Here are some of my favourite bindings in vim. The first thing to do in .vimrc: " Unmap the Arrow Keys \{\{\{ no <down> <Nop> no <left> <Nop> no <right> <Nop> no <up> <Nop> ino <down> <Nop> ino <left> <Nop> ino <right> <Nop> ino <up> <Nop> vno <down> <Nop> vno <left> <Nop> vno <right> <Nop> vno <up> <Nop> The following are my private favourites for now and evolving. " Jekyll Blog Bindings \{\{\{ let g:jekyll_path = "$HOME/git/blog" " Jekyll Bundle mappings map <Leader>jn :JekyllPost<CR> map <Leader>jl :JekyllList<CR> map <Leader>jc :JekyllCommit<CR> map <Leader>jp :JekyllPublish<CR> " Quickly edit/reload the vimrc file nmap <silent> <leader>ev :e $MYVIMRC<CR> nmap <silent> <leader>sv :so $MYVIMRC<CR> " Paste Mode for pasting more Text at once (use in insert mode) set pastetoggle=<F2> " Use sane regexes.