Configuration files

jk (jj is too slow to type) as <Esc> to exit insert and command mode

all cursors keys disabled ;-) (Ctrl-N/Ctrl-P in command mode as replacement and Ctrl-F of course)

:set hidden for efficient handling of multiple buffers (called tabs in other editors; Vim’s tabs are used for different window layouts, not multiple buffers)

go to last position when reopening a file

UTF-8 as default encoding, ISO-Latin automatically detected

auto correction of :W to :w (and similar mistakes)

highlighting of TODO, FIXME, CHANGED, XXX, NOTE, etc.

highlight unicode whitespace

highlight lines longer than 78 characters

disable spell checking while diffing (vimdiff)

custom statusline similar to default one, with the following additions:

gb/gB as shortcut for :bnext/:bprevious (like gt/gT for tabs), display a message when visiting the first buffer a second time

* and # for visual mode (matches case)

Y yanks to the end of the line for consistency with C, D, etc.

'ignorecase' (and 'smartcase') while searching, but honor case when completing in insert-mode (<C-N>, <C-P>) and * and #

highlight search matches, <C-L> to clear the highlights

automatically disable paste after leaving insert mode

write current file when suspending (Ctrl-Z) or all files when running :make

add undo breakpoints for insert mode commands which change a lot: <C-U>, <C-@>, <C-A>, <C-W>.

'nostartofline' only for <C-F>, <C-B>, <C-D>, <C-U>

hidden vertical split separator (still uses one column though)

use 'list' to display tabs, trailing whitespace, etc.

'wildignore' updated to include generated files (e.g. .o, .pyc, etc.) when completing files with <Tab> (also ignore case)

display a warning when editing template files (containing "do not edit" and similar, ignoring case) to prevent lost changes (when it’s regenerated)

compatibility with older Vim versions (>= 6.4)

useful plugins:

set terminal title to running program (working in xterm, rxvt, screen - window title here), works with fg (uses the correct program name)

vi bindings, including vi-like Ctrl-N/Ctrl-P history completion, jk to exit insert mode.

incremental search mode with Ctrl-R (like in bash); with glob support, e.g. Ctrl-R iptables*host to list iptables commands for host

colored multi-line prompt including vcs_info (including number of git stashes), different prompt color when running as root

colored stderr (not working perfectly, for a better solution see coloredstderr which is automatically used if available)

global aliases for less (L), grep (G), sort (S), etc.; example usage: program G test S L instead of program | grep test | sort | less

very short aliases (e.g. g = git, m = make, s = mpc, v = vim, mu = mutt, etc.)

don’t complete unimportant files for vim (like .log, .aux - useful when using LaTeX); provide Ctrl-F as fallback to complete all files

well documented completion settings

tab on empty input line lists all files in the current directory

automatically run rehash when a command wasn’t found, fixes tab completion when installing new programs

automatically add visited directories to directory stack

automatically reattach to running GNU screen or Tmux (configurable) session or open a new one

display running time of long-running processes and send bell to the terminal so GNU screen/Tmux can mark the window as active; useful to quickly spot when a program is done

restart zsh (exec zsh) when ~/.zshrc was modified; restart is skipped if there are active background jobs or if the new config fails to load

Automatically re-run ~/.zsh/env.update on changes; useful to update e.g. SSH_AGENT_PID in multiple running zsh shells

compatibility with older Zsh versions

A single <Tab> lists all available matches.

List all available matches and use a pager in case they don’t fit on the current screen.

Use Vi editing-mode, jk exits insert mode.

<Ctrl-P>/<Ctrl-N> work like <Up>/<Down> but list only history lines starting with the current input line. Very useful to recall old commands quickly.

Support <Ctrl-L> to redraw screen in Vi mode.

very short aliases (e.g. ap = add -p, c = commit -v, d = diff, dc = diff --cached, dcw = diff --cached --color-words, s = status, ss = stash save, sa = stash apply, etc.)

alias to describe a commit, to be used in commit messages; for example: 37ad33e ("vcs: gitconfig: fix typos in comment", 2018-12-29)

aliases to push/fetch many remotes in parallel for increased speed (rp, ru), needs xargs

alias to list all untracked files and their contents

improved wordregex for IMHO better --color-words diffs

display diff in commit message file (commit --verbose)

show moved changes in diff in a separate color

custom colors for diffs

use pager for some commands (branch, status, tag)

allow diffing of gzip, PDFs and SQLite files using .gitattributes

don’t require <Enter> for interactive commands which require only a single key, for example git add --patch

gitk-like colors

map J/K to move in the log window while looking at a diff

disable mappings which modify the repository, use tig as read-only viewer

ignore case when searching

don’t write ~/.tig_history

readable hardstatus and caption settings ;-)

display window flags in the hardstatus

fast switching to windows 10 to 19 (Ctrl-A ; 0 to Ctrl-A ; 9), same for windows 20-29 with Ctrl-A ;;

large scrollback buffer

support for urlview to open URLs quickly

disable unused keybindings

additional digraphs

GNU Screen-like setup (Ctrl-A as escape and Ctrl-* for many mappings)

fast switching to windows 10 to 19 (Ctrl-A ; 0 to Ctrl-A ; 9), same for windows 20-29 with Ctrl-A ;; - mappings created by a small script (Tmux doesn’t support mappings with multiple keys by default yet)

large scrollback buffer

support for urlview to open URLs quickly

horizontal split workspace

switch to vertical split/horizontal split with only one window at the bottom with bindings - meta-space skips these layouts

special layout for Gimp

some programs are spawned on specific workspaces

new windows are not opened in the master pane (thus not stealing focus)

when using multiple screens switching to visible workspaces doesn’t move them to the current screen, but switches to the workspace on the other screen

works with xmonad 0.9 and newer versions (most settings should work with 0.7)

vi-like bindings

URI rewriting rules for fast browsing, e.g. "s string" to search for string, "w name" to look up name in wikipedia, "d word" to translate word etc.

Session support

Protocol 2 only (for security reasons)

share multiple sessions over a single connection (ControlMaster), enabled automatically

disable unused authentication methods, only enable passwords and public keys

disable weak hashes, ciphers, exchanges and hostkeys

colored prompt and directory listings

sync alias which syncs a local directory with one on a server

encrypt all connections when using TLS

ack.pl: jump to next active window, with tiebreakers

act.pl: reset window activity status

spellcheck.pl: spell checking

splitlong.pl: automatically split overlong messages

trackbar.pl: mark last position in each window

usercount.pl: display user count in channel

window_switcher.pl: fast window switching