====== Syntax Highlighting ======
<code>
:syntax on
</code>

This can also be added to ''.vimrc''

====== Yank or delete between parentheses ======
=====  Motion select =====

These work for matching parenthesis ''()'', square brackets ''[]'', curly brackets ''{}'', angle brackets ''<>'', etc...

<code>
y% - yank
d% - delete
</code>

  * ''[[http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/change.html#y|:help y]]''
  * ''[[http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/change.html#d|:help d]]''


For visual mode
<code>
v%y - highlight between parenthesis and yank
v%d - highlight between parenthesis and delete
</code>

===== Object select =====

With the cursor within a block
<code>
yab - yank the block including the enclosing parenthesis
dab - delete the block including the enclosing parenthesis
yib - yank the block excluding the enclosing parenthesis
dib - delete the block excluding the enclosing parenthesis
</code>

For visual mode
<code>
v2a) - visual select, 2 nesting levels, including the enclosing parenthesis
v1i) - visual select, 1 nesting level, excluding the enclosing parenthesis
</code>

  * ''[[http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/motion.html#object-select|:help object-select]]''

====== Comment/Uncomment multiple lines ======

===== Comment =====

  - Enter visual mode: ''v''
  - Select the lines to comment.
  - Add the line comment characters to the beginning of each line:

<code>
:s/^/#    - shell scripts
:s/^/\/\/ - C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript
:s/^/--   - SQL
</code>

===== Uncomment =====

  - Enter visual mode: ''v''
  - Select the lines to comment.
  - Remove the line comment characters to the beginning of each line:

<code>
:s/^#/    - shell scripts
:s/^\/\// - C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript
:s/^--/   - SQL
</code>

====== Auto Indentation ======
<code>
:set autoindent
:set cindent
</code>

====== Add/Remove indentation ======

  - Enter visual mode: ''v''
  - Select the lines to indent.
  - ''>'' to increase indent one tab ''<'' to decrease indent one tab.
  - ''n>'' to increase indent ''n'' tabs.
  - ''n<'' to decrease indent ''n'' tabs.

====== Replace word with copied text ======

  - Yank (or delete) the text into a buffer: ''yw'' - to yank a word.
  - Move to the beginning of the word to replace.
  - ''vwp'' - ''v'' for visual select, ''w'' for the word, ''p'' to paste.

====== Reload the current file from disk ======

  * Reload the current file: '':edit'' (without specifying a file name)
  * Reload the current file after it's been modified: '':edit!''

====== Change Case ======

  * Change word to lowercase: ''guw''
  * Change word to uppercase: ''gUw''
  * Toggle word case (aBBa -> AbbA): ''g~w''