cheatsheets/vim.md

title	category	layout	tags	updated	weight	intro
Vim	Vim	2017/sheet	Featured	2017-08-26	-10	[Vim](http://www.vim.org/) is a very efficient text editor. This reference was made for Vim 8.0.

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
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Navigating

| h j k l | Arrow keys | | <C-U> / <C-D> | Page up/page down | {: .-shortcuts}

Words

| b / w | Previous/next word | | e / ge | Previous/next end of word | {: .-shortcuts}

Line

Shortcut	Description
0 (zero)	Start of line
^	Start of line (after whitespace)
$	End of line
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Character

| fc | Go forward to character c | | Fc | Go backward to character c | {: .-shortcuts}

Document

Shortcut	Description
gg	First line
G	Last line
:n	Go to line n
nG	Go to line n
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Window

Shortcut	Description
zz	Center this line
H	Move to top of screen
M	Move to middle of screen
L	Move to bottom of screen
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Editing

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 one character
R	Enter Replace mode
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Exiting insert mode

Shortcut	Description
Esc / <C-[>	Exit insert mode
<C-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

| v | Enter visual mode | | V | Enter visual line mode | | <C-V> | Enter visual block mode | {: .-shortcuts}

In visual mode

| d / x | Delete selection | | s | Replace selection | | y | Yank selection (Copy) | {: .-shortcuts}

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 performed 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
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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
<C-O>	Go back to previous location
<C-I>	Go forward
---	---
gf	go to file in cursor
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Counters

| <C-A> | increment number | | <C-X> | decrement | {: .-shortcuts}

Windows

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

Tags

Shortcut	Description
:tag Classname	Jump to first definition of Classname
---	---
<C-]>	Jump to definition
g]	See all definitions
<C-T>	Go back to last tag
<C-O> <C-I>	Back/forward
---	---
:tselect Classname	Find definitions of Classname
:tjump Classname	Find definitions of Classname (auto-select 1st)
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Case

Shortcut	Description
~	toggle case (Case => cASE)
gU	uppercase
gu	lowercase
---	---
gUU	uppercase current line (also gUgU)
guu	lowercase current line (also gugu)
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Do these in visual or normal 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 the cursor position a
'a	Jump to the beginning of the line with position a
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Misc

Shortcut	Description
.	repeat last command
]p	paste under the current indentation level
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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.

Also see

• Vim cheatsheet (vim.rotrr.com)
• Vim documentation (vimdoc.sourceforge.net)
• Interactive Vim tutorial (openvim.com)