====== Vi/vim ======

= Vi/Vim - Text Editor =

====== Additional Configuration ======
===== Syntax Highlighting =====
By default - vim doesnt have syntax highlighting turned on. Vi (previous version to "VImproved") does not have this syntax highlighting feature (as far as Im aware). ::apt-get install vim will install the later version and take the place of vi. Therefore to Turn on Syntax Highlighting:
 :syntax on
 <nowiki>//</nowiki>The above is for a once-off while inside vim.
 
 vi /etc/vim/vimrc
 <nowiki>//</nowiki>Uncomment: syntax on

====== Helpful Commands ======
===== Search =====
To search for a word in vim, carry out the following:
 [[press]] Esc. (twice etc. to cancel out of editing mode)
 /wordtosearchfor  (simply - put / and then the word)
 /  (to search for the same word again - just type / )

====== .vimrc Using vim for PHP Coding ======
VIM has some very very useful tools to help you editing. So much so, you or me doesnt know the half of them. Here is my .vimrc for editing PHP files. The main source I used is: http://pookey.co.uk/wiki/php/vimrc  with some corrections and tweaks. Note: Quotes are used to denote comments in .vimrc.
===== My .vimrc =====
 set background=dark
 
 " Use incremental searching
 set incsearch
 
 " Set standard setting for PEAR coding standards
 set tabstop=4
 set shiftwidth=4
 
 " Auto expand tabs to spaces
 set expandtab
 
 " Auto indent after a {
 set autoindent
 set smartindent
 
 " Linewidth to endless
 set textwidth=0
 
 " Do not wrap lines automatically
 set nowrap
 
 " Show line numbers by default
 " set number (not using this)
 
 " Repair wired terminal/vim settings
 set backspace=start,eol
 
 "Map <CTRL>-B to run PHP parser check
 map <C-B> :w !php -l<CR>
 
 " The completion dictionary is provided by Rasmus:
 " http://lerdorf.com/funclist.txt
 set dictionary-=/home/sburke/.phpfunctionslist.txt dictionary+=/home/sburke/.phpfunctionslist.txt
 " Use the dictionary completion. Use CTRL+N or CTRL+P while in INSERT mode to call completion.
 set complete-=k complete+=k
 
 set list
 set listchars=tab:>-,trail:-
 "set listchars=tab:>-,trail:-,eol:$  "Puts a $ at the end of every line
 set ignorecase                  " caseinsensitive searches
 set showmode                    " always show command or insert mode
 set ruler                      " show line and column information
 set showmatch                  " show matching brackets
 set formatoptions=tcqor
 set whichwrap=b,s,<,>,[[,]]
 syntax on
 
 set keywordprg=/home/sburke/.phphelp 
 " and .phphelp looks like: 
 "####### 
 "#!/usr/bin/bash 
 "links http://www.php.net/$1 
 "####### 
 "Hit SHIFT+k in command mode.

Links: <br>
http://pookey.co.uk/wiki/php/vimrc  <br>
http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1355  <br>
http://wiki.cc/php/?title=Epc_phpm  <br>
http://vim.sourceforge.net/tips/tip.php?tip_id=598

====== Errors with VIM ======
If you get some of the following errors:
 E575: viminfo: Illegal starting char in line: 00100000 A phys_startup_32
 E575: viminfo: Illegal starting char in line: c0100000 A _text
 E575: viminfo: Illegal starting char in line: c0100000 T startup_32
 E575: viminfo: Illegal starting char in line: c01000a4 T startup_32_smp
 E575: viminfo: Illegal starting char in line: c0100124 t checkCPUtype
 E575: viminfo: Illegal starting char in line: c01001a5 t is486
 E575: viminfo: Illegal starting char in line: c01001ac t is386
 E575: viminfo: Illegal starting char in line: c010020e t check_x87
 E575: viminfo: Illegal starting char in line: c0100236 t setup_idt
 E575: viminfo: Illegal starting char in line: c0100253 t rp_sidt
 E136: viminfo: Too many errors, skipping rest of file
 Press ENTER or type command to continue

The above means that your ~/.viminfo (in your home directory) is corrupted. This is only a history file, so it can be easily removed.
 rm ~/.viminfo
That should be it :)

Reference: http://www.karakas-online.de/forum/viewtopic.php?t=656