----------------------- VIM user guide ---------------------------

$ Compile-Edit Cycle:
	set makeprg=gcc\ file.c
	make
	vim takes you to the error line
	:cn for next line of error
	:cN for previous line of error
	:cwindow for the error/messages window in a separate buffer

$ Auto completion
	^P

$ Going to Declarations
	ctags
	^] and ^T

$ Marks
	mark my m' and reach mark by ''
	mark by mj and reach by 'j (j:a-zA-Z1-0)
	for external files j=A-Z

$ Column selection and editing
	goto Visual Block Editing Mode, select the column, press 'c'
	the column is deleted
	cursor goes to the leftmost part of selected area
	insert whatever u need to insert 
	press Esc
	Wow !!!

$ Encryption 
	:X
	rest is intuitive, but donot forget the key

$ Goto
	gd : goto local decl
	gD : goto global decl

$ Jumping in C Code
	{,} :  jumping from paragraph to paragraph separated by blank lines
	[[,]] : goto next/previous indented block (indented by {})
	% match the next token under cursor

$ That ugly ~backup,,, see help backup

$ for visual block: Ctrl v

$ for navigating between buffers: :n (go next)
			 (previous not known)

$ for navigating between split windows: Ctrl w w 

$ mouse support : set mouse=a

$ match brace : Shift %

$ column insert (not replace): select visual mode, I (shift i)<string>Esc

$ column replace: use c instead of I

$ dw : deletes current word (words by alphanumeric sense)
  dW : deletes current word (words are separated only by whitespaces and can contain any non-whitespace character)

$ R :enter replace mode (i.e. replace chcracters until escaped)

$ ZZ : save changes and exit

$ J : joins current line with next line

$ D, d$ : deletes from cursor to end of line

$ Using man pages: Go to the word and press 'K' or '\K'.

$ Folding (in Vim6.0 or above): zf (then use ap fpr paragraph, or use visual mode to select a paragraph then press zf)

$ Format paragraph by some fixed text-width: gq (to select the paragraph for formatting see above instructions)

$ Select all text: gg(goes to first)v(visual)G(end) i.e. ggvG

$ Remove search highlight: map <F7> <ESC>:nohlsearch<CR>

$ Need to ftp something and then edit ... wait
          :e ftp://host/p
  then edit ... (it asks for username/password)
  or have a link written somewhere. Move the cursor to any character of URL
  then press gf ... Voila!!!
     [ e.g. using vi in cu3 (solaris) is a little messy (though can be done
       with the commands listed below). so i am adding these lines from a
       Mandrake machine and using ftp to read/write the file on cu3/homepages]

$ Buffers: 
  :ls  lists all buffers
  :ls! lists all, including hidden buffers
  :buf N => go to buffer N

-------------------- Using the Unusable VI (not viM) -----------------------

Navigation commands:
 Ctrl F : Forward by one page
 Ctrl B : Backward by one page
 Ctrl D : Down by half page
 Ctrl U : Up by half page

(Donot use the cursor keys or page up/down keys)
 j --- down arrow
 k --- up arrow
 h --- left arrow
 l --- right arrow
  
 Ret --- beginning of next line
 0   --- beginning of current line (not considering whitespace)
 ^   --- beginning of current line (after initial whitespace)
 $   --- end of current line
 SPACE - right arrow
 w   --- next word
 b   --- beginning of previous word
 e   --- end of previous word
 
Text insertion commands:
 a   --- append text after cursor
 i   --- append text before cursor
 o   --- opens new line below current line
 O   --- opens new line above current line
 A   --- appends text at the end of current line
 I   --- inserts text at the beginning of current line
 DEL --- overwrites last charecter during text insertion

(Interesting):
 cw  --- changes characters of current word until escaped
 c$  --- changes text upto end of line
 C, cc - changes remaining current text until stopped by escaping