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How to use folds in vim

• makecheck 17y ago
  This is a really useful article. Though I've found it's easier to open folds by moving the cursor, e.g. right-arrow while on a fold line, than futzing with "zo".
  • joshuaxls 17y ago
    You should never ever touch an arrow key when using Vim. If you are using hjkl for movement, hit 'l' to open a fold.
  • adimit 17y ago
    I've got `zo` remapped to space. Or, more precisely: nmap <space> za vmap <space> zf
• adimit 17y ago
  Neat. I'm addicted to vim partly because of its great and very flexible folds. For example, you can completely rewrite the way folds look. I like my folded code to look like its first line would normally look, without any dashes, preserving indentation. So I just rewrote the function (here's a blog post about it: http://a-dimit.blogspot.com/2008/07/folding-in-vim.html http://a-dimit.blogspot.com/2008/07/folding-in-vim.html) It really rocks :-)