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Learning Evil Mode

Resources

This guy’s tutorials look pretty excellent:

• https://thevaluable.dev/vim-beginner/
• https://thevaluable.dev/vim-intermediate/
• https://thevaluable.dev/vim-advanced/

An Emacs Addict’s Guide to Evil-Mode

Window Management

C-x {2,3}

C-w s / :sp, C-w v / :vsp

C-x o

C-w {h,j,k,l}

C-x 1

C-w o

Buffer/file management

C-x C-f

:e <filename>

C-x b

:ls

C-x 0

:q

Mark, Kill, Yank, etc.

• Hit v to toggle “visual mode” to start selecting text
  • While in Visual mode, you can hit o to exchange point and mark

C-w

d (works with visual mode turned on)

M-w

y (ditto; this is called “yank”)

C-y

p (“put”)

Query Search/Replace

Replace this pattern with that string: :s/this pattern/that string/gc

The c flag on the end signals that vim should confirm replacements, much like query-replace in Emacs.

Misc. Tips

C-o

(While in insert mode) switch to normal mode for the next command.

xp

Simulates swapping a character, by first deleting it, then putting it back.

dawwP

Simulates swapping a word, by first deleting it, moving forward, then putting it behind the current character.

V

(shift-v) visual mode, but start by selecting the current line

C-v

visual-block mode, like C-x C-SPC

C-r

redo, but I need to customize my unto system first

f<char>

move to a character before your cursor; think avy-goto-char-1

F<char>

same, but backwards

t<char>

move to the char before the one specified; ditto with T<char>

<num>G

Goto line <num>

D

Same as Ctrl-k in Emacs

df(

Delete up to the next (

cf(

Ditto, but leave in insert mode (like the change commands)

Cursor Control

zz

Like hitting C-l to center a line

z<RET>

Put current line at top

z-

Put current line at bottom

z.

Does something similar

Global Shortcuts

gf

edit filename under cursor

gx

call open on the file under cursor

gi

go to last edit and set cursor to insert mode

g;

go to next change

=g,=

go to previous change

gi

I think this means “go to last edit and insert”

gt, gT

go forward, back tabs

Macros:

q<letter>

start recording macro in register <letter>

q

stop recording

@<letter>

replay macro

Window-fu: (leader for all these is C-w)

s

split horizontally

v

split vertically

n

split horizontally and edit a new file

r

rotate windows

x

swap with next window

===

resize all windows to be equal (like C-x = in Emacs-mode)

-, +

decrease, increase height

<, >

decrease, increase width

Text/prose editing things

(, )

go to the beginning and end of a sentance

z=

run ispell-word

\\==

(two equal signs) indent current line

Unimpaired

[<SPC>, ]<SPC>

insert spaces above and below

Surround

From Normal Mode

yS<open delimiter><movement>

wrap the movement (e.g., for w wrap a word, f. will wrap to the next period) in the delimiter with space padding

yS<close delimiter><movement>

same as above, but don’t put spaces around the delimiters

From Visual Mode

Similar to From Normal Mode, but it doesn’t take a movement. Instead, just wraps whatever you’ve marked. This might be easier to use.