Actually this page is dedicated to vi, but most of the time it is vim
quick reference
http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/vimcheat.htmla sample .vimrc config file
set expandtab set shiftwidth=4 set tabstop=4 set softtabstop=4 set nobackup set cindent set autoindent set showcmd set nofoldenable set noswapfile set number set mouse=nv set hlsearch set incsearch set viminfo+=h set nocp filetype plugin on autocmd FileType perl set keywordprg=perldoc\ -f nmap <F5> ^W_^W\| nmap <F6> ^W= imap <F5> <ESC>^W_^W\|a imap <F6> <ESC>^W=a nmap gF ^Wf syntax on colorscheme evening hi Normal ctermfg=grey ctermbg=black hi Visual ctermfg=green ctermbg=black hi Search term=reverse cterm=standout ctermfg=green ctermbg=yellow hi IncSearch term=reverse cterm=standout ctermfg=green ctermbg=yellow hi PmenuSel ctermbg=Green ctermfg=Yellow