People who randomly run VIM usually get scared by a text editor that initially doesn't allow you to edit the text (that is achieved by entering the insert mode). But, unlike most others, VIM comes with an extensive documentation. To be accurate, whole documentation of vim consists of 1734885 words, 612089 of which are available with the online help system. This speaks clearly about the number of features included. Also you can always type
:help!
All the commands and magic keys will work only in the normal mode. That's the one available after the start of VIM and also after pressing 'Esc'.
Pressing * will search for the word currently under cursor.
:set showmatch-- PEZ
When cursor is on a paren(/bracket/whatever) you can also press % to jump to the matching one. If there's no matching one you'll hear a beep.
:TOhtml-- lRem
Yes, that's a pretty cool feature. The result is like so: http://pezius.com/robodocs/Aristocles.java.html -- PEZ
Huh, I wonder why they would make a feature to generate HTML that says that says "Interested in this domainname? Please e-mail me an offer and I just might sell it to you."? ;-) --David Alves
A trick I extensively use last times:
:SexploreAnd remember that you change windows with CTRL-w UP/DOWN. --lRem