Vim cheat sheet

vim-cheat-sheet.md

Search (and replace)

• /[pattern] search forward for pattern
• ?[pattern] search backward for pattern
• n repeat search forward
• N repeat search backward
• * search for word currently under cursor
• g* search for word partially under cursor
• [I show lines with matching word under cursor
• %s/background/&-color/g find and replace background with background-color. & inserts the matched pattern %s/\(foo\)bar/\1baz/g find and replace foobar with foobaz. \1 uses the captured group foo from the \(\)
• %s/yolo/swag/gc find and replace yolo with swag and ask for confirmation. c asks for confirmation
• \zs and \ze in substitute command to ignore pattern before and after respectively .

" foobar -> foobaz
%s/foo\zsbar/baz/

" foobar -> bazbar
%s/foo\zebar/baz/

Search and replace across multiple files with fzf

• search across the project with fzf, this will open a quick fix window with the results. Select the ones to be replaced with tab. Press enter. Run the following command to replace yolo with yoloswagin the selected files :cfdo %s/yolo/yoloswag/g | update

Save file as sudo, useful when we don't have right permissions

• :w !sudo tee %

Undo or redo changes

• :earlier 15m
• g- and g+ go backward and forward in time.
• g, to move forwards through the changelist.
• g; to move backwards through the changelist.

Commands

• :! [command] Executes an external command while you're in Vim.
• :.! [command] Executes an external command and dump the results into the buffer eg: :.! date

Windows command mode

• (ctrl + w) + R move windows up/left
• (ctrl + w) + r move windows down/right
• (ctrl + w) + L Move the current window to the "far right"
• (ctrl + w) + H Move the current window to the "far left"
• (ctrl + w) + J Move the current window to the "very bottom"
• (ctrl + w) + K Move the current window to the "very top"
• (ctrl + w) + x Exchange current window with next one. If there is no next window, exchange with previous

Delete

• diw delete the current word
• dat delete everything inside html tag, and the tag itself
• di delete within limiters. Eg: di{, di[,di', di(, di<
• dd delete line
• dt delete until. Eg: dt", dt<space>
• df delete until, and including. Eg: df", df<space>
• D delete rest of the line to the right of the cursor

Change

• ciw change current word
• cat change everything inside html tag, and the tag itself
• ci"change within limiters. Eg: ci{, ci[,ci', ci(, ci<
• cc change current line
• ct change until. Eg: ct", ct<space>
• cf change until, and including. Eg: cf", cf<space>
• C change rest of the line to the right of the cursor

Yank (Copy)

• yiw copy current word
• yat copy everything inside html tag, and the tag itself
• yi" yank within limiters. Eg: yi{, yi[,yi', yi(, yi<
• yy yank current line
• yt yank until. Eg: yt", yt<space>
• yf yank until, and including. Eg: yf", yf<space>
• Y yank rest of the line to the right of the cursor

Edit multiple lines, same column

• ctrl + v start visual block, press j or k to select the lines, press I (capital i) type text desired, press <ESC>

Generate HTML file with the current file:

• :%TOhtml

Buffers

• :ls List opened buffers
• :bd close current buffer append ! to force closing buffer after unsaved changes were made
• :bd[Number] to close a buffer by number
• :bw close and save current buffer
• :bw[Number] to close and save a buffer by number

Numbers

• ctrl + x decrease the number under the cursor
• ctrl + a increase the number under the cursor

Visual Mode

• gv repeat lst visual selection

Surround.vim

• cs"' change the surroudning pairs ie. double quotes to single quotes
• cs'<q> change surrounding single quotes to html tag <q>
• cst" change a surrounding tag to double quote
• ds" delete surrouding pairs, ie double quotes
• ysiw] surround only the word under the cursor, using [, {, etc will add spaces between the word and the surrounding
• yss) surround the entire line with parentheses
• On visual mode, surround selection S<p class="important">

Diff files

• windo diffthis uses vimdiff between two opened buffers and compares them
• windo diffoff stop vimdiff