cheatsheets.md

Notes

• Lots of missing things here as I like to use which-key for my shortcuts which act as documentation for me
• Check out mappings index vim especially mappings space_whichkey vim

Global

Shortcut	Long form	Description
:h keyword	help	Open help for keyword
:sav file	saveas	Save file as
:clo	close	Close current pane
ter	terminal	open terminal window
K		open man page for word

Exiting

Shortcut	Description
:q	Close file (fails if there are unsaved changes)
:q!	Close file without saving
:qa	Close all files
:qa!	Close all files without saving
:w	Save
:wq	Save and close file
Esc	Exit insert/visual mode

Navigating

Shortcut	Description
h	move left
j	move down
k	move up
l	move right

Word

Shortcut	Description
b	jump backwards to start of word
B	jump backward to start of word (skip punctuation)
w	jump forward to start of word
W	jump forward to start of word (skip punctuation)
e	jump forward to end of word
E	jump forward to end of word (skip punctuation)

Line

Shortcut	Description
0	start of line
$	end of line
^	first character of the line

Document

Shortcut	Description
gg	first line
G	last line
5G or 5gg	go to line 5
{	jump to prev paragraph, function or block
}	jump to next paragraph, function or block

Character

Shortcut	Description
fx	go to next occurence of char x
Fx	go to previous occurence of char x
tx	go to 1 char before the next occurence of char x
Tx	go to 1 char before the previous occurence of char x
;	go to next instance of T, t, f, F within the line
,	go to previous instance of T, t, f, F within the line
%	go to matching [] {} ()

Window

Shortcut	Description
zz	center this line
zt	top this line
zb	bottom this line
H	go to top of screen
M	go to middle of screen
L	go to bottom of screen

Search

Shortcut	Description
/pattern	search for pattern within file
?pattern	search backward for pattern within file
n	next search result
N	previous search result
*	jump to next instance of current word
#	jump to previous instance of current word
:s/<old>/<new>/	replace first occurence of old with new in the current line
:s/<old>/<new>/g	replace old with new in the current line
:%s/<old>/<new>/g	replace old with new throughout the file
:%s/<old>/<new>/gc	replace old with new throughout the file with confirmation
:s/<old>//	new is considered as an empty string; deletes the matched pattern

Replace confirmation keys

Command	Description
y	replace the match
l	replace the match and quit
n	skit the match
q	quit
Esc	quit
a	replace match and all remaining occurence
CTRL+y	scroll screen down
CTRL+e	scroll up

Combine number with movement commands to execute them multiple times
Example:
10j to move down 10 lines
2} to go down to paragraphs
10b to back 10 words

Editing

Shortcut	Description
cw	change (replace) to end of the word
ciw	change (replace) entire word
ct + character	change (replace) until that character
C or c$	change (replace) until end of the line
ci + delimiter	change (replace) text inside delimiter
ca + delimiter	change (replace) text including delimter
cc	change (replace) entire line
s	delete char and insert
S	change (replace) entire line
cl	delete char and insert (alternative for sneak users)
r	replace single character
R	enter replace mode
J	join line below to current line with one space between
gJ	join line below to current line w/o space between
gwip	reflow paragraph
g~	swap lower case motion
gU	change to upper case motion
gu	change to lower case motion
u	undo
<C-r>	redo
.	repeat last command

Examples

Command	Description
cta	replace from character til a
ci"	replace all character inside "
ca"	replace all character including ""
g~e	swap case from cursor to end of word
gu$	swap to lower case from cursor to end of line
gU}	swap to upper case the paragraph

Inserting/Appending

Shortcut	Description
i	insert
I	insert at beginning of the line
a	insert (append) after the cursor
A	insert (append) at the end of the line
o	new line below
O	new line above

Marks and positions

Shortcut	Description
:marks	list of marks
`^	Last position of cursor in insert mode
`.	Last change in current buffer
`"	Last exited current buffer
`0	In last file edited
''	Back to line in current buffer where jumped from
``	Back to position in current buffer where jumped from
`[	To beginning of previously changed or yanked text
`]	To end of previously changed or yanked text
`<	To beginning of last visual selection
`>	To end of last visual selection
ma	Mark this cursor position as a
`a	Jump to the cursor position a
'a	Jump to the beginning of the line with position a
d'a	Delete from current line to line of mark a
d`a	Delete from current position to position of mark a
c'a	Change text from current line to line of a
y`a	Yank text from current position to position of a
:marks	List all current marks
:delm a	Delete mark a
:delm a-d	Delete marks a, b, c, d
:delm abc	Delete marks a, b, c
:ju[mps]	list of jumps
<C-i>	go to newer position in jump list
<C-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

Visual commands

Shorcut	Description
>	indent right
<	indent left
y	yank (copy)
d	delete
~	switch case
u	change to lower case
U	change to upper case

Macros

Shortcut	Description
qa	record macro a
q	stop recording macro
@a	run macro a
@@	rerun last run macro

Cut and paste

Shortcut	Description
yy	yank (copy) a line
2yy	yank (copy) 2 lines
yw	yank (copy) from cursor to start of next word
y$	yank (copy) to end of line
p	paste after the cursor
P	paste before the cursor
dd	delete (cut) a line
2dd	delete (cut) 2 lines
dw	delete (cut) from curson to start of next word
D	delete (cut) to end of the line
d$	delete (cut) to the end of the line
x	delete (cut) character

Filetype

Shortuct	Description
:set ft=yaml.ansible	manually set the filetype if auto-detection does not work

Numbers

Shortcut	Description
Ctrl+a	Increase number by 1
Ctrl+x	Decrease number by 1

Making a list

• This uses a macro

# This creates the macro
qa
Y
p
Ctrl+a
q

# Perform the macro
10@a

Folding

Shortcut	Description
zo	Open fold
zc	Close fold
za	Toggle fold
zO	Open fold nested levels
zC	Close fold nested levels
zA	Toggle fold nested levels
v + zf	select in visual mode then fold
:Fold	Fold everything
---	---
Manual folding
---	---
zf{motion}	Fold manually
zf3j	Fold next 3 lines
zfa{	Fold previous block

Splits

Shortcut	Description
<ctrl-w> +	increase height by one line
<ctrl-w> -	decrease height by one line
:resize +1	increase height by one line
:resize -1	decrease height by one line
:resize 50	change height to 50 lines
:vertical resize 50	change width to 50 lines
:vertical resize -1	decrease width by one line
:vertical resize +1	increase width by one line
<ctrl-w> >	increase width by one line
<ctrl-w> <	decrease width by one line
<ctrl-w> =	equalize splits
:vsplit	split window right
:split	split window below
<ctrl-w> J	moves the active to the bottom
<ctrl-w> H	moves the active split to the left
<ctrl-w> K	moves the active split to the top
<ctrl-w> L	moves the active split to right
<ctrl-w> r	rotates splits to the right/down
<ctrl-w> R	rotates splits to the left/up
<ctrl-w> o	Close all other splits except current one

References

• vimtricks p resize splits
• vimtricks p close all other splits
• vimtricks p vimtrick moving splits
• vimtricks p maximize the current split

References

• devhints vim
• vim rtorr
• Vim tutoral video
• linuxize post vim find replace
• increasing or decreasing numbers