Vim on Ricky

Using Vim as a Diff Tool

Thu, 07 Jul 2022 17:36:22 +0800

vim -d file1.txt file2.txt or vimdiff file1.txt file2.txt

Switching Between Diff Windows: Ctrl-w + Ctrl-w
Changing Split Window Orientation
- ctrl-w + K key combination to change window orientation from vertical to horizontal.
- ctrl-w + H shortcut to switch back window orientation to a vertical split.
Jumping Between Changes
- ]c key combination to go to the next change.
- [c shortcut to jump to the previous change.
Applying Changes From the Diff Window: :diffget, :diffput
Export Diff to the HTML Web Page: :TOhtml | w ~/diff.html

Sat, 14 Mar 2020 15:43:38 +0800

$ vim scp://sk@192.168.225.22/info.txt

user@remotesystem:port (E.g. sk@192.168.225.22)
Single slash (/) - If you want to edit a file that is stored in the $HOME directory of a remote system, you must use a trailing slash to separate remote system’s IP address or hostname from the file path.
Double slashes (//) - To specify full path of a file, you must use double slashes. For example, let us say you are editing a file named info.txt that is located in /home/sk/Documents/ directory of your remote system. In this case, the command would be: vim scp://sk@192.168.225.22//home/sk/Documents/info.txt

Sat, 03 Nov 2018 23:30:52 +0800

vimrc Configuration Guide
:set nu
- Show line numbers: useful for debugging.
:set ai
- Auto-indent: if the previous line has two tab widths, pressing Enter keeps those two tab widths on the next line.
:set cursorline
- Cursor line: underline the current line to help locate the cursor.
:set bg=light
- Color scheme for light backgrounds.
- The default assumes a light background (white, etc), but if your terminal background is dark purple, text may disappear (for example, comments in dark blue). Change this to :set bg=dark.
:set tabstop=4