VI keyboard Shortcuts

:set hlsearch (:nohl)

:set mouse=a

:set nocompatible

:set smartindent

:set nowrapscan (to disable the wrap search)

:highlight String ctermfg=red

:highlight search ctermfg=black

• To indent a block of code, keep the cursor in any of the {} braces, and do =%
• To comment a block of line, keep the cursor in the first line (from where you want to comment), 

          - press CTRL + v (to enter visual mode)
          - use UP DOWN arrows (or j/k keys) to select the lines
          - press I (shift + i) (this enters into visual mode)
          - type "//" 
          - Once you press ESC, the // will be applied to all the lines you selected.

• To uncomment a block of code, keep the cursor in the first line (from where you want to uncomment)

          - press CTRL + v (to enter visual mode)
          - select RIGHT LEFT arrows to select only the "//" characters
          - press "d" (to delete all the // characters)

• To search and replace a text ("src" to "dest"), use

          :%s/src/dest/ ==> Replaces first occurence of "src" in each line

          :%s/src/dest/g ==> Replaces all the occurences of "src" with "dest" in all the lines

          :%s/src/dest/gc ==> Asks for confirmation to replace or not for each occurence

• Vimdiff commands:
• ]c - to go to the next change
• [c - to go to the previous change
• do - diff obtain; means get the changes from other file
• dp - diff put; means put the changes into other file