vi_commands.md

Commands

Insert

• 'i': Insert text before cursor
• 'I': Insert at beginning of line
• 'a': Append text after cursor
• 'A': Append thext at end of line
• 'o': Add new line after current
• 'O': Add new line before current

Change

• '~': Swap case
• 'c': Change
• 'C': Change to end of line
• 'r': Replace with next typed character
• 's': Delete character and continue typing (di)
• 'S': Delete current line and continue typing (ddi)

Delete, Move

• 'x': Delete character
• 'X': Delete character left of the cursor
• 'd': Delete
• 'D': Delete to end of line
• 'p': Put deleted text before cursor
• 'P': Put deleted text after the cursor

Yank (copy)

• 'y': Yank
• 'Y': Yank current line

Mark

• 'm': Set mark

Scrolling

• 'z':
  • '\n':
  • '.':
  • '-':
  • 'l':
  • 'r':
  • 'L':
  • 'R':
  • 'e':
  • 'f':
• TK_CTL('b'):
• TK_CTL('f'):
• TK_CTL('e'):
• TK_CTL('y'):
• TK_CTL('u'):
• TK_CTL('d'):

Line number

• 'g': Go to line ?
  • '~'
  • 'u'
  • 'U'
  • 'a'

Other commands

• TK_CTL('l'): Redraw screen
• TK_CTL('r'): Redraw screen
• 'u': Undo
• 'J': Join lines
• '.': Repeat command

Exit and save

• 'Z':
  • 'Z' Quit and save

Uncategorized

• TK_CTL('z'):

• TK_CTL('g'):

• TK_CTL('^'):

• ':': Ex command

• '!': Force ?

• '>':

• '<':

Motions

Character

• 'h': Left
• 'j': Down
• 'k': Up
• 'l': Right

Text

• 'e': Till end of word
• 'E': End of word
• 'B': Backward by word
• 'b': Backward by word
• 'W': Forward by word
• 'w': Forward by word
• '{': Beginning of previous paragraph
• '}': Beginning of next paragraph
• '[[': Beginning of previous section
• ']]': Beginning of next section Missing (, ) Beginning, End of sentence

Lines

• '0': Beginning of line
• '^': First non-blank character of current line
• '$': End of line Missing +, -. H, M, L

Searches

• '|':

• '/': Search forward

• '?': Search backward

• 'n': Repeat search in forward direction

• 'N': Repeat search in oposite direction

• 'f': Search forward for character in current line

• 'F': Search backward for character in current line

• 't': Search forward for character before x in current line

• 'T': Search backward for character after x in current line

• ';': Repeat previous current-line search

• ',': Repeat previous current-line search in opposite direction

• '%': Search for next matching special character

Uncategorized

• TK_CTL('a'):
• TK_CTL('h'):
• 127:
• ' ':
• '`':
• '@':

Ex