Hidden features of your Vim plugins

We have a lot of Vim plugins from which we usually use only their main functionality. But if you read through their documentation, you may uncover secret gems that might be useful.

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1. Hidden features of your Vim plugins janko-m @jankomarohnic
2. vim-commentary
4. gc
6. gcu
8. vim-eunuch
9. • :Remove • deletes the file • deletes the buffer • :Move • moves the file • “moves” the buffer • :Mkdir • creates current’s buffer directory
10. • :SudoEdit
 :SudoWrite • “handy when you forgot to use sudo to invoke Vim”
11. vim-fugitive
12. • “A Git wrapper so awesome it should be illegal” • :Gstatus • opens an interactive `git status`window • :Glog • loads commit messages into quickfix • :Gblame • opens an interactive `git blame` window
13. • :Gmerge • without arguments loads conflicted files into a quickfix
14. vim-unimpaired
15. • Very intuitive mappings for common actions • List traversal • [q – :cnext
 ]q – :cprevious • Quickfix, Buffer, Location, Tag list • [n – next conflict marker
 ]n – previous conflict marker • Option toggling • [ow ]ow – toggle ‘wrap’ • [os ]os – toggle ‘spell’ • [or ]or – toggle ‘relativenumber’
16. • [x – XML (HTML) encode
 ]x – XML (HTML) decode • [u – URL encode
 ]u – URL decode • [y – C String encode
 ]y – C String decode
18. [x
22. [u
24. vim-surround
25. • Surrounds text with delimiters • “text”
 ‘text’
 (text)
 {text}
 [text]
 … • Create/change/delete “surroundings” • works with Vim’s “text objects” • Intuitive mappings • ysiw” = you surround inner word with “ • ds” = delete surrounding “ • csip[{ = change surrounding of inner paragraph from [ to {
28. Shift-S + t
31. vim-projectionist
32. • Connection between files • Alternate (:A) • app/models/user.rb ⟷ spec/models/user_spec.rb • Related (:R) • app/models/user.rb ⟷ db/schema.rb • Assign compilers • :make → rspec|cucumber|bundle
33. :Econtroller home
34. :Emodel user
35. :Eservice register_user
37. :Econtroller home
38. Read documentation It’s usually really awesome in Vim world