Some handy shortcuts for Textmate, Vim and the command line.

Posted on 27 July 2008

These are probably my most used shortcuts:

Textmate

ctrl+shift+> = open and close erb tags <% = %>

alt+command+] = auto indent highlighted code

ctrl+shift+w = auto put html tags around highlighted code

alt+command+> = auto close tag

ctrl+command+w = close all open tabs

alt+command+a = type on the end of multiple lines of highlighted code

VIM

o - is new line

d, shift g - clears the file (d is delete and capital g is bottom of the file)

:set number - turn on line numbers

18, shift g - goes to line 18

dd - deletes a line

Command line

ctrl+r - searches through recent commands (repeat to keep searching)

ctrl+a - beginning of the line

ctrl+e - end of line

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• More command Line tips:

  ctrl+w – deletes back to the previous space
  esc+backspace – deletes back to the nearest punctuation (e.g., . , / -)
  esc+b and esc+f – jumps the cursor back or forward on the line to the nearest punctuation

  Phil Balchin at 28 Jul 08 at 04:30

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