Vim tips

guu                         : lowercase line
gUU                         : uppercase line
g~~                         : flip case line
gf                          : open file name under cursor (SUPER)
ga                          : display hex, ascii value of char under cursor
gv                          : Re-select the previous visual area (ULTRA)
[I                          : show lines matching word under cursor (SUPER)
>i{                         : Block shifting (MAGIC)
q/                          : Search history Window
q:                          : commandline history Window
J                           : join next line to this line

qq                          : record to q
your series of commands
q                           : stop recording
@q                          : execute
@@                          : repeat

vimdiff file1 file2
dp                          : "put" difference under cursor to other file
do                          : "get" difference under cursor from other file

'.                          : jump to last modification line (SUPER)
`.                          : jump to exact spot in last modification line
ma                          : place a mark named "x" at current location
'x                          : jump to mark named "x" at THIS file
'X                          : jump to mark named "X" at ANY file
d'x                         : delete to mark "x"

:e filename                 : open "filename" in new full-screen buffer
<C-^>                       : switch between two last buffers
:bnext                      : switch to next buffer (just map it to <Tab>)

"xY                         : yank to register "x" (x may be any a-z)
"xp                         : paste from register "x"
<C-R>x                      : paste from register "x" in INSERT mode
:reg                        : display contents of all registers
:echo @x                    : display (multi-line) content of register "x"
:s/fred/\=@x/g              : sub "fred" with contents of register "x"

/\Vpattern                  : all charactes in pattern treated literally ex. \
/\cpattern                  : case-insensitive match
/joe/e                      : cursor set to End of match
/joe/e+1                    : cursor set to End of match plus 1
/joe/s-2                    : cursor set to Start of match minus 2
/begin\_.*end               : search over possible multiple lines
/begin\_s*end               : any whitespace including newline
/begin\_.\{-}end            : any whitespace including newline NON-GREEDY

zo                          : open fold
zc                          : re-close fold