vim.rtorr.comVim Cheat Sheet

Sponsor A new terminal focused on developer productivity Global :h[elp] keyword - open help for keyword :sav[eas] file - save file as :clo[se] - close current pane :ter[minal] - open a terminal window K - open man page for word under the cursor Tip Run vimtutor in a terminal to learn the first Vim commands. Cursor movement h - move cursor left j - move cursor down k - move cursor up l - move cursor right gj - move cursor down (multi-line text) gk - move cursor up (multi-line text) H - move to top of screen M - move to middle of screen L - move to bottom of screen w - jump forwards to the start of a word W - jump forwards to the start of a word (words can contain punctuation) e - jump forwards to the end of a word E - jump forwards to the end of a word (words can contain punctuation) b - jump backwards to the start of a word B - jump backwards to the start of a word (words can contain punctuation) ge - jump backwards to the end of a word gE - jump backwards to the end of a word (words can contain punctuation) % - move cursor to matching character (default supported pairs: ’()’, ’{}’, ’[]’ - use :h matchpairs in vim for more info) 0 - jump to the start of the line ^ - jump to the first non-blank character of the line $ - jump to the end of the line g_ - jump to the last non-blank character of the line gg - go to the first line of the document G - go to the last line of the document 5gg or 5G - go to line 5 gd - move to local declaration gD - move to global declaration fx - jump to next occurrence of character x tx - jump to before next occurrence of character x Fx - jump to the previous occurrence of character x Tx - jump to after previous occurrence 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) zz - center cursor on screen zt - position cursor on top of the screen zb - position cursor on bottom of the screen Ctrl + e - move screen down one line (without moving cursor) Ctrl + y - move screen up one line (without moving cursor) Ctrl + b - move screen up one page (cursor to last line) Ctrl + f - move screen down one page (cursor to first line) Ctrl + d - move cursor and screen down 1/2 page Ctrl + u - move cursor and screen up 1/2 page Tip Prefix a cursor movement command with a number to repeat it. For example, 4j moves down 4 lines. Insert mode - inserting/appending text i - insert before the cursor I - insert at the beginning of the line a - insert (append) after the cursor A - insert (append) at the end of the line o - append (open) a new line below the current line O - append (open) a new line above the current line ea - insert (append) at the end of the word Ctrl + h - delete the character before the cursor during insert mode Ctrl + w - delete word before the cursor during insert mode Ctrl + j - add a line break at the cursor position during insert mode Ctrl + t - indent (move right) line one shiftwidth during insert mode Ctrl + d - de-indent (move left) line one shiftwidth during insert mode Ctrl + n - insert (auto-complete) next match before the cursor during insert mode Ctrl + p - insert (auto-complete) previous match before the cursor during insert mode Ctrl + rx - insert the contents of register x Ctrl + ox - Temporarily enter normal mode to issue one normal-mode command x. Esc or Ctrl + c - exit insert mode Editing r - replace a single character. R - replace more than one character, until ESC is pressed. J - join line below to the current one with one space in between gJ - join line below to the current one without space in between gwip - reflow paragraph g~ - switch case up to motion gu - change to lowercase up to motion gU - change to uppercase up to motion cc - change (replace) entire line c$ or C - change (replace) to the end of the line ciw - change (replace) entire word cw or ce - change (replace) to the end of the word s - delete character and substitute text (same as cl) S - delete line and substitute text (same as cc) xp - transpose two letters (delete and paste) u - undo U - restore (undo) last changed line Ctrl + r - redo . - repeat last command Marking text (visual mode) v - start visual mode, mark lines, then do a command (like y-yank) V - start linewise visual mode o - move to other end of marked area Ctrl + v - start visual block mode O - move to other corner of block aw - mark a word ab - a block with () aB - a block with {} at - a block withtags ib - inner block with () iB - inner block with {} it - inner block withtags Esc or Ctrl + c - exit visual mode Tip Instead of b or B one can also use ( or { respectively. Visual commands- shift text right- shift text left y - yank (copy) marked text d - delete marked text ~ - switch case u - change marked text to lowercase U - change marked text to uppercase Registers :reg[isters] - show registers content "xy - yank into register x "xp - paste contents of register x "+y - yank into the system clipboard register "+p - paste from the system clipboard register Tip Registers are being stored in ~/.viminfo, and will be loaded again on next restart of vim. Tip Special registers: 0 - last yank " - unnamed register, last delete or yank % - current file name # - alternate file name * - clipboard contents (X11 primary) + - clipboard contents (X11 clipboard) / - last search pattern : - last command-line . - last inserted text - - last small (less than a line) delete = - expression register _ - black hole register Marks and positions :marks - list of marks ma - set current position for mark A `a - jump to position of mark A y`a - yank text to position of mark A `0 - go to the position where Vim was previously exited `" - go to the position when last editing this file `. - go to the position of the last change in this file `` - go to the position before the last jump :ju[mps] - list of jumps Ctrl + i - go to newer position in jump list Ctrl + o - go to older position in jump list :changes - list of changes g, - go to newer position in change list g; - go to older position in change list Ctrl + ] - jump to the tag under cursor Tip To jump to a mark you can either use a backtick ( ` ) or an apostrophe ( ’ ). Using an apostrophe jumps to the beginning (first non-blank) of the line holding the mark. Macros qa - record macro a q - stop recording macro @a - run macro a @@ - rerun last run macro Cut and paste yy - yank (copy) a line 2yy - yank (copy) 2 lines yw - yank (copy) the characters of the word from the cursor position to the start of the next word yiw - yank (copy) word under the cursor yaw - yank (copy) word under the cursor and the space after or before it y$ or Y - yank (copy) to end of line p - put (paste) the clipboard after cursor P - put (paste) before cursor gp - put (paste) the clipboard after cursor and leave cursor after the new text gP - put (paste) before cursor and leave cursor after the new text dd - delete (cut) a line 2dd - delete (cut) 2 lines dw - delete (cut) the characters of the word from the cursor position to the start of the next word diw - delete (cut) word under the cursor daw - delete (cut) word under the cursor and the space after or before it :3,5d - delete lines starting from 3 to 5 Tip You can also use the following characters to specify the range: e.g. :.,$d - From the current line to the end of the file :.,1d - From the current line to the beginning of the file :10,$d - From the 10th line to the beginning of the file :g/{pattern}/d - delete all lines containing pattern :g!/{pattern}/d - delete all lines not containing pattern d$ or D - delete (cut) to the end of the line x - delete (cut) character Indent text- indent (move right) line one shiftwidth- de-indent (move left) line one shiftwidth % - indent a block with () or {} (cursor on brace) % - de-indent a block with () or {} (cursor on brace) ib - indent inner block with () at - indent a block withtags 3== -...