIZING WINDOWS ##
    ##RESIZING WINDOWS##
    ```
    #Sometimes windows open up funny or are rendered incorrectly after separating from an external monitor. Or maybe you want to make more room for an important file.
    @@ -244,6 +244,8 @@ CTRL+w + - Incrementally increase the window's height. Takes a parameter
    :tabc - close the active tab
    :tabn and tabp - Go to next tab or previous tab
    :help tabpage - help for tabs
    vim -p *.txt - open all txt files in tabs
    ```

    ## TAB NAVIGATION ##
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    # VIM KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

    ##MOVEMENT##

    ```
    h - Move left
    j - Move down
    k - Move up
    @@ -41,19 +41,21 @@ ma - Set a marker at cursor position to come back to later. a can be any
    `a - Move cursor to exact position of the marker you set with ma
    'a - Move cursor to the first character of the line marked with ma
    % - Move cursor to next brace, bracket or comment paired to the current cursor location
    ```

    ## DELETION ##

    ```
    x - Delete character forward (under cursor). use x do delete backwards (before cursor)
    r - Replace single character under cursor, and remain in normal mode
    s - Delete character under cursor, then switch to insert mode
    dm - Delete in direction of movement m. For m, you can also use w, b, or any other variation
    dd - Delete entire current line
    D - Delete until end of line
    ```

    ### YANK & PUT

    ```
    y - Yank (copy) highlighted text
    yy - Yank current linepPut (paste) yanked text below current line
    yw - Yank a word from the cursor
    @@ -62,9 +64,10 @@ y$ - Yank till the end of the line
    P - Put yanked text above current line
    J - Join current line with the next line. Use gJ to exclude join-position space
    xp - Transpose two letters (delete and paste, technically)
    ```

    ## NORMAL MODE -> INSERT MODE ##

    ```
    i - Enter insert mode to the left of the cursor
    a - Enter insert mode to the right of the cursor
    I - Enter insert mode at first character of current line
    @@ -76,9 +79,10 @@ O - Insert line above current line and enter insert mode
    cm - Delete (change) the character or word (w) in motion m, then enter insert mode
    cc - Delete current line and enter insert mode (unlike dd which leaves you in normal mode)
    C - Delete (change) from cursor to end of line, and enter insert mode
    ```

    ## VISUAL MODE ##

    ```
    v - Enter visual mode and highlight characters
    V - Enter visual mode and highlight lines
    CTRL+v - Enter visual block mode and highlight exactly where the cursor moves
    @@ -87,14 +91,14 @@ o - Switch cursor from first & last character of highlighted block whil
    << - Shift lines to left
    >> - Shift lines to right

    vat - Highlight all text up to and including the parent element
    vit - Highlight all text up to the parent element, excluding the element
    vac - Highlight all text including the pair marked with c (like va<, va' or va")
    vic - Highlight all text inside the pair marked with c
    ```

    ## VIM FOLD COMMANDS ##

    ```
    zf#j - creates a fold from the cursor down # lines.
    zf/string - creates a fold from the cursor to string .
    zo - opens a fold at the cursor.
    @@ -112,9 +116,10 @@ zr - decreases the foldlevel by one.
    zR - decreases the foldlevel to zero -- all folds will be open.
    [z - move to start of open fold.
    ]z - move to end of open fold.
    ```

    ## MISCELLANEOUS ##

    ```
    u - Undo
    U - Undo all changes on current line
    CTRL+R - Redo
    @@ -129,9 +134,10 @@ guu - switch the current line to lower case
    . - Repeat last change or delete
    ; - Repeat last f, t, F, or T command
    , - Repeat last f, t, F, or T command in opposite direction
    ```

    ## HISTORY/COMMAND BUFFER ##

    ```
    q: - list history in command buffer
    q/ - search history in command buffer
    CTRL+c CTRL+c - close the command buffer
    @@ -141,15 +147,17 @@ CTRL+c CTRL+c - close the command buffer
    gg=G - Format HTML. Make sure FileType is set to html with :setf html
    CTRL+n - Press after typing part of a word. It scrolls down the list of all previously used words
    CTRL+p - Press after typing part of a word. It scrolls up the list of all previously used words
    ```

    ## COMMENT LINES (TCOMMENT PLUGIN) ##

    ```
    CTRL+_ CTRL+_ - Comment a line using tcomment
    CTRL+V - #{Select the block before commenting a block,
    CTRL+_ CTRL+_ - Comment a block of line using tcomment}
    ```

    ## WINDOW MANAGEMENT ##

    ```
    #split screen horizontal
    :split filename
    vim -o file1 file2
    @@ -174,9 +182,10 @@ CTRL+w v - Split current window vertically
    CTRL+w c - Close current window
    CTRL+w m - Move to window according to motion m
    CTRL+w o - Maxmize current window (note: this overwrites your current window configuration)
    ```

    ##MOVING WINDOWS ##

    ```
    CTRL+W r - Swap bottom/top if split horizontally
    CTRL+W R - Swap top/bottom if split horizontally
    @@ -187,18 +196,19 @@ CTRL+w H - Move current window the far left and use the full height of t
    CTRL+w J - Move current window the far bottom and use the full width of the screen
    CTRL+w K - Move current window the far top and full width of the screen
    CTRL+w L - Move current window the far right and full height of the screen
    ```

    ## NAVIGATE BETWEEN WINDOWS ##

    ```
    CTRL+w CTRL+w - switch between windows
    CTRL+w UP - Move to the top window from current window
    CTRL+w DOWN - Move to the bottom window from current window
    CTRL+w LEFT - Move to the left window from current window
    CTRL+w RIGHT - Move to the right window from current window

    ```

    ## RESIZING WINDOWS ##

    ```
    #Sometimes windows open up funny or are rendered incorrectly after separating from an external monitor. Or maybe you want to make more room for an important file.
    CTRL+w _ - Max out the height of the current split
    @@ -209,8 +219,10 @@ CTRL+w > - Incrementally increase the window to the right. Takes a param
    CTRL+w < - Incrementally increase the window to the left. Takes a parameter, e.g. CTRL-w 20 <
    CTRL+w - - Incrementally decrease the window's height. Takes a parameter, e.g. CTRL-w 10 -
    CTRL+w + - Incrementally increase the window's height. Takes a parameter, e.g. CTRL-w 10 +
    ```

    ##BUFFERS##
    ```
    :ls (or :buffers) - list / show available buffers
    :e filename - Edit a file in a new buffer
    :bnext (or :bn) - go to next buffer
    @@ -222,37 +234,43 @@ CTRL+w + - Incrementally increase the window's height. Takes a parameter
    :vertical ball - opens up all available buffero in vertical split window
    :q - close the buffer window
    :help buffers - help for buffers
    ```

    ##TAB VIEWS##
    ```
    :tabe filename - opens the file in newtab
    :tabe new - open an empty tab
    :tabs - list opened tabs
    :tabc - close the active tab
    :tabn and tabp - Go to next tab or previous tab
    :help tabpage - help for tabs
    ```

    ## TAB NAVIGATION ##
    ```
    gt - go to next tab
    gT - go to previous tab
    {i}gt - go to tab in position i
    ```

    ## TAB SHORTCUTS ##
    ```
    CTRL+W T - Break out current window into a new tabview
    CTRL+W o - Close every window in the current tabview but the current one
    CTRL+W n - create a new window in the current tabview
    CTRL+W c - Close current window in the current tabview
    ```

    ## NERDTree Plugin ##

    ```
    CTRL-n - Toggle
    m - opens the menu
    ? - help
    i - horizontal split
    s - vertical split
    CTRL-w + <-|-> - (left or right) to navigate


    ```

    More details:
    https://www.cs.oberlin.edu/~kuperman/help/vim/markers.html
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    ##MOVEMENT##

    h - Move left
    j - Move down
    k - Move up
    l - Move right
    $ - Move to end of line
    0 - Move to beginning of line (including whitespace)
    ^ - Move to first character on line
    gg - Move to first line of file
    G - Move to last line of file

    w - Move forward to next word, with cursor on first character (use W to jump by whitespace only)
    b - Move backward to next word, with cursor on first character (use B to jump by whitespace only)
    e - Move forward to next word, with cursor on last character (use E to jump by whitespace only)
    ge - Move backwards to next word, with cursor on last character (use gE to jump by whitespace only)
    ( - Move to beginning of previous sentence. Use ) to go to next sentence
    { - Move to beginning of previous paragraph. Use } to go to next paragraph
    + - Move forward to the first character on the next line
    - - Move backwards to the first character on the previous line

    CTRL+u - Move up by half a page
    CTRL+d - Move down by half a page
    H - Move cursor to header (top) line of current visible windo
    M - Move cursor to middle line of current visible window
    L - Move cursor to last line of current visible window

    fc - Move cursor to next occurrence of character c on the current line. Use Fc to move backwards
    tc - Move cursor till next character c on the current line. Use Tc to move backwards

    * - Search forward for word under cursor
    # - Search backwards for word under cursor
    /word - Search forward for word. Accepts regular expressions to search
    ?word - Search backwards for word. Accepts regular expressions to search
    n - Repeat the last / or ? command
    N - Repeat the last / or ? command in the opposite direction

    ma - Set a marker at cursor position to come back to later. a can be any character you choose
    `a - Move cursor to exact position of the marker you set with ma
    'a - Move cursor to the first character of the line marked with ma
    % - Move cursor to next brace, bracket or comment paired to the current cursor location
    h - Move left
    j - Move down
    k - Move up
    l - Move right
    $ - Move to end of line
    0 - Move to beginning of line (including whitespace)
    ^ - Move to first character on line
    gg - Move to first line of file
    G - Move to last line of file

    w - Move forward to next word, with cursor on first character (use W to jump by whitespace only)
    b - Move backward to next word, with cursor on first character (use B to jump by whitespace only)
    e - Move forward to next word, with cursor on last character (use E to jump by whitespace only)
    ge - Move backwards to next word, with cursor on last character (use gE to jump by whitespace only)
    ( - Move to beginning of previous sentence. Use ) to go to next sentence
    { - Move to beginning of previous paragraph. Use } to go to next paragraph
    + - Move forward to the first character on the next line
    - - Move backwards to the first character on the previous line

    CTRL+u - Move up by half a page
    CTRL+d - Move down by half a page
    H - Move cursor to header (top) line of current visible windo
    M - Move cursor to middle line of current visible window
    L - Move cursor to last line of current visible window

    fc - Move cursor to next occurrence of character c on the current line. Use Fc to move backwards
    tc - Move cursor till next character c on the current line. Use Tc to move backwards

    * - Search forward for word under cursor
    # - Search backwards for word under cursor
    /word - Search forward for word. Accepts regular expressions to search
    ?word - Search backwards for word. Accepts regular expressions to search
    n - Repeat the last / or ? command
    N - Repeat the last / or ? command in the opposite direction

    ma - Set a marker at cursor position to come back to later. a can be any character you choose
    `a - Move cursor to exact position of the marker you set with ma
    'a - Move cursor to the first character of the line marked with ma
    % - Move cursor to next brace, bracket or comment paired to the current cursor location

    ## DELETION ##

    x - Delete character forward (under cursor). use x do delete backwards (before cursor)
    r - Replace single character under cursor, and remain in normal mode
    s - Delete character under cursor, then switch to insert mode
    x - Delete character forward (under cursor). use x do delete backwards (before cursor)
    r - Replace single character under cursor, and remain in normal mode
    s - Delete character under cursor, then switch to insert mode

    dm - Delete in direction of movement m. For m, you can also use w, b, or any other variation
    dd - Delete entire current line
    D - Delete until end of line
    dm - Delete in direction of movement m. For m, you can also use w, b, or any other variation
    dd - Delete entire current line
    D - Delete until end of line

    ### YANK & PUT

    y - Yank (copy) highlighted text
    yy - Yank current linepPut (paste) yanked text below current line
    yw - yank a word from the cursor
    ynw - yank n words from the cursor
    y$ - yank till the end of the line
    P - Put yanked text above current line
    J - Join current line with the next line. Use gJ to exclude join-position space
    xp - transpose two letters (delete and paste, technically)
    y - Yank (copy) highlighted text
    yy - Yank current linepPut (paste) yanked text below current line
    yw - Yank a word from the cursor
    ynw - Yank n words from the cursor
    y$ - Yank till the end of the line
    P - Put yanked text above current line
    J - Join current line with the next line. Use gJ to exclude join-position space
    xp - Transpose two letters (delete and paste, technically)

    ## NORMAL MODE -> INSERT MODE ##

    i - Enter insert mode to the left of the cursor
    a - Enter insert mode to the right of the cursor
    I - Enter insert mode at first character of current line
    A - Enter insert mode at last character of current line
    i - Enter insert mode to the left of the cursor
    a - Enter insert mode to the right of the cursor
    I - Enter insert mode at first character of current line
    A - Enter insert mode at last character of current line

    o - Insert line below current line and enter insert mode
    O - Insert line above current line and enter insert mode
    o - Insert line below current line and enter insert mode
    O - Insert line above current line and enter insert mode

    cm - Delete (change) the character or word (w) in motion m, then enter insert mode
    cc - Delete current line and enter insert mode (unlike dd which leaves you in normal mode)
    C - Delete (change) from cursor to end of line, and enter insert mode
    cm - Delete (change) the character or word (w) in motion m, then enter insert mode
    cc - Delete current line and enter insert mode (unlike dd which leaves you in normal mode)
    C - Delete (change) from cursor to end of line, and enter insert mode

    ## VISUAL MODE ##

    v - Enter visual mode and highlight characters
    V - Enter visual mode and highlight lines
    CTRL+v - Enter visual block mode and highlight exactly where the cursor moves
    o - Switch cursor from first & last character of highlighted block while in visual mode
    ~ - Swap case under selection
    v - Enter visual mode and highlight characters
    V - Enter visual mode and highlight lines
    CTRL+v - Enter visual block mode and highlight exactly where the cursor moves
    o - Switch cursor from first & last character of highlighted block while in visual mode
    ~ - Swap case under selection
    << - Shift lines to left
    >> - Shift lines to right

    vat - Highlight all text up to and including the parent element
    vit - Highlight all text up to the parent element, excluding the element
    vac - Highlight all text including the pair marked with c (like va<, va' or va")
    vic - Highlight all text inside the pair marked with c

    vat - Highlight all text up to and including the parent element
    vit - Highlight all text up to the parent element, excluding the element
    vac - Highlight all text including the pair marked with c (like va<, va' or va")
    vic - Highlight all text inside the pair marked with c

    ## VIM FOLD COMMANDS ##

    @@ -112,39 +115,38 @@ zR - decreases the foldlevel to zero -- all folds will be open.

    ## MISCELLANEOUS ##

    u - Undo
    U - Undo all changes on current line
    CTRL+R - Redo
    . - Redo
    u - Undo
    U - Undo all changes on current line
    CTRL+R - Redo
    . - Redo

    g~ - switch case under cursor
    g~$ - Toggle case of all characters to end of line.
    g~~ - Toggle case of the current line (same as V~).
    gUU - switch the current line to upper case
    guu - switch the current line to lower case
    g~ - switch case under cursor
    g~$ - Toggle case of all characters to end of line.
    g~~ - Toggle case of the current line (same as V~).
    gUU - switch the current line to upper case
    guu - switch the current line to lower case

    . - Repeat last change or delete
    ; - Repeat last f, t, F, or T command
    , - Repeat last f, t, F, or T command in opposite direction
    . - Repeat last change or delete
    ; - Repeat last f, t, F, or T command
    , - Repeat last f, t, F, or T command in opposite direction

    ## HISTORY/COMMAND BUFFER ##

    q: - list history in command buffer
    q/ - search history in command buffer
    CTRL+c CTRL+c - close the command buffer
    q: - list history in command buffer
    q/ - search history in command buffer
    CTRL+c CTRL+c - close the command buffer

    :set list - show hidden characters
    :set list - show hidden characters

    gg=G - Format HTML. Make sure FileType is set to html with :setf html
    CTRL+n - Press after typing part of a word. It scrolls down the list of all previously used words
    CTRL+p - Press after typing part of a word. It scrolls up the list of all previously used words
    gg=G - Format HTML. Make sure FileType is set to html with :setf html
    CTRL+n - Press after typing part of a word. It scrolls down the list of all previously used words
    CTRL+p - Press after typing part of a word. It scrolls up the list of all previously used words

    ## COMMENT LINES (TCOMMENT PLUGIN) ##

    CTRL + _ CTRL + _ - Comment a line using tcomment

    CTRL + V - #{Select the block before commenting a block,
    CTRL + _ CTRL + _ - Comment a block of line using tcomment}
    CTRL+_ CTRL+_ - Comment a line using tcomment
    CTRL+V - #{Select the block before commenting a block,
    CTRL+_ CTRL+_ - Comment a block of line using tcomment}

    ## WINDOW MANAGEMENT ##

    @@ -167,68 +169,88 @@ vim -O file1 file2
    #vertical resize
    :vertical resize 20

    CTRL+w s - Split current window horizontally
    CTRL+w v - Split current window vertically
    CTRL+w c - Close current window
    CTRL+w m - Move to window according to motion m
    CTRL+w o - Maxmize current window (note: this overwrites your current window configuration)
    CTRL+w s - Split current window horizontally
    CTRL+w v - Split current window vertically
    CTRL+w c - Close current window
    CTRL+w m - Move to window according to motion m
    CTRL+w o - Maxmize current window (note: this overwrites your current window configuration)

    ##MOVING WINDOWS ##

    CTRL+W r - Swap bottom/top if split horizontally
    CTRL+W R - Swap top/bottom if split horizontally
    CTRL+W r - Swap bottom/top if split horizontally
    CTRL+W R - Swap top/bottom if split horizontally

    CTRL+w r - Rotates the windows from left to right - only if the windows are split vertically
    CTRL+w R - Rotates the windows from right to left - only if the windows are split vertically
    CTRL+w r - Rotates the windows from left to right - only if the windows are split vertically
    CTRL+w R - Rotates the windows from right to left - only if the windows are split vertically

    CTRL+w H - Move current window the far left and use the full height of the screen
    CTRL+w J - Move current window the far bottom and use the full width of the screen
    CTRL+w K - Move current window the far top and full width of the screen
    CTRL+w L - Move current window the far right and full height of the screen
    CTRL+w H - Move current window the far left and use the full height of the screen
    CTRL+w J - Move current window the far bottom and use the full width of the screen
    CTRL+w K - Move current window the far top and full width of the screen
    CTRL+w L - Move current window the far right and full height of the screen

    ## NAVIGATE BETWEEN WINDOWS ##

    CTRL + w + CTRL + w - switch between windows
    CTRL + w UP - Move to the top window from current window
    CTRL + w DOWN - Move to the bottom window from current window
    CTRL + w LEFT - Move to the left window from current window
    CTRL + w RIGHT - Move to the right window from current window
    CTRL+w CTRL+w - switch between windows
    CTRL+w UP - Move to the top window from current window
    CTRL+w DOWN - Move to the bottom window from current window
    CTRL+w LEFT - Move to the left window from current window
    CTRL+w RIGHT - Move to the right window from current window


    ## RESIZING WINDOWS ##

    #Sometimes windows open up funny or are rendered incorrectly after separating from an external monitor. Or maybe you want to make more room for an important file.

    CTRL + w _ - Max out the height of the current split
    CTRL + w | - Max out the width of the current split
    CTRL + w = - Normalize all split sizes, which is very handy when resizing terminal

    CTRL-w > - Incrementally increase the window to the right. Takes a parameter, e.g. CTRL-w 20 >
    CTRL-w < - Incrementally increase the window to the left. Takes a parameter, e.g. CTRL-w 20 <
    CTRL-w - - Incrementally decrease the window's height. Takes a parameter, e.g. CTRL-w 10 -
    CTRL-w + - Incrementally increase the window's height. Takes a parameter, e.g. CTRL-w 10 +
    CTRL+w _ - Max out the height of the current split
    CTRL+w | - Max out the width of the current split
    CTRL+w = - Normalize all split sizes, which is very handy when resizing terminal

    CTRL+w > - Incrementally increase the window to the right. Takes a parameter, e.g. CTRL-w 20 >
    CTRL+w < - Incrementally increase the window to the left. Takes a parameter, e.g. CTRL-w 20 <
    CTRL+w - - Incrementally decrease the window's height. Takes a parameter, e.g. CTRL-w 10 -
    CTRL+w + - Incrementally increase the window's height. Takes a parameter, e.g. CTRL-w 10 +

    ##BUFFERS##
    :ls (or :buffers) - list / show available buffers
    :e filename - Edit a file in a new buffer
    :bnext (or :bn) - go to next buffer
    :bprev (of :bp) - go to previous buffer
    :bdelete (or :bd) - unload a buffer (close a file)
    :bwipeout (or :bw) - unload a buffer and deletes it
    :b [N] - The number of the buffer you are interested to open
    :ball - opens up all available buffers in horizontal split window
    :vertical ball - opens up all available buffero in vertical split window
    :q - close the buffer window
    :help buffers - help for buffers

    ##TAB VIEWS##

    CTRL+W T - Break out current window into a new tabview
    CTRL+W o - Close every window in the current tabview but the current one
    CTRL+W n - create a new window in the current tabview
    CTRL+W c - Close current window in the current tabview
    :tabe filename - opens the file in newtab
    :tabe new - open an empty tab
    :tabs - list opened tabs
    :tabc - close the active tab
    :tabn and tabp - Go to next tab or previous tab
    :help tabpage - help for tabs

    ## TAB NAVIGATION ##
    gt - go to next tab
    gT - go to previous tab
    {i}gt - go to tab in position i
    gt - go to next tab
    gT - go to previous tab
    {i}gt - go to tab in position i

    ## TAB SHORTCUTS ##
    CTRL+W T - Break out current window into a new tabview
    CTRL+W o - Close every window in the current tabview but the current one
    CTRL+W n - create a new window in the current tabview
    CTRL+W c - Close current window in the current tabview

    ## NERDTree Plugin ##

    CTRL-n - Toggle
    CTRL-n - Toggle

    m - opens the menu
    ? - help
    i - horizontal split
    s - vertical split
    CTRL-w + <-|-> (left or right) to navigate
    m - opens the menu
    ? - help
    i - horizontal split
    s - vertical split
    CTRL-w + <-|-> - (left or right) to navigate



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    $ - Move to end of line
    0 - Move to beginning of line (including whitespace)
    ^ - Move to first character on line
    gg - Move to first line of file
    gg - Move to first line of file
    G - Move to last line of file

    w - Move forward to next word, with cursor on first character (use W to jump by whitespace only)
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    $ - Move to end of line
    0 - Move to beginning of line (including whitespace)
    ^ - Move to first character on line
    gg - Move to first line of file
    gg - Move to first line of file
    G - Move to last line of file

    w - Move forward to next word, with cursor on first character (use W to jump by whitespace only)
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    $ - Move to end of line
    0 - Move to beginning of line (including whitespace)
    ^ - Move to first character on line
    gg - Move to first line of file
    gg - Move to first line of file
    G - Move to last line of file

    w - Move forward to next word, with cursor on first character (use W to jump by whitespace only)
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    $ - Move to end of line
    0 - Move to beginning of line (including whitespace)
    ^ - Move to first character on line
    gg - Move to first line of file
    gg - Move to first line of file
    G - Move to last line of file

    w - Move forward to next word, with cursor on first character (use W to jump by whitespace only)
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    $ - Move to end of line
    0 - Move to beginning of line (including whitespace)
    ^ - Move to first character on line
    gg - Move to first line of file
    gg - Move to first line of file
    G - Move to last line of file

    w - Move forward to next word, with cursor on first character (use W to jump by whitespace only)
    @@ -30,17 +30,17 @@ L - Move cursor to last line of current visible window
    fc - Move cursor to next occurrence of character c on the current line. Use Fc to move backwards
    tc - Move cursor till next character c on the current line. Use Tc to move backwards

    * - Search forward for word under cursor
    # - Search backwards for word under cursor
    /word - Search forward for word. Accepts regular expressions to search
    ?word - Search backwards for word. Accepts regular expressions to search
    n - Repeat the last / or ? command
    N - Repeat the last / or ? command in the opposite direction
    * - Search forward for word under cursor
    # - Search backwards for word under cursor
    /word - Search forward for word. Accepts regular expressions to search
    ?word - Search backwards for word. Accepts regular expressions to search
    n - Repeat the last / or ? command
    N - Repeat the last / or ? command in the opposite direction

    ma - Set a marker at cursor position to come back to later. a can be any character you choose
    `a - Move cursor to exact position of the marker you set with ma
    'a - Move cursor to the first character of the line marked with ma
    % - Move cursor to next brace, bracket or comment paired to the current cursor location
    % - Move cursor to next brace, bracket or comment paired to the current cursor location

    ## DELETION ##

    @@ -50,17 +50,18 @@ s - Delete character under cursor, then switch to insert mode

    dm - Delete in direction of movement m. For m, you can also use w, b, or any other variation
    dd - Delete entire current line
    D - Delete until end of line
    D - Delete until end of line

    ### YANK & PUT

    y - Yank (copy) highlighted text
    y - Yank (copy) highlighted text
    yy - Yank current linepPut (paste) yanked text below current line
    yw - yank a word from the cursor
    ynw - yank n words from the cursor
    ynw - yank n words from the cursor
    y$ - yank till the end of the line
    P - Put yanked text above current line
    J - Join current line with the next line. Use gJ to exclude join-position space
    P - Put yanked text above current line
    J - Join current line with the next line. Use gJ to exclude join-position space
    xp - transpose two letters (delete and paste, technically)

    ## NORMAL MODE -> INSERT MODE ##

    @@ -78,10 +79,11 @@ C - Delete (change) from cursor to end of line, and enter insert mode

    ## VISUAL MODE ##

    v - Enter visual mode and highlight characters
    V - Enter visual mode and highlight lines
    CTRL+v - Enter visual block mode and highlight exactly where the cursor moves
    o - Switch cursor from first & last character of highlighted block while in visual mode
    v - Enter visual mode and highlight characters
    V - Enter visual mode and highlight lines
    CTRL+v - Enter visual block mode and highlight exactly where the cursor moves
    o - Switch cursor from first & last character of highlighted block while in visual mode
    ~ - Swap case under selection

    vat - Highlight all text up to and including the parent element
    vit - Highlight all text up to the parent element, excluding the element
    @@ -112,7 +114,8 @@ zR - decreases the foldlevel to zero -- all folds will be open.

    u - Undo
    U - Undo all changes on current line
    CTRL+r - Redo
    CTRL+R - Redo
    . - Redo

    g~ - switch case under cursor
    g~$ - Toggle case of all characters to end of line.
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    `a - Move cursor to exact position of the marker you set with ma
    'a - Move cursor to the first character of the line marked with ma
    % - Move cursor to next brace, bracket or comment paired to the current cursor location
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    ## DELETION ##

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    # VIM KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

    ###MOVEMENT
    ##MOVEMENT##

    ```
    h - Move left
    j - Move down
    k - Move up
    @@ -44,17 +43,15 @@ ma - Set a marker at cursor position to come back to later. a can be any charac
    % - Move cursor to next brace, bracket or comment paired to the current cursor location
    ```

    ### DELETION
    ## DELETION ##

    ```
    x - Delete character forward (under cursor). use x do delete backwards (before cursor)
    r - Replace single character under cursor, and remain in normal mode
    s - Delete character under cursor, then switch to insert mode

    dm - Delete in direction of movement m. For m, you can also use w, b, or any other variation
    dd - Delete entire current line
    D - Delete until end of line
    ```

    ### YANK & PUT

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    # VIM KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

    ##MOVEMENT##
    ###MOVEMENT

    ```
    h - Move left
    j - Move down
    k - Move up
    @@ -41,18 +42,21 @@ ma - Set a marker at cursor position to come back to later. a can be any charac
    `a - Move cursor to exact position of the marker you set with ma
    'a - Move cursor to the first character of the line marked with ma
    % - Move cursor to next brace, bracket or comment paired to the current cursor location
    ```

    ## DELETION ##
    ### DELETION

    ```
    x - Delete character forward (under cursor). use x do delete backwards (before cursor)
    r - Replace single character under cursor, and remain in normal mode
    s - Delete character under cursor, then switch to insert mode

    dm - Delete in direction of movement m. For m, you can also use w, b, or any other variation
    dd - Delete entire current line
    D - Delete until end of line
    ```

    ## YANK & PUT ##
    ### YANK & PUT

    y - Yank (copy) highlighted text
    yy - Yank current linepPut (paste) yanked text below current line
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    y - Yank (copy) highlighted text
    yy - Yank current linepPut (paste) yanked text below current line
    yw - yank a word from the cursor
    ynw - yank n words from the cursor
    y$ - yank till the end of the line
    P - Put yanked text above current line
    J - Join current line with the next line. Use gJ to exclude join-position space

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    zf#j - creates a fold from the cursor down # lines.
    zf/string - creates a fold from the cursor to string .
    zj - moves the cursor to the next fold.
    zk - moves the cursor to the previous fold.
    zo - opens a fold at the cursor.
    zO - opens all folds at the cursor.
    zm - increases the foldlevel by one.
    za - Toggles a fold at the cursor.
    zc - closes a fold at the cursor.
    zM - closes all open folds.
    zr - decreases the foldlevel by one.
    zR - decreases the foldlevel to zero -- all folds will be open.
    zd - deletes the fold at the cursor.
    zE - deletes all folds.

    zj - moves the cursor to the next fold.
    zk - moves the cursor to the previous fold.
    zm - increases the foldlevel by one.
    zr - decreases the foldlevel by one.
    zR - decreases the foldlevel to zero -- all folds will be open.
    [z - move to start of open fold.
    ]z - move to end of open fold.

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    U - Undo all changes on current line
    CTRL+r - Redo

    g~ - switch case under cursor
    g~$ - Toggle case of all characters to end of line.
    g~~ - Toggle case of the current line (same as V~).
    gUU - switch the current line to upper case
    guu - switch the current line to lower case
    g~ - switch case under cursor
    g~$ - Toggle case of all characters to end of line.
    g~~ - Toggle case of the current line (same as V~).
    gUU - switch the current line to upper case
    guu - switch the current line to lower case

    . - Repeat last change or delete
    ; - Repeat last f, t, F, or T command
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    U - Undo all changes on current line
    CTRL+r - Redo

    g~ - switch case under cursor
    g~$ - Toggle case of all characters to end of line.
    g~~ - Toggle case of the current line (same as V~).
    gUU - switch the current line to upper case
    guu - switch the current line to lower case

    . - Repeat last change or delete
    ; - Repeat last f, t, F, or T command
    , - Repeat last f, t, F, or T command in opposite direction