Best read tipsEdit

• Insert current directory name : print in the file the current Dir
• Toggle gvim window size : winaltkeys & Alt key problem; special behavior in Win32XP
• Search and replace: I/i: case sensitive/insensitive; \n vs \r is different stuff for searching and replacing; delimiters can be changed; register use (=@a)
• Word count#Counting occurrences of a pattern
• Vim buffer FAQ
• Converting tabs to spaces: :retab (to change all the existing tab characters to match the current tab settings)
• Unicode:
  • Working with Unicode: Wikipedia:Unicode input
  • Entering special characters: RFC1345
• Sort lines: :sort n (numeric sort), :sort! (sort in reverse)

Still to be applied Edit

• Power of g: :[range]g[lobal]/{pattern}/[cmd]

Python and Vim Edit

• Compile a separate copy of Vim for Python coding: using Py instead of VimScript

Setting up Vim as Python IDE Edit

• Evaluate current line using Python +
• Execute Python from within current file: do it or not? Preprocessing text!
• IPython integration: IPython has these Vi/Vim shortcuts: <C-W>, <C-H>; it's useful to edit ???.py in Vim, save it, and then %run -t ???.py in IPython. Main unsolved problems: IPython & IronPython integration (somewhere found that it's done, but no clear way to do it on Win32 [as always, for Unix'es/Linux'es it's straightforward...])
• Speed up Python coding : SuperTab!
• Python - check syntax and run script, a better solution is IPython integration with Vim (esp. for longer than 5-10 lines of Py)
• Outline editing of Python programs : Python folding; any Vim syntax scripts dedicated specifically for Py? Would be useful: def, class, long loops, long if-(then)-else: folding.