examples.md

Vim Alphabet

Vim Alphabet is an example reference for Vim commands, ex-commands, options and functions. The idea is to encourage Vimmers to use the built-in Vim reference, and making it easier to understand each topic with an example, along with some tips and use cases.

Starting in June 2021, we try to cover in average one letter per two weeks, so that we finish the 26 letters from the alphabet in 52 weeks a.k.a. 1 year. After that we continue with the punctuation characters and all function, options and ex-commands we couldn't write about.

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Overview Table

Letter	Keys	Functions	Options	Commands
a	normal and visual a,A	add	autochdir	args
	normal and visual Ctrl-a	append	autoindent	argadd
	insert Ctrl-a	appendbufline		argdo
	commandline Ctrl-a			ascii
				abbreviate
				autocmd
b	normal and visual b,B	bufname	breakat	buffers
	normal Ctrl-b	bufnr	breakindent	buffer
	insert Ctrl-b	bufwinid	breakindentopt	bdelete
	commandline Ctrl-b	byte2line		browse
c	normal and visual c,C	cursor	colorcolumn	center
	almost all modes Ctrl-c	confirm	cursorcolumn	copy
		complete	cursorline	cd,chdir
			cursorlineopt	command
			cdpath	cdo,cfdo
			cedit	call
			clipboard
d	normal and visual d,D	deepcopy	directory	digraphs
	normal Ctrl-d	delete	dictionary	delete
	insert Ctrl-d	deletebufline		delmarks
	commandline Ctrl-d			dsearch
				dlist
				djump
				dsplit
				diffthis
				diffsplit
				diffget
				diffput
				diffpatch
				diffupdate
				diffoff