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From Vim Keybindings

A lot beginners asked about the equivalents to the common operations in Vim keybinding. Following is a list of comparison.

(Recommended qwerty keybinding is used here for simplify tables, every keybindings are customizable. We also use short name for commands.)

toggle insert state

operation	count Vim	Vim	Meow	count Meow	Meow commands
insert before char	1	i	i	1	insert
append after char	1	a	li/a	2	right insert/append
open above	2	O	I	2	open-above
open below	1	o	A	2	open-below
change	1	c	c	1	change

lines

operation	count Vim	Vim	Meow	count Meow	Meow commands
select current line	2	V	x	1	line
cut current line	2	dd	xs	2	line kill
copy current line	2	yy	xy	2	line save
cut 5 line below	3	d5j	x4s	3	line expand-4 kill
cut 5 line above	3	d5k	-5xs	4	-5 line kill
go to line beginning	1	0	x;	2	line reverse
go to line end	2	$	x	1	line
insert at line beginning	2	I	xi	2	line insert
insert at line end	2	A	xa	2	line append

words

operation	count Vim	Vim	Meow	count Meow	Meow commands
go to next word end	1	e	e	1	next-word
go to current word start	1	b	b	1	back-word
go to next word begin	1	w	eb	2	next-word back-word
cut to word end	2	de	es	2	next-word kill
cut current word	3	diw	ms	2	mark-word kill
insert at word begin	2	bi	mi	2	mark-word insert
insert at word end	2	ea	ma	2	mark-word append
next same word	2	*	mn	2	mark-word search
previous same word	2	#	m;n	3	mark-word reverse search

parentheses pairs

operation	count Vim	Vim	Meow	count Meow	Meow commands
jump over matched pair	2	%	o	1	block
backward jump over matched pair	2	%	-o	2	- block
select next matched pair	3	v%	o	1	block
cut inner of round pair	3	dib	~,r~	2	inner r(for round)
cut whole round pair	3	dab	.r	2	bounds r(for round)

Hi. If you using the qwerty keybinding then the commands m* (mark-word *) are incorrect because meow-mark-word is bound to w in qwerty and not to m. Also I would link to KEYBINDING_QWERTY.org somewhere in this file.

For vim I command the equivalent in meow is meow-join meow-append because vims I command goes to back-to-indentation where meow-line meow-insert goes to the beginning-of-line.

@krdzo I got it, I will correct before post it. Thank you!