Normal Mode
Moving around the document
Visual Mode
Selecting text
Motions
h, j, k, l |
left, down, up, right |
w |
word |
b |
back |
e |
end (of word) |
$ |
end of line |
^ |
beginning of line |
f{char} |
forward to {char} |
t{char} |
forward up to {char} |
More Motions
gg |
top of file |
G |
bottom of file |
{number}G |
go to that line |
Shift + H/M/L |
move around the screen (high/middle/low) |
Verbs
| Character |
Action |
i |
insert |
c |
change |
d |
delete |
a |
append |
s |
substitute |
Shortcuts
| Character |
Action |
I (^i) |
insert at the beginning of the line |
C (c$) |
change till the end of the line |
D (d$) |
delete to the end of the line |
A ($a) |
append at the end of the line |
S (0c$) |
change the whole line |
Copy and Paste
| Keystrokes |
Translation |
v |
visualy select text |
y |
copy (yank) |
p |
paste |
d |
delete (cut) |
Putting It Together
| Keystrokes |
Translation |
dt/ |
delete up to the first "/" |
d$ |
delete to the end of the line |
c2w |
change 2 words |
ci" |
change inside quotes |
da" |
delete around " |
5p |
put yanked text into buffer 5 times |
3dd |
delete current line three times |
Searching
| / |
search for text |
| n, N |
go to next/previous result |
| * |
search for this word |
| :%s/[find]/[replace]/gc |
subsitute [find] with [replace] |
:commands
| Command |
Action |
:w [file] |
write to [file] |
:e [file] |
edit [file] |
:sp [file] |
open [file] in split window |
:vs [file] |
open [file] in vertically split window |
:tabedit [file] |
open [file] in a new tab |
:!mkdir foo |
run stuff in your shell |
:make |
run your makefile |
Macros
qa[keystrokes]q |
save keystrokes to "a" |
3@a |
replay the keystrokes in "a" 3 times |
@@ |
replay last macro |
Misc
. |
repeat |
u |
undo |
Ctrl+R |
redo |
zz |
center screen on cursor |
o, O |
new line below (or above) cursor, insert mode |
J |
join this line with the one below it |
Ctrl+N |
autocompletion |
= |
auto format |
