DIY stuffs for the first step of Vim

vim-first-steps.md

Vimtutor

Moving the cursor in the normal mode :help usr_03

• h j k l :help hjkl
• 0 $
• gg G
• #G
• <CTRL-O> <CTRL-I>
• w e
• %

Insert mode :help Insert

• i a A o O :help insert

Delete operator :help deleting

• x :help x
• d (e.g. dw d$ dd d3e d5$) :help :delete

Replace operator :help replacing

• r R
• c (e.g. cw c$ c3e c5$)

Undo & redo :help undo-redo

• u U
• <CTRL-R>

Visual mode :help visual-mode

• v (e.g. viw vj vi()

Yank (copy)

• y :help yank
• p :help put

External command :help filter

• !ls :help !

Read/write

• :w :help writing
• :q :q! :qa :qa! :wq :wqa :help write-quit
• :e :e! :help edit-a-file
• :r filepath :help inserting-file

Find/replace :help search-commands

• / ? n N
• :s/old/new :s/old/new\c :s/old/new/g #1,#2s/old/new/g :%s/old/new :%s/old/new/g :%s/old/new/gc

Managing Multiple Buffers

Windows split :help windows

• :split :vsplit
• <CTRL-W> h <CTRL-W> j <CTRL-W> k <CTRL-W> l <CTRL-W> <CTRL-W>

Tabs :help tabpage

• :tabnew :tab help :tabpage :tabclose
• {count}gt :tabfirst tablast
• :tabs