Kakoune cheatsheet (forked from lambda-mike)

kakoune_cheatsheet.txt

# Kakoune

set verbose mode (good for learning)
`:set -add global autoinfo normal`

## Movement

### Goto

`10g` - go to line 10

`g` +

`g` - buffer start

`e` - buffer end

`j` - buffer bottom

`t` - window top

`c` - window center

`b` - window bottom

`l` - line end

`h` - line begin

`i` - line non blank start

### Align screen relative to cursor (Vim z+)

`v` +

`v` - center vertically

`m` - center horizontally

`t` - top

`b` - bottom

`h`, `j`, `k`, `l` - scroll one char

### Search

`/ <a-/>` - start search forward (backward)

`n <a-n>` - search next search pattern forward (backward)

`N <a-N>` - extend next search pattern forward (backward)

### Selections

`%` - select whole buffer

`s` - select (find) regex in selected text

`<a-S>` - select first and last char of selection(s)

`<a-s>` - split selection on line ends

`S` - split selection on given regex

`x` - select line (`X` - next line below)

`<a-x>` - extend selections to whole lines

`<a-X>` - crop selections to whole lines

`<a-;>` - switch anchor and cursor

`;` - collapse selection to its anchor (one char, effectively reduce selection to one char)

`<a-i>` - select inner object

`<a-a>` - select all object (paragraph, sentence, etc)

`[` - select to beginning of an object; `<a-[` - inner object

`{` - extend to beginning of an object; `<a-{` - inner object

`]` - select to the end of an object; `<a-]` - inner object

`}` - extend to beginning of an object; `<a-}` - inner object

`<a-s>` - split selected text on line ends

`<a-k>` - select lines matching regexp inside selection

`<a-K>` - select lines NOT matching regexp inside selection

`7G` - select to line 7

`<a-h>` - select until beginning of; line like Vim `0`

`<a-l>` - select until end of line; like Vim `$`

`m` - match paranthesis; like Vim's `%`, select parans and content inside

`<a-m>` - match parens backwards (direction)

`M` - get a selection from current cursor to next block end or rather extend to next parans included

`<a-M>` - extend to prev parens

`f` - select to next char included (`<a-f>` - prev char)

`C` - copy selection on next lines (`<a-C>` - previus lines)

`<a-&>` - copy identation

`Z` - save selection in mark register `^`

`z` - restore selections stored in register `^`

`<a-z>` - combine selection from register, confirm by hitting `a` for example

`<a-Z>` - combine selections to register

`<space>` - remove all selections except main	

`<a-space>` - remove main selection

`_` - trim selections

### Text manipulation

`y` - yank

`p` - paste after (`P` before)

`<a-p>` - paste every yanked selection after selected text, keep new (pasted) selection (`<a-P>` before)

`d` - delete

`i` - instert

`c` - delete and inserst

`R` - replace selection with the content of the register

`<a-R>` - replace selected text with yanked text

`u` - undo

`U` - redo

`<a-j>` - join with next line (`<a-J>` include spaces)

`backtick` - convert to lower-case (`<a-backtick>` - swap case)

`~` - convert to upper-case

`o` - insert on new line below (`O` above)

`<a-o>` - add new line below (`<a-O>` above)

## Advanced

`)` - loop through selections (`(` backward)

`<a-)>` - rotate splitted selection clock-wise (`<a-(>` counter clock-wise)

`"m*` - save smart search (*) pattern to register `m` (`_` is a null register)

`<c-r>` - instert into the buffer value stored in the register (`%` - buffer name, etc.); numbers correspond to submatches, like `(\w+)`

`.` - repeat last insert session

`<a-.>` - repeat last selection (for example `]p`); like Vim' `;`

`Q` - start recording macro until `Esc` is hit

`q` - replay the macro (saved in the `@` register)

### Shell

`|` - modify selections by passind to the shell command which will transform them and write back (`<a-|>` will ignore results)

`!` - insert a result of the shell cmd before selections (`<a-!>` - append result)

`$` - apply predicate to selections (0 return value is considered a success); filiter them

### Tips

`|fold -w80` - wrap selection

`!date` - insert date before selection

`$xsel -bi` - copy selection to clipboard. `-bi` stands for `--clipboard --input`

`%|diff -u <c-r>% -` - compare current buffer contents with the version saved to disk

`<a-;>` insert mode -> normal mode (for one cmd) -> back, preseving selections/bindings, modes 
can be deeply nested (hit Esc more than once if needed)

The couple `u` and `U` lets you move backward and forward in the last branch while their 
alternative versions `<a-u>` `<a-U>` follow absolute history id which may be located 
somewhere else in the history tree.