Some VIM Tips

I have been using VIM for several years. Throughout the years I find new ideas for VIM customization by crawling through other developers’ vimrc. In this post, I selected some configurations from my vimrc that I think other developers may find useful.

Allow backspacing over everything in insert mode

set backspace=indent,eol,start

Improve up/down movement on wrapped lines

nnoremap j gj
nnoremap k gk
nnoremap <down> gj
nnoremap <up> gk

Reselect visual block after indent/outdent

vnoremap < <gv
vnoremap > >gv

Allow for cursor beyond last character

set virtualedit=onemore

Keep search pattern at the center of the screen

nnoremap n nzz
nnoremap N Nzz

Maintain column position after paste and other operations

set nostartofline

Use system clipboard

if has("unnamedplus")
    set clipboard=unnamedplus
else
    set clipboard=unnamed
endif