Vim editor tips

Vim editor tips n tricks

Most of the vim commands are applicable to "gvim" also. Gvim requires a X display server. So it cant be used in ssh sessions.

Multiple tabs in Vim

 vim -p  

Multiple tabs with 'find' utility

 vim -p $(find -name "*.h" )  

Quit all tabs

 :qa  

Switch to next tab

 :tabn  

Switch to previous tab

 :tabp  

Current .vimrc

I'm using the current .vimrc in my machines.

 set hlsearch  
 colorscheme murphy  
 set softtabstop=4  
 set shiftwidth=4  
 set smartindent
 set guioptions-=L
 set clipboard=unnamedplus

"set guioptions-=L" is used to fix the cursor missing issue, as mentioned in this link.
"set clipboard=unnamedplus" is used to copy the contents to clipboard. Verify the vim version before proceeding. Check this link for more info.