Vim Cheat Sheet - English
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Vim Cheat Sheet
Global
- open help for keyword
- save file as
- close current pane
- open man page for word under the cursor
Cursor movement
- move cursor left
- move cursor down
- move cursor up
- move cursor right
- move to top of screen
- move to middle of screen
- move to bottom of screen
- jump forwards to the start of a word
- jump forwards to the start of a word
(words can contain punctuation)
- jump forwards to the end of a word
- jump forwards to the end of a word
(words can contain punctuation)
- jump backwards to the start of a word
- jump backwards to the start of a word
(words can contain punctuation)
- move to matching character (default
supported pairs: '()', '{}', '[]' - use :h
matchpairs in vim for more info)
- jump to the start of the line
- jump to the first non-blank character of
the line
- jump to the end of the line
- jump to the last non-blank character of
the line
- go to the first line of the document
- go to the last line of the document
- go to line 5
- jump to next occurrence of character x
- jump to before next occurrence of
character x
- jump to previous occurence of character
x
- jump to after previous occurence of
character x
- repeat previous f, t, F or T movement
- repeat previous f, t, F or T movement,
backwards
- jump to next paragraph (or
function/block, when editing code)
- jump to previous paragraph (or
function/block, when editing code)
- center cursor on screen
+ - move screen down one line
(without moving cursor)
+ - move screen up one line (without
moving cursor)
+ - move back one full screen
+ - move forward one full screen
+ - move forward 1/2 a screen
+ - move back 1/2 a screen
Insert mode - inserting/appending text
- insert before the cursor
- insert at the beginning of the line
- insert (append) after the cursor
- insert (append) at the end of the line
- append (open) a new line below the
current line
- append (open) a new line above the
current line
- insert (append) at the end of the word
- exit insert mode
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Editing Cut and paste Working with multiple files Tabs
- replace a single character - yank (copy) a line - edit a file in a new buffer or - open a file in
a new tab
- join line below to the current one with one - yank (copy) 2 lines or - go to the next buffer
space in between + - move the current split window
- yank (copy) the characters of the word or - go to the previous buffer into its own tab
- join line below to the current one from the cursor position to the start of the
without space in between next word - delete a buffer (close a file) or or - move to the
next tab
- reflow paragraph - yank (copy) to end of line - list all open buffers
or or - move to the
- change (replace) entire line - put (paste) the clipboard after cursor - open a file in a new buffer and previous tab
split window
- change (replace) to the end of the line - put (paste) before cursor - move to tab number #
- open a file in a new buffer and
- change (replace) to the end of the line - delete (cut) a line vertically split window - move current tab to the #th
position (indexed from 0)
- change (replace) entire word - delete (cut) 2 lines + - split window
or - close the current tab
- change (replace) to the end of the word - delete (cut) the characters of the word + - switch windows and all its windows
from the cursor position to the start of the
- delete character and substitute text next word + - quit a window or - close all tabs except
for the current one
- delete line and substitute text (same as cc) - delete (cut) to the end of the line + - split window vertically
command - run the command on all
- transpose two letters (delete and paste) - delete (cut) to the end of the line + - move cursor to the left window tabs (e.g. :tabdo q - closes all opened tabs)
(vertical split)
- undo - delete (cut) character
+ - move cursor to the right window
+ - redo Exiting (vertical split)
- repeat last command - write (save) the file, but don't exit + - move cursor to the window
below (horizontal split)
- write out the current file
Marking text (visual mode)
using sudo + - move cursor to the window
- start visual mode, mark lines, then do a above (horizontal split)
command (like y-yank) or or - write (save) and quit
- start linewise visual mode - quit (fails if there are unsaved changes)
- move to other end of marked area or - quit and throw away unsaved
changes
+ - start visual block mode
- write (save) and quit on all tabs
- move to other corner of block
Search and replace
- mark a word
- search for pattern
- a block with ()
- search backward for pattern
- a block with {}
- 'very magic' pattern: non-
- inner block with () alphanumeric characters are interpreted as
special regex symbols (no escaping needed)
- inner block with {}
- repeat search in same direction
- exit visual mode
- repeat search in opposite direction
Visual commands - replace all old with new
- shift text right throughout file
- shift text left - replace all old with new
throughout file with confirmations
- yank (copy) marked text
- remove highlighting of search
- delete marked text matches
- switch case Search in multiple files
- search for
Registers pattern in multiple files
- show registers content
- yank into register x - jump to the next match
- paste contents of register x - jump to the previous match
- open a window containing the list
Marks
of matches
- list of marks
- set current position for mark A
- jump to position of mark A
- yank text to position of mark A
Macros
- record macro a
- stop recording macro
- run macro a
- rerun last run macro
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