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    Vim CHEAT SHEET

Folding


Keystrokes
Description


zc
Close a fold


zo
Open a fold


za
Toggle a fold


zR
Open all folds


Insert mode


Keystrokes
Description


<C-h>
backspace by character


<C-w>
backspace by word


<C-u>
backspace to beginning


<C-o>
switch to insert normal mode


<C-r>=
insert mode calculation


Copy & Paste


Keystrokes
Description


"0p or "0P
last yank is save to this register, use together with put


Search


Keystrokes
Description


;
forward repeat last search


,
backward repeat last search


Spell check


Keystrokes
Description


set spell
turn on spell check


[s
jump to next spell check error


]s
jump to previous spell check error


z=
bring up suggestions


{count}z=
take automatically the first suggestion


zg
add word to spell file


zw
add word to spell file as a bad word


Visual mode


Keystrokes
Description


gv
reselect


<C-g>
toggle between visual and select mode


o
toggle the open end of the visual selection


Navigation


Keystrokes
Description


zz
bring the cursor to vertical middle of screen


zt
bring the cursor to vertical top of screen


zb
bring the cursor to vertical bottom of screen


<C-u>
scroll up Half screen


<C-b>
scroll up Full screen


<C-d>
scroll down Half screen


<C-f>
scroll down Full screen


custom short-hand


Keystrokes
Description


,w
save the current file


<C-j>
move current line down (require "tpope/vim-unimpaired")


<C-k>
move current line up (require "tpope/vim-unimpaired")


,l
expend current window with 10 columns


,s
toggle spell checking


Indentation


Keystrokes
Description


>>
indent current line/selection one level right


<<
indent current line/selection one level left


>2>
indent current line/selection 2 level right


<C-t>
Insert Mode indent current line one level right


<C-d>
Insert Mode indent current line one level left


[NERDTree] (https://github.com/scrooloose/nerdtree "NerdTree on Github")


Keystrokes
Description


m
open menu


o
open a file at side


Setting current folder


Keystrokes
Description


:cd
set current directory to user directory


:cd path\to\folder
set current directory to path\to\folder


:cd %:h
set cuurent directory to the folder containing current file


'%' -> current file name including path, ':' modifier, 'h' is head


Others


Keystrokes
Description


fg
angehalten


J
Join line


under Mac copy & paste

vim wiki
READ ME FIRST


leader key is remapped to , by let mapleader = ","
Keystrokes	Description
`zc`	Close a fold
`zo`	Open a fold
`za`	Toggle a fold
`zR`	Open all folds
Keystrokes	Description
`<C-h>`	backspace by character
`<C-w>`	backspace by word
`<C-u>`	backspace to beginning
`<C-o>`	switch to insert normal mode
`<C-r>=`	insert mode calculation
Keystrokes	Description
set spell	turn on spell check
[s	jump to next spell check error
]s	jump to previous spell check error
z=	bring up suggestions
{count}z=	take automatically the first suggestion
zg	add word to spell file
zw	add word to spell file as a bad word
Keystrokes	Description
`gv`	reselect
`<C-g>`	toggle between `visual` and `select` mode
`o`	toggle the open end of the visual selection
Keystrokes	Description
`zz`	bring the cursor to vertical middle of screen
`zt`	bring the cursor to vertical top of screen
`zb`	bring the cursor to vertical bottom of screen
`<C-u>`	scroll up Half screen
`<C-b>`	scroll up Full screen
`<C-d>`	scroll down Half screen
`<C-f>`	scroll down Full screen
Keystrokes	Description
`,w`	save the current file
`<C-j>`	move current line down (require "tpope/vim-unimpaired")
`<C-k>`	move current line up (require "tpope/vim-unimpaired")
`,l`	expend current window with 10 columns
`,s`	toggle spell checking
Keystrokes	Description
`>>`	indent current line/selection one level right
`<<`	indent current line/selection one level left
`>2>`	indent current line/selection 2 level right
`<C-t>`	Insert Mode indent current line one level right
`<C-d>`	Insert Mode indent current line one level left
Keystrokes	Description
`:cd`	set current directory to `user directory`
`:cd path\to\folder`	set current directory to `path\to\folder`
`:cd %:h`	set cuurent directory to the folder containing current file
'%' -> current file name including path, ':' modifier, 'h' is head