Be aware the following shortcuts are only working, if you have the plugins installed mentioned below.
:w Save file
:w filename Save file under new filename
:q Quit file
:<tab> Show commands
i Switch to INSERT mode
R Switch to REPLACE mode to overwrite text
v Switch to VISUAL mode
V Switch to VISUAL LINE mode
<ctrl>v Switch to VISUAL BLOCK mode
o Insert a new line below the current line and go to INSERT mode
O Insert a new line above the current line and go to INSERT mode
x Delete character under the cursor
X Delete character left of the cursor
dd Delete current line
dw Delete current word
D Delete to the end of the line
<esc> Leave current mode
/ Search for text
$ Go to the end of the line
gcc Comment out a line
<ctrl>r Redo last change
<ctrl>g Show file info
<space>e Toggle FileTree
<space>n Toggle line numbers
<space>w Toggle line wrap
<space>c Toggle colorscheme dark/light
<space>t Open terminal (close with esc)
:PlugInstall Install plugins which are added to the ~/.config/nvim/init.vim
** Surround **
Change Surround: cs(alt)(neu)
cs"' Changes " to ' surrounding
cs"<p> Changes " to <p></p>
cst" Changes *t*ags like <p></p> to "
Delet Surround: ds(alt)
ds" Deletes " surrounding
dst Deletes *t*ag linke <p></p>
Text search:
/ Search forward
? Search backward
n Repeat last search
s{char}{char} Sneak search forward
s<enter> Repeat last sneak search
f{char} Jump to the next {char} right
fffff Jump to next found
Search pattern for / and ?:
^blabla Matches start of line
blabla$ Matches end of line
bl.bla Placeholder for 1 character
Move Cursor:
0 To first character in the line
$ To end of line
G To end of file
gg To start of file
w Word forward
b Word backwards
) Sentence forward
( Sentence backwards
} Paragraph forward
{ Paragraph backwards
Sessions:
:SSave Save a session
:SLoad Load a session
:SDelete Delete a session
:SClose Close current session
Split window:
<ctrl><w>+s or :split Split window horizontal
:vsplit Split window vertical
<ctrl><w>+n Split window with new file
<ctrl><w>+q Close current window
<ctrl><w>+w Jump to upper/lower window
:sf filename Open file in new window
:sf <tab> Search file
File Search:
<ctrl>p Open fzf fuzzy search
<enter> Open found file in current window
<ctrl>t Open found file in tab split
<ctrl>s Open found file in split
<ctrl>v Open found file in vsplit
<esc> Leave INSERT mode
<del> Delete left
<fn><del> Delete right
<ctrl>w Delete word before cursor
<ctrl>u Delete left until the end of line
In .html .xhtml .php files tags will be auto closed. If you want to format them to next line press > again after closing the tag.
<Leader>ww Open default wiki index file.
<Leader>wt Open default wiki index file in a new tab.
<Leader>ws Select and open wiki index file.
<Leader>wd Delete wiki file you are in.
<Leader>wr Rename wiki file you are in.
<Enter> Follow/Create wiki link on current text/selection.
<Shift-Enter> Split and follow/create wiki link.
<Ctrl-Enter> Vertical split and follow/create wiki link.
<Backspace> Go back to parent(previous) wiki link.
<Tab> Find next wiki link.
<Shift-Tab> Find previous wiki link.