vim.md

Vim Cheetsheet

General

:map - show all current keybindings

:nmap - show current normal mode keybindings

:imap - show current insert mode keybindings

:vmap - show current visual mode keybindings

<insert_mode> ctrl + r + = - calculator mode

General	Working with Files
:h[elp] keyword - open help for keyword	e[dit] file - edit a file in a new buffer
:sav[eas] file - save file as	bn[ext] - go to the next buffer
:clo[se] or ctrl + wq - close current pane	bp[revious] - go the previous buffer
ter[minal] - open a terminal window	bd[elete] - delete a buffer (close a file)
K - open man page for word under the cursor	:ls or :buffers - list all open buffers
:qa - quit all windows	:sp[lit] file - open a file in a new buffer and split window
:qa! - quit all windows (no save)	:vs[plit] file - open a file in a new bufer and vertically split window
	:vert[ical] ba[ll] - edit all buffers as vertical windows

Cursor Movement

Core Movements	Word Movements	Line Movements
h - move cursor left	w - jump forwards to the start of a word	0 - jump to the start of the line
j - move cursor down	W - jump forwards to the start of a word (words can contain punctuation)	^ - jump to the first non-blank character of the line
l - move cursor right	e - jump forwards to the end of a word	$ - jump to the end of the line
gj - move cursor down (multi-line text)	E - jump forwards to the end of a word (words can contain punctuation)	g_ - jump to the last non-blank character of the line
gk - move cursor up (multi-line text)	b - jump backwards to the start of a word	gg - jump to the first line of the document
	B - jump backwards to the start of a word (words can contain punctuation)	G - jump to the last line of the document
	ge - jump backwards to the end of a word	[number]gg or [number]G - go to line [number]
	gE - jump backwards to the end of a word (words can contain punctuation)

Character Movements	Macro Movements	Jump Movements
f[character] - jump to next occurrence of [character]	H - move to top of screen [High]	:ju[mps] - list of jumps
F[character] - jump to the previous occurrence of [character]	M - move to middle of screen [Mid]	ctrl + i - go to newer position in jump list
t[character] - jump to before next occurrence of [character]	L - move to bottom of screen [Low]	ctrl + o - go to older position in jump list
T[character] - jump to after previous occurrence of [character]	% - move to matching (), {}, [] pair
; - repeat previous f, t, F, T movements forwards	} - jump to next (paragraph, function, block)
, - repeat previous f, t, F, T movements backwards	{ - jump to previous (paragraph, function, block)

Editing

Exit Insert Mode:

There are multiple ways to escape insert mode

• Esc
• ctrl + c
• ctrl + [

General Editing	Insert Commands	Visual Mode
u - undo	i - insert before the cursor	v - start visual mode, mark lines
U - restore (undo) last changed line	I - insert at the beginning of the line	V - start visual line mode, mark lines
ctrl + r - redo	a - insert (append) after the cursor	ctrl + v - start visual block mode, mark blocks
r - replace a single character	A - insert (append) at the end of the line	o - move to other end of marked area
R - replace more than one character, until ESC is pressed	o - append (open) a new line below the cursor	O - move to other corner of block
s - delete character and enters insert mode	O - append (open) a new line above the cursor	aw - mark a word
S or cc - delete line and enter insert mode	ctrl + h - delete the character before the cursor during insert mode	ab - a block with ()
C or c$ - change (replace) from cursor to the end of the line	ctrl + w - delete word before the cursor during insert mode	aB - a block with {}
cw or ce - change (replace) to the end of the word	ctrl + t - indent (move right) line one shiftwidth during insert mode	at - a block with <> tags
J - join line below to the current one with one space in-between	ctrl + d - indent (move left) line one shiftwidth during insert mode	ib - inner block with ()
gJ - join line below to the current one without a space in-between		iB - inner block with {}
gwip - reflow paragraph		it - inner block with <> tags
g~ - switch case up to motion		> - shift text right
gu - change to lowercase up to motion		< - shift text left
gU - change to uppercase up to motion		u - change marked text to lowercase
. - repeat last command		U - change marked text to uppercase
		~ - switch case
		vip - select inner paragraph only
		vap - select entire paragraph including whitespace

Search & Replace

Pair Characters can be: "", '', ``, <>, (), {}, [] and more vi + [pair character] - select everything within the next enclosing pair characters

va + [pair character]- select everything from pair character to character

yi + [pair character]- yank everything within the next enclosing pair characters

ya + [pair character]- yank everything from pair character to character

di + [pair character] - delete everything within the next enclosing pair characters

da + [pair character] - delete everything from pair character to character

Window Management

ctrl + ws - split window

ctrl + wv - split window vertically

ctrl + ww - switch windows

ctrl + wq - quit a window

ctrl + wx - exchange current window with next one

ctrl + w= - make all windows equal height & width

ctrl + wh - move cursor to the left window (vertical split)

ctrl + wl - move cursor to the right window (vertical split)

ctrl + wj - move cursor to the window below (horizontal split)

ctrl + wk - move cursor to the window above (horizontal split)

ctrl + wH - make current window full height at far left (leftmost vertical window)

ctrl + wL - make current window full height at far right (rightmost vertical window)

ctrl + wJ - make current window full width at the very bottom (bottommost horizontal window)

ctrl + wK - make current window full width at the very top (topmost horizontal window)

Incrementing

ctrl + a - Increments the number under the cursor by 1

[count]ctrl + a - Increments the number by [count]

ctrl + x - Decrements the number under the cursor

[count]ctrl + x - Decrements the number by [count]

Visual Mode

g ctrl-a - Increments each number in the block, with the first number incremented by 1 etc.

g ctrl-x - Decrements each number in the block, with the first number decremented by 1 etc.

Command Mode

:[range]normal [count]ctrl-a - Increments numbers within the specified [range] of lines by [count]

:[range]normal [count]ctrl-x - Decrements numbers within the specified [range] of lines by [count]