Question

I am using mvim and I would like to fold the class Experiment. How do I do that?

class Lab

  def method1
  end

  class Experiment
    def method2
    end
  end # end of class Experiment

end # end of class Lab

Answer 1

If you’d like to fold a specific number of lines use zf and then a motion command. For example, if you wanted to fold all the lines in class Experiment, put your cursor onto the line reading def method2, and type zf2j. zf is the fold command, 2 is the number of lines to fold below the current one, and j indicates a downward cursor motion. The result will look like this:

class Lab

  def method1
  end

  class Experiment
+--------------- 3 lines: def method2 -------------------------

end # end of class Lab

You can also use visual line mode to select what you’d like to fold and then type za to fold/un-fold.