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. repeat last command
D delete from cursor position to end of line
C change to end of line (i.e. delete and open cursor)
d0 delete from cursor to begining of line
y0 yank/copy from cursor to end of line
y$ yank/copy from cursor to begining of line
p paste
P paste before cursor
A open insert at end of line
I open insert at begining of line
o add line below and open insert
O add line above and open insert
gq<motion> break the lines that  moves over into 80 character lines, e.g.:

gqq break the current line into 80 char lines
gqG break all lines from current cursor position to end of file


<n>G go to line n
/<string> search down for string/regex
?<string> search up for string/regex

n while in search mode, go to next match
N while in search mode, go to previous match


+ hop to first non-whitespace character on the next line
- hop to fir non-whitespace character on the previous line
J delete all space between end of current line and start of non-whitespace after it
^ jump to first non-space on line
$ jump to end of line
0 jump to start of line
f<c> jumps to next character, where <c> is any character
<n>f<c> jumpts to nth character, where <c> is any character
,<c> jump to previous character, where <c> is any character
r<c> replace currently selected character with <c>, where <c> is any character
x delete currently selected character
CTRL + C to exit insert mode
jk to exit insert mode (presupposes my dotfiles, specifically this)
]] jump to next class/module definition
[[ jump to previous class/module definition
]m jump to the start of the next method definition
[m jump to the start of the previous method definition
]M jump to the end of the next method defintion
[M jump to the end of the previous method defintion
% jump between the start and end of a block of code, works for def . . . end, (. . .), [ . . . ], etc (requires matchit.vim to be enabled)
L go to bottom of visible page
H go to top of visible page
M go to middle of visible page
z. put the cursor in the middle of the page
CTRL + U scroll up one half page
CTRL + D scroll down one half page
<space> + ct index ctags for current directory, presupposes thoughtbot dotfiles
gcc comment/uncomment current line, presupposes tComment
} jump to end of paragraph
{ jump to begining of paragraph
cst<tag><new-tag> changes the surrounding HTML tag specified to the new tag specified, presupposes vim-surround
dst<tag> deletes the surrounding HTML tag, presupposes vim-surround
cit change inside tag, can be used for any grouping symbol, e.g. [, {, (, ", etc, presupposes vim-surround
cat change around tag, presupposes vim-surround
<space>rs run spec that the cursor is on, presupposes vim-rspec and my dotfiles
<space>rl run last spec that was run, presupposes vim-rspec and my dotfiles
<space>rt run spec file from top, presupposes vim-rspec and my dotfiles

Insert Mode


<CTRL + w> delete previous word
<CTRL + h> delete previous letter
The following presuppose my dotfiles:
<CTRL + u> undo inserted text
<CTRL + r> redo inserted text
<CTRL + k> delete to end of line
<CTRL + d> delete to begining of line
<CTRL + a> jump to start of line
<CTRL + e> jump to end of line

Vim Command Line


:!<shell script> executes shell script from within vim
:Ag <string> uses silver searcher to search through subdirectories for string
<CTRL + R><"> pastes yanked text into command line
:<some command> a apply command to all open windows, e.g. :qa! to force quit all windows
% path to current file
:jumps list all of the jumps you've made between files
:%s/<string>/<string2>/gc global replace of string 1 for string 2 with confirmation
: <CTRL + p> go back through command history
: <CTRL + n> go forward through command history
:Explore open directory navigator within path of current file
:saveas <path> saves a copy of the current file in the path specified
:help <command> gives documentation for the 

Text Objects

NOTE: Most of these work for v (select), d (delete), = (auto-indent), and c (change) commands

vaw select around word (with spaces around it)
viw select inner word (no spaces around it)
vim select inside method (requires vim-ruby)
vam select around method (requires vim-ruby)
V select whole line
v0 select from cursor position to start of line
v$ select from cursor position to end of line
<select something> backspace deletes (presupposes thoughtbot dotfiles)
vt<character> select to character
vap select a paragraph, i.e. all of the code until a newline
vas select a sentence
vit select inside tags, e.g. <a>, <p>
vat select around tags, e.g. <a>, <p>
vi<char> select inside character, where  is a character used for grouping, e.g. (, [, ", ', etc
v/<search string> select until search string
CTRL + v select column (only works for select)
U make selected text uppercase (only works for select)
u make selected text lowercase (only works for select)
<CTRL-v>jjjIhey_guys insert 'hey_guys' at the cusor position three lines down, SO post

Navigation in Folders


space space go to last open file (presupposes thoughtbot dotfiles)
CTRL + ] go to method definition (presupposes you have C-tabs installed and set up)
g] show list of ctags matches
CTRL + o go back to previous file; even open files from the last vim session
CTRL + i go to next file in stack
<n> + <CTRL + i/o> jump n places in stack of files forward/backward
CTRL + p find file in directory using fuzzy matching on file path

CTRL + j/k to navigate among results
CTRL + d to switch between matching on file name and file path name


Indenting


>> indent to the right
== indent line to the appropriate amount
<n>== indent n lines the appropriate amount

Windows


CTRL + w + s horizontal split
CTRL + w + q close window
CTRL + w + v vertical split
CTRL + <h,j,k,l> move between windows in direction
<CTRL + w> > resize vertical split to move it over to the right, can be prefixed with a number to do it multiple times
<CTRL + w> < resize vertical split to move it over to the left
<CTRL + w> +/- resize horizontal split