VSCode Vim Keyboard Shortcuts Tutorial
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Hey guys in this #vscode keyboard shortcuts tutorial I'll show you how to install visual studio code's vim extension and use some of the most common vim keyboard shortcuts.
00:00 How to Setup and Use Vim in Visual Studio Code
00:33 Install Vim Extension
00:56 Install Vim Cheatsheet Extension (all vim keyboard shortcuts)
01:38 Command Mode
02:44 How to switch to Vim Insert mode in VSCode
02:09 Moving Cursor with h j k l keys
03:37 Shift M (Go to middle of page)
03:52 Move cursor to first letter of a word (w and b)
04:24 Move cursor to first letter of current paragraph
05:18 Erase previous word / Backspace entire word (ctrl w)
05:24 Indent Current Line
05:33 Select Text Between Single or Double Quotes
05:47 Undo
05:56 Increase or Decrease Number
06:34 Repeat Last Action
06:59 How to find or create vimrc settings file
06:50 Where is .vimrc settings file in VSCode
08:45 How to exit vim
Vim .vimrc settings file example:
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"""" Basic Behavior
set number " show line numbers
set wrap " wrap lines
set encoding=utf-8 " set encoding to UTF-8 (default was "latin1")
set mouse=a " enable mouse support (might not work well on Mac OS X)
set wildmenu " visual autocomplete for command menu
set lazyredraw " redraw screen only when we need to
set showmatch " highlight matching parentheses / brackets [{()}]
set laststatus=2 " always show statusline (even with only single window)
set ruler " show line and column number of the cursor on right side of statusline
set visualbell " blink cursor on error, instead of beeping
"""" Key Bindings
" move vertically by visual line (don't skip wrapped lines)
nmap j gj
nmap k gk
"""" Vim Appearance
" put colorscheme files in ~/.vim/colors/
colorscheme murphy " good colorschemes: murphy, slate, molokai, badwolf, solarized
" use filetype-based syntax highlighting, ftplugins, and indentation
syntax enable
filetype plugin indent on
"""" Tab settings
set tabstop=4 " width that a TAB character displays as
set expandtab " convert TAB key-presses to spaces
set shiftwidth=4 " number of spaces to use for each step of (auto)indent
set softtabstop=4 " backspace after pressing TAB will remove up to this many spaces
set autoindent " copy indent from current line when starting a new line
set smartindent " even better autoindent (e.g. add indent after '{')
"""" Search settings
set incsearch " search as characters are entered
set hlsearch " highlight matches
"""" Miscellaneous settings that might be worth enabling
"set cursorline " highlight current line
"set background=dark " configure Vim to use brighter colors
"set autoread " autoreload the file in Vim if it has been changed outside of Vim
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