vim start vim
i Enter Insert mode
esc Exit Insert mode
u Undo
A Enter Insert mode at end of the line
o Open new line down the current line in insert mode
O Open new line upper the current line in insert mode\
$ go to end of the line
0 go to beggining to the line
h left
j down
k up
l right
w move forwards to the beginning of next word
b move backwards to beginning of word
e move forwards to the end of next word
3w move forwards 3 words
f<character> move forwards to the next occurance of
2fo move forwards to the second occurance 'o' character in the line
13j move cursor 13 lines down
13k move cursor 13 lines up
16j2w move cursor 16 lines down and to the beginning of the second word\
H o to the first line of the visible screen
L o to the last line of the visible screen
M o to the middle line of the visible screen
crtl+f jump the screen down a visible screen
crtl+b jump the screen up a visible screen
gg go to the top of the buffer (file)
There is no multicursor in Vim
x delete character (function delete key)
dw delete word
db delete backwards to the start of the nearest word
ce delete everything to the end of the word and enter insert mode (ie; "change")
D delete content of the line
dd delete content of the line + newline character
dG delete from the current cursor position to the end of the buffer (file)
dH delete from the current cursor position to the top of the visible screen (file)
di" delete everything inside quotes
di{ delete everything inside curly brackets
da" delete everything inside quotes, plus delete the quotes themselves
da{ delete everything inside curly brackets, plus delete the brackets themselves
ci" delete what is inside the quotes and enter insert mode
c2w delete the next 2 words and enter insert mode
ci[ delete what is inside a array and enter insert mode
dap delete around a paragraph
d8j delete 8 lines down
:1,$d delete everything in a file (colon is a range, 1 is the start of the range, $ is the end of the range, d is the command to operate on that range - "delete")
yw yank (copy) word
yl yank one character right
p paste to the right of the cursor
P paste at the cursor position
Registers are temporary stores of text. Like a clipboard. There are 26 registers: a-z.
"ayw yank (copy) word into register 'a'
"ap paste the contents of register 'a' at current cursor position
ma set a mark to the register 'a'
'a jump to line containing mark stored in register 'a'
\a` (backtick + 'a') jump to the character containing mark stored in register 'a'
You can record a series of normal mode commands into a register. These are called macros.
qa Begins recording to register 'a'
q Stops recording
qayepq start recording to register 'a' (qa), yank the current word (ye), paste the current word (p), stop recording (q). Now, the command yep is stored in register 'a'.
"ap will paste the contents of register 'a'.
@a will execute the commands stored in register 'a'.
@@ will execute the most recently executed register.
:help open the help documentation
:help <command> go to the documentation
By default, vim has a single open tab, containing a single open window, containing a single open buffer (file).
:q close the currently focused window. If it is the last window in the last tab, it will also exit vim.
:help will open a new window in the current tab. (Use :q to close that window and move to your previous window)
:e <file> will open a new buffer (file) in the current window
ctrl + 6 toggle between the latest 2 opened buffers
:buffers list all the open buffers
:b1 open buffer number '1'
:sp <file> will open a new buffer (file) in a new window, in the current tab.
:wq save and close window
:q! close windown without save changes
:w <file.txt> Save changes to the file name
vim file.txt start vim with file.txt as the only open buffer
nvim -u NONE open vim without any custom settings
All folding commands start with a z
zc folding close
zo open one fold under the cursor
: run a vim command
:pwd show the file path
:! run a terminal command
:!echo "hello world"
:!echo % % is expanded to the current buffer's filename, relative to the current working directory of vim
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