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    Vim Cheat Sheet

Navigation


End of the file: shift + g
Next line: j
Go down a defined number of lines: number + j
Skip to next word: w
Skip back a word: b
Skip to next section: W
Skip back to previous section: B
Go to end of the line: $
Go to beginning of the line: 0
Go to top of the screen: shift + h
Go to bottom of the screen: shift + l
Forward multiple words: 5w
Forward multiple letters: 5l
Back multiple letters: 5h
Forward to the next 'y': fy (case sensitive)
Ctrl-d  move half-page down
Ctrl-u  move half-page up
Ctrl-b  page up
Ctrl-f  page down

Editing


Undo: u
Redo: ctrl + r
Inserting text where the cursor is: i
Inserting text at the start of the line: I
Insert at the end of the line: shift + a
Copy entire line: yy or Y
Copy word: yw
Paste copied line: p
Paste from System Clipboard: "+P
Change multiple words: 5cw
Insert at the end of the line: A
Append at end of word: ea
Insert at beginning of word: bi
Copy whole line to system clipboard (on mac os): "*yy

Deleting


d will delete current and left character
d$ will delete from current position to end of line
d^ will delete from current backward to first non-white-space character
d0 will delete from current backward to beginning of line
dw deletes current to end of current word (including trailing space)
db deletes current to beginning of current word
dt#{insert_character} will delete up to but not including the character
df#{insert_character} will delete up to and including the character
Delete current line: dd
Join the line below: shift + j
Delete entire word: cw
Delete to the end of the line: shift + C
Delete multiple lines: d + number of lines + enter
Delete from current position to a specific line number: dG
Deleting all items in a file that start with a pattern: :g/< search term>/d
Deleting all lines that are empty or that contain only whitespace: :g/^\s*$/d

Selecting


Select the entire line: V
Select a range of text: v
Select a column: control + v
Reselect a block: gv
Select all: ggVG

Find and Replace


%s/pattern/text to replace

Saving


Save the file: :w
Save the file and quit: :wq
Quit without saving: :q!

Views


Use horizontal split: :sp filename
Use vertical split: :vsp filename
Switch from top to bottom: control + w + j
Switch from left to right: control + w + l
Switch from bottom to top: control + w + j
Switch from right to left: control + w + h

Ctrlp plugin


Open file in vertical pane: conrol + v

NERDTree Plugin


Open file in vertical pane: s
Open file and don't move focus it (preview it): go

Search


While on current line: f + 
Search for word in file: /word + enter
Find next search result: n
Search backwards: N
Go to first result: ggn
Go to last result: GN
To remove search highlighting: :noh

Modes


Normal
Insert
Visual
Replace
Command Line

Multiple Files


:e filename - Edit a file in a new buffer
:bnext (or :bn) - go to next buffer
:bprev (of :bp) - go to previous buffer
:bd - delete a buffer (close a file)
:sp filename - Open a file in a new buffer and split window
ctrl + ws - Split windows
ctrl + ww - switch between windows
ctrl + wq - Quit a window
ctrl + wv - Split windows vertically
:qa close all open vim windows
:wqa save work in all tabs and quit
:ls show all files in buffer (open)

Indenting


Fix indenting when pasting: set paste in .vimrc file
Indenting: visual mode + > or <
Repeat indenting: . (The period repeats the last action done)

Commenting/Uncommenting


Comment: visual block select with CTRL-V then I# (insert # in the begining)
Uncomment: visual block select with CTRL-V then X (delete the first symbol on the line)

Visual Mode


Changing multiple lines of text: control + v + shift + i + action + esc
Select elements in paragraph: v + / + content

Display settings


Turning on line numbers: :set nu
Turning on syntax highlighting: :syntax on

Reseting Vim Settings

cd
mv .vimrc .vimrc-old
mv .vim .vim-old
touch .vimrc; mkdir .vim

Help


To get help: :h 
To exit help: :bd

Removing blocks of text in code files


c + i + t will remove the code between HTML tags, such as: <div>Some content</div>
c + i + } will remove the code inside of a JavaScript function

Running terminal commands (without closing vim completely)


:! <your command here>

Suspend File (close file without saving and without losing your work)


<ctrl> + z
View "open files" with jobs
open job with fg
open specific job with fg %<specific job number>

Running Macros


qr
Do the actions you want repeated
hit escape and then q
3@r the number can change for how many times you want to repeat

Using grep for searching all files


grep '<seach_term>' **/*.<file_type> use -i for case insensitive search

Use within VIM


:grep -ir '<search_term>' .. This willl open the first matched pattern, to browse through them use :cn and :cp. To see the quick list use :copen and :cclose to close the quickfix list.

Running Javascript without saving file


w !node

Personal settings

Ruby Code

Seeing is Believing Plugin


Annotate every line: ,b
Annotate marked lines: ,n
Clean up annotations: ,c

Node Code

Vim-Node


Go to file path: gf
Look for keyword in required files: [I