---
title: vim
category: Vim
---

 * [Digraphs](vim-digraphs.html)
 * [Help text](vim-help.html)
 * [Vimscript](vimscript.html)
 * [Vim-unite](vim-unite.html)
 * [Vim-easyalign](vim-easyalign.html)
 * [Vim-rails](vim-rails.html)

Command line
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    <C-r><C-w>         # insert current word into the command line
    <C-r>"             # paste from " register

Text objects
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    vip           # Select paragraph
    vipipipip     # Select more

    ap            # a paragraph
    ip            # inner paragraph

    ap, ip        # Paragraph
    aw, iw        # Word
    as, is        # Sentence

    ab            # A block [(
    aB            # A block in [{
    at            # A XML tag block
    a[ ( { <      # A [], (), or {} block
    a' " `        # A quoted string

    [( [{ [<      # previous ( or { or <
    ])            # next

    [m            # previous method start
    [M            # previous method end

Example:

    yip           # Yank inner paragraph
    yap           # Yank paragraph (including newline)

Folds
-----

    zo      # Open
    zO      # Open, recursive
    zc      # Close
    zC      # Close, recursive
    za      # Toggle
    zA      # Toggle, recursive

    zv      # Open folds for this line

    zM      # Close all
    zR      # Open all

    zm      # Fold more (foldlevel += 1)
    zr      # Fold less (foldlevel -= 1)

    zx      # Update

Jumping
-------

    ^O      # Go back to previous location
    ^I      # Go forward

    gf      # go to file in cursor

Misc
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    .       # repeat last command
    ]p      # paste under the current indentation level

    zz      # Center this line

Counters
--------

    ^A      # increment number
    ^X      # decrement

Windows
-------

    z{height}<Cr>       # Resize pane to {height} lines tall

Tags
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    :tag Classname      # Jump to first definition of Classname

    ^]      # Jump to definition
    g]      # See all definitions
    C-t     # Go back to last tag
    ^O ^I   # Back/forward

    :tselect Classname  # Find definitions of Classname
    :tjump Classname    # Find definitions of Classname (auto-select 1st)

Case
----

    ~     # toggle case (Case => cASE)
    gU    # uppercase
    gu    # lowercase

    gUU   # uppercase current line (also gUgU)
    guu   # lowercase current line (also gugu)

Marks
-----

    `^      # Last position of cursor in insert mode
    `.      # Last change
    ``      # Last jump

Text alignment
--------------

See `:help formatting`

    :center [width]
    :right [width]
    :left

### Calculator

    (Insert mode) <C-r>=128/2