vim sexp mappings for normal people cheat sheet

sexp-cheat-sheet

.vimrc
" Map leader to comma
let maplocalleader=","

" Toggle this for vim-sexp to not go into insert mode after wrapping something
let g:sexp_insert_after_wrap = 0
" Toggle this to disable automatically creating closing brackets and quotes
let g:sexp_enable_insert_mode_mappings = 1

Vocab
COMPOUND FORM - text surrounded by (), [], or {}
STRING - string, regex, or pattern
COMMENT - Starts with a ;
MACRO CHARACTERS - special set of leading characters
Elements - Current string, comment, compound form, or macro character

Selection
vaf - Select current form (including braces)
vif - Select current form (excluding braces)
vaF - Select top level form (including braces)
viF - Select top level form (excluding braces)
vas - Select string (including quotes)
vis - Select string (excluding quotes)
vae - Select current element (including surrounding delimiters)
vie - Select current element (excluding surrounding delimiters)

Motion
( - Nearest previous paired bracket
) - Nearest next paired bracket
W - Forward element wise (based on current level)
B - Backwards element wise (based on current level)
E - next element
gE - previous element
[[ - Previous top level element
]] - Next top level element
[e - Select previous adjacent element
]e - Select next adjacent element

Indent
== - Indent current form
=- - Indent top level form

Wrapping
,i - Surround form with (), place cursor at front
,I - Surround form >Iwith (), place cursor at end
,[ - Surround form with [], place cursor at front
,] - Surround form with [], place cursor at end
,{ - Surround form with {}, place cursor at front
,} - Surround form with {}, place cursor at end

,w - Surround element with (), place cursor at front
,W - Surround element with (), place cursor at end
,e[ - Surround element with [], place cursor at front
,e] - Surround element with [], place cursor at back
,e{ - Surround element with {}, place cursor at front
,e} - Surround element with {}, place cursor at back

List Manipulation
,@ - splice current form into parent (+ (+ 1 2) 2) -> (+ + 1 2 2)
,o - raises form to replace parent form (+ (+ 1 2) 2) -> (+ 1 2)
,O - raises element to replace parent form (+ (+ 1 2) 2) -> (+ + 2)
>f - swap a form right
<f - swap a form left
>e - swap an element right
<e - swap an element left
>) - Slurp right (+ (+ 1 2) 2) -> (+ (+ 1 2 2))
<) - Barf right (+ (+ 1 2) 2) -> (+ (+ 1) 2 2)
>( - Barf left (+ (+ 1 2) 2) -> (+ + (1 2) 2)
<( - Slurp left  (+ (+ 1 2) 2) -> ((+ + 1 2) 2)

Insertion Mapping
<I - Insert at head of form
>I - Insert at tail of form

Insert Mode Mapping
<BS> - Backspace will delete a pair