Here are my favorites:

nnoremap <a-n> :noh<return>
nnoremap <c-t> xph
nnoremap <a-\> zR
nnoremap <c-a-\> zM

1. clear the search highlight by pressing Alt-N.
2. emulate vi's Ctrl-T operation by toggling the character under the cursor with the next
3. Alt-\ to expand all collapsed regions and other areas
4. Ctrl-Alt-\ to collapse all regions and other areas

I don't use #4 very often but have it mainly to balance having #3

#1 I use many times a day to clear that lovely yellow search term highlighting when I've found what I was looking for.

I map my escape key in normal mode to do the :noh as well as an escape (nnoremap <esc> :noh<cr><esc>). It somehow seems logical to me to clear the highlight with escape.

Tomlu, apologies for not noticing the above properly until Tomservo3k responded yesterday. That is the most amazing mapping ever! I don't know how it isn't more popular. I just tweeted it, people are RTing it, and I'm going to blog about it.

One million thanks!!

This will take a bit to explain...

I'll define several procedures, etc, in a file like:

/* {
ALTER -- CREATE
  PROCEDURE fubar
AS
  BEGIN
    RAISERROR( 'Hi', 0,1);
  END;
} */

Then, with the cursor where-ever you happen to be editing inside the code, you can do "vi{<F5>" to recompile.

Unfortunately, it appears that you can't get ViEmu to pass the <F5> to SStudio, so I am using the open-source program AutoHotKey to create an <a-F5> hotkey to perform the above.  I also define <s-F5> to select the current line from column 4 (assuming it is behind a '-- ') to the end of the line and execute it.

I use this one to convert c# members to properties

nmap <C-P> yyp:s/;/ {/<CR>k^diwiprivate<Escape>0f;bi_<Escape>yiwjoget { return <Escape>pa; }<Escape>oset { <Escape>pa = value; }<Escape>o}<Escape>==o<Escape>:noh<CR>

using <c-p> on a line like this:

public bool active;

will convert to:

private bool _active; 
public bool active { 
    get { return _active; }
    set { _active = value; }
}

real time saver on older .net 2.0 projects

I don't have the code for it here now, but I created a mapping that indents/outdents the text within curly-braces.  Very similar to the one you mentioned as "Example #5: indenting a block" on http://www.viemu.com/a-why-vi-vim.html except that it *doesn't* move the braces themselves.  Since the braces are most often best considered as part of the *surrounding* block (particularly on function bodies, where they're already at the far left column), I find this behavior preferable.

Chan, it could be in your user directory too (see %HOMEDRIVE% and %HOMEPATH% environment variables). Regards, - Jon

Chan,

You home folder is typically one of these two:

  C:\Documents and Settings\{username}
  C:\Users\{username}

The first one in Windows XP, then second one in Vista or later.

The infallible way to tell is to launch a command window and type the following commands:

  echo %HOMEDRIVE%
  echo %HOMEPATH%

This way, you should know the path where to get it.

Apart from this, the Windows shell indeed causes trouble with filenames starting with a dot. That is why ViEmu allows the file to be called "_viemu" with an underscore. Try doing that, it should work.

[[EDIT: there is a mistake above, it should say "_viemurc" instead of "_viemu"]]

Sorry Chan, I wrote it wrong, it's _viemurc of course as you found out!

Chan, it should work. Make sure it is in your user folder (%HOMEDRIVE% and %HOMEPATH%), and that if you go with the CMD console, a DIR shows it there (that it's not a "shadow" file). Please follow up with us if this does not help.