cheatsheets/vim.md

title	category	layout	tags	updated	weight
Vim	Vim	2017/sheet	Featured	2017-08-26	-10

Getting started

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Exiting

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Shortcut	Description
:qa	Close all files
:qa!	Close all files, abandon changes
---	---
:w	Save
:wq / :x	Save and close file
---	---
:q	Close file
:q!	Close file, abandon changes
---	---
ZZ	Save and quit
ZQ	Quit without checking changes
{: .-shortcuts}

Navigating

Shortcut	Description
h j k l	Arrow keys
^u / ^d	Page up/page down
---	---
b / w	Previous/next word
e / ge	Previous/next end of word
---	---
0 (zero)	Start of line
^	Start of line (after whitespace)
---	---
$	End of line
gg	First line
G	Last line
---	---
:n	Go to line n
nG	Go to line n
{: .-shortcuts}

Entering insert mode

Shortcut	Description
a	Append
i	Insert
o	Next line
O	Previous line
---	---
s	Delete char and insert
S	Delete line and insert
C	Delete until end of line and insert
---	---
R	Replace
{: .-shortcuts}

Exiting insert mode

Shortcut	Description
Esc / ^[	Exit insert mode
^c	Exit insert mode, and abort current command
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Clipboard

Shortcut	Description
x	Delete character
---	---
dd	Delete line (Cut)
yy	Yank line (Copy)
---	---
p	Paste
P	Paste before
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Visual mode

Shortcut	Description
v	Enter visual mode
V	Enter visual line mode
^v	Enter visual block mode
---	---
d / x	Delete selection
s	Replace selection
y	Yank selection (Copy)
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See Operators for other things you can do.

Operators

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Usage

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Operators let you operate in a range of text (defined by motion). These are preformed in normal mode. {: .-setup}

| d | w | | Operator | Motion | {: .-css-breakdown}

Operators list

Shortcut	Description
d	Delete
y	Yank (copy)
c	Change (delete then insert)
---	---
>	Indent right
<	Indent left
---	---
g~	Swap case
gU	Uppercase
gu	Lowercase
---	---
!	Filter through external program
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See :help operator

Examples

Combine operators with motions to use them. {: .-setup}

Shortcut	Description
dd	(repeat the letter) Delete current line
dw	Delete to next word
db	Delete to beginning of word
2dd	Delete 2 lines
dip	Delete a text object (inside paragraph)
(in visual mode) d	Delete selection

See: :help motion.txt

Text objects

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Usage

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Text objects let you operate (with an operator) in or around text blocks (objects). {: .-setup}

| v | i | p | | Operator | [i]nside or [a]round | Text object | {: .-css-breakdown}

Text objects

Shortcut	Description
p	Paragraph
w	Word
s	Sentence
---	---
[ ( { <	A [], (), or {} block
' " `	A quoted string
---	---
b	A block [(
B	A block in [{
t	A XML tag block
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Examples

Shortcut	Description
vip	Select paragraph
vipipipip	Select more
---	---
yip	Yank inner paragraph
yap	Yank paragraph (including newline)
---	---
dip	Delete inner paragraph
cip	Change inner paragraph
{: .-shortcuts}

See Operators for other things you can do.

Misc

Folds

Shortcut	Description
zo / zO	Open
zc / zC	Close
za / zA	Toggle
---	---
zv	Open folds for this line
---	---
zM	Close all
zR	Open all
---	---
zm	Fold more (foldlevel += 1)
zr	Fold less (foldlevel -= 1)
---	---
zx	Update folds
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Uppercase ones are recursive (eg, zO is open recursively).

Navigation

Shortcut	Description
[( [{ [<	previous ( or { or <
])	next
---	---
[m	previous method start
[M	previous method end
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Jumping

Shortcut	Description
^O	Go back to previous location
^I	Go forward
---	---
gf	go to file in cursor
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Counters

| ^A | increment number | | ^X | decrement |

Windows

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

Tags

Shortcut	Description
:tag Classname	Jump to first definition of Classname
---	---
^]	Jump to definition
g]	See all definitions
^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)
{: .-shortcuts}

Case

Shortcut	Description
~	toggle case (Case => cASE)
gU	uppercase
gu	lowercase
---	---
gUU	uppercase current line (also gUgU)
guu	lowercase current line (also gugu)
{: .-shortcuts}

Do these in visual mode.

Marks

Shortcut	Description
`^	Last position of cursor in insert mode
`.	Last change
``	Last jump
---	---
ma	Mark this cursor position as a
'a	Jump to cursor position a
{: .-shortcuts}

Misc

Shortcut	Description
.	repeat last command
]p	paste under the current indentation level
---	---
zz	Center this line
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Command line

Shortcut	Description
<C-r><C-w>	insert current word into the command line
<C-r>"	paste from " register
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Text alignment

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

See :help formatting

Calculator

<C-r>=128/2

Do this in insert mode.

Exiting with an error

:cq
:cquit

Works like :qa, but throws an error. Great for aborting Git commands.

References

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This reference was made for Vim 8.0.