Vim

Modes: #command_mode → undo, redo, find and replace, quit ( Esc ) #insert_mode → you type text (press i in view mode) #visual_mode → that is used to highlight and edit text in bulk.

VIM CHEATSHEET WEBSITE: http://www.vim.org/
https://vim.sourceforge.io/docs.php

y → copy d → cut p → paste ctrl + sft + V → paste from clipboard (ctrl + sft + V) or (shift + insert) → paste from clipboard (crtl + shift + c) → copy to clipboard

CURSOR MOVEMENTS

h move left j move down k move up l move right w jump by start of words (punctuation considered words) W jump by words (spaces separate words) e jump to end of words (punctuation considered words) E jump to end of words (no punctuation) b jump backward by words (punctuation considered words) B jump backward by words (no punctuation) ge jump backward to end of words 0 (zero) start of line ^ first non-blank character of line $ end of line

•               move line upwards, on the first non blank character
  

•               move line downwards, on the first non blank character
  

move line downwards, on the first non blank character gg go to first line G go to last line ngg go to line n nG go To line n :n go To line n ) move the cursor forward to the next sentence. ( move the cursor backward by a sentence. { move the cursor a paragraph backwards } move the cursor a paragraph forwards ]] move the cursor a section forwards or to the next { [[ move the cursor a section backwards or the previous { CTRL-f move the cursor forward by a screen of text CTRL-b move the cursor backward by a screen of text CTRL-u move the cursor up by half a screen CTRL-d move the cursor down by half a screen H move the cursor to the top of the screen. M move the cursor to the middle of the screen. L move the cursor to the bottom of the screen. fx search line forward for ‘x’ Fx search line backward for ‘x’ tx search line forward before ‘x’ Tx search line backward before ‘x’

BOOKMARKS

:marks list all the current marks ma make a bookmark named a at the current cursor position a go to position of bookmark a 'a go to the line with bookmark a . go to the line that you last edited

INSERT MODE

i start insert mode at cursor I insert at the beginning of the line a append after the cursor A append at the end of the line o open (append) blank line below current line O open blank line above current line Esc exit insert mode

EDITING

r replace a single character (does not use insert mode) R enter Insert mode, replacing characters rather than inserting J join line below to the current one cc change (replace) an entire line cw change (replace) to the end of word C change (replace) to the end of line ct’ change (replace) until the ’ character (can change ’ for any character) s delete character at cursor and substitute text S delete line at cursor and substitute text (same as cc) xp transpose two letters (delete and paste, technically) u undo CTRL-r redo . repeat last command ~ switch case g~iw switch case of current word gUiw make current word uppercase guiw make current word lowercase gU$makeuppercaseuntilendoflinegu$ make lowercase until end of line

             indent line one column to right

<< indent line one column to left == auto-indent current line ddp swap current line with next ddkp swap current line with previous :%retab fix spaces / tabs issues in whole file :r [name] insert the file [name] below the cursor. :r !{cmd} execute {cmd} and insert its standard output below the cursor.

DELETING TEXT

x delete current character X delete previous character dw delete the current word dd delete (cut) a line dt’ delete until the next ’ character on the line (replace ’ by any character) D delete from cursor to end of line :[range]d delete [range] lines

COPYING AND MOVING TEXT

yw yank word yy yank (copy) a line 2yy yank 2 lines y$ yank to end of line p put (paste) the clipboard after cursor/current line P put (paste) before cursor/current line :set paste avoid unexpected effects in pasting :registers display the contents of all registers “xyw yank word into register x “xyy yank line into register x :[range]y x yank [range] lines into register x “xp put the text from register x after the cursor “xP put the text from register x before the cursor “xgp just like “p”, but leave the cursor just after the new text “xgP just like “P”, but leave the cursor just after the new text :[line]put x put the text from register x after [line]

VISUAL MODE

v start visual mode, mark lines, then do command (such as y-yank) V start linewise visual mode o move to other end of marked area U upper case of marked area CTRL-v start visual block mode O move to other corner of block aw mark a word ab a () block (with braces) ab a {} block (with brackets) ib inner () block ib inner {} block Esc exit visual mode

VISUAL MODE COMMANDS

              shift right

< shift left c change (replace) marked text y yank (copy) marked text d delete marked text ~ switch case

VISUAL MODE SHORTCUTS

v% selects matching parenthesis vi{ selects matching curly brace vi” selects text between double quotes vi’ selects text between single quotes

SPELLING

]s next misspelled word [s previous misspelled word zg add word to wordlist zug undo last add word z= suggest word

EXITING

:q quit Vim. This fails when changes have been made. :q! quit without writing. :cq quit always, without writing. :w save without exiting. :wq write the current file and exit. :wq! write the current file and exit always. :wq {file} write to {file}. Exit if not editing the last :wq! {file} write to {file} and exit always. :[range]wq[!] same as above, but only write the lines in [range]. ZZ write current file, if modified, and exit. ZQ quit current file and exit (same as “:q!”).

SEARCH/REPLACE

/pattern search for pattern ?pattern search backward for pattern n repeat search in same direction N repeat search in opposite direction

•                       search forward, word under cursor
  

search backward, word under cursor

set ic ignore case: turn on set noic ignore case: turn off :%s/old/new/g replace all old with new throughout file :%s/old/new/gc replace all old with new throughout file with confirmation :argdo %s/old/new/gc | wq open multiple files and run this command to replace old with new in every file with confirmation, save and quit

MULTIPLE FILES

:e filename edit a file in a new buffer :tabe filename edit a file in a new tab (Vim7, gVim) :ls list all buffers :bn go to next buffer :bp go to previous buffer :bd delete a buffer (close a file) :b1 show buffer 1 :b vimrc show buffer whose filename begins with “vimrc” :bufdo run ‘command(s)’ in all buffers :[range]bufdo run ‘command(s)’ for buffers in ‘range’

WINDOWS

:sp f split open f :vsp f vsplit open f CTRL-w s split windows CTRL-w w switch between windows CTRL-w q quit a window CTRL-w v split windows vertically CTRL-w x swap windows CTRL-w h left window CTRL-w j down window CTRL-w k up window CTRL-w l right window CTRL-w + increase window height CTRL-w - decrease window height CTRL-w < increase window width CTRL-w > decrease window width CTRL-w = equal window CTRL-w o close other windows zz Centers the window to the current line

QUICKFIX WINDOW

copen open quickfix window cclose close quickfix window cc [nr] display error [nr] cfirst display the first error clast display the last error [count]cn display [count] next error [count]cp display [count] previous error

PROGRAMMING

% show matching brace, bracket, or parenthese gf edit the file whose name is under or after the cursor gd when the cursor is on a local variable or function, jump to its declaration ” return to the line where the cursor was before the latest jump gi return to insert mode where you inserted text the last time CTRL-o move to previous position you were at CTRL-i move to more recent position you were at

FILE

o open in prev window go preview t open in new tab T open in new tab silently i open split gi preview split s open vsplit gs preview vsplit

DIRECTORY

o open & close node O recursively open node x close parent of node X close all child nodes of current node recursively e explore selected dir

BOOKMARK

o open bookmark t open in new tab T open in new tab silently D delete bookmark

TREE NAVIGATION

P go to root p go to parent K go to first child J go to last child CTRL-j go to next sibling CTRL-k go to prev sibling

FILESYSTEM

C change tree root to the selected dir u move tree root up a dir U move tree root up a dir but leave old root open r refresh cursor dir R refresh current root m show menu cd change the CWD to the selected dir

TREE FILTERING

I hidden files f file filters F files B bookmarks

OTHER

q close the NERDTree window A zoom (maximize-minimize) the NERDTree window ? toggle help