vim shortcuts

vim_shortcuts.txt

MOVEMENT
j k h l   - up down left right (by character)
b w       - left right (by word)
gg G      - bof eof
0 $       - bol eol
^         - bot
shift-%   - jump to matching Klammer

ctrl-e    - up one line
ctrl-y    - down one line
ctrl-u    - up half a page
ctrl-d    - down half a page

COMMAND (NORMAL) MODE
ESC       - enter normal mode

r         - replace character
yy dd     - yank delete line
x         - delete character
db dw     - delete bow eow
yb yw     - yank bow eow
D         - delete to eol (same as d$)
P p       - put before after
J         - join previous line to current line

# *       - previous next word search
N n       - previous next search result
.         - repeat last command
u         - undo 
ctrl-r    - redo

FROM NORMAL TO INSERT
a i       - insert before after cursor
A I       - insert at bol eol
o O       - insert new line below above
C         - delete to eol
s         - delete character
S         - delete line (same as cc)
cb cw     - delete to bow eow
c$        - delete to eol

VISUAL MODE
v         - visual mode

LINEWISE VISUAL MODE
V         - linewise visual mode

BLOCK VISUAL MODE
ctrl-v    - block visual mode
I A ESC   - vertical edit after before cursor

COMMAND LINE
/foo                              - search for text (`n` and `N` to navigate)
:s/foo/bar/g                      - search and replace (all instances in current line)
:%s/foo/bar/g                     - search and replace (all instances)
:%s/foo/bar/gc                    - search and replace (all instances, with confirmation)
:%s/\(foo\), \(bar\)/\2, \1/g     - store regex variables