General Tricks

  • remove whitespace (a space or a tab) in the end of line
:%s/\s\+$//e
  • insert C comment (//) in the start of line
:1,3s/^/\/\//

Commands for Multiple Screens

:split filename  - split window and load another file
:vsplit file     - vertical split
 
:hide            - close current window
:only            - keep only this window open
:ls              - show current buffers
:b 2             - open buffer #2 in this window
:bn              - open next buffer in this window
:bp              - open previous buffer in this window

Shortcut:

Ctrl+w Ctrl+w     - move cursor to another window (cycle)