vim_cheatsheet.md

Visual mode

• v: character
• Shift + v: whole line
• Ctrl + v: cursor, multiple lines

Navigation

• h,j,k,l
• f{c}: move to c character (useful for characters which would otherwise mess with / regex search: .,,,;,:, etc.)
• t{c}: same as f{c}, but before the c character
• F{c}: and T{c} are moving backwards
• w: from word to word
• b: like w, but backwards
• e: end of word
• ge: like e, but backwards
• {, }: move paragraph up/down
• 0: move to the beginning of the line
• ^: move to the first character of the line
• $: move to end of line
• gg: top of the file
• G: bottom of the file
• zz: center screen
• zt: put cursor on top
• zb: put cursor on bottom

Semantic navigation

• gd: go to definition
• gf: jump to file in an import
• ``: jump between 2 last lines, useful when jumping b/n variable definitions and usage lower in the file
• Ctrl + 0/I: jump back and forth of lines in history

Search

• /{pattern}: go to specific word (n repeats)
• %: find a matching ({[]})
• *: go to next occurrence of the word under the cursor
• #: go to previous occurrence of the word under the cursor

Nifty inserts

• o: open a line below cursor
• O: open a line above cursor
• a: after cursor
• A: at the end of a line
• I: at the start of a line

Select

Follow the (zone) selection pattern <action>a<object> or <action>i<object>

• text within a tag: vit
• all with the tag: vat
• mark a word: vaw
• text within (): vib
• all with (): vab
• text within {}: viB
• all with {}: vaB

Others

• add to selection: gb (similar to Ctrl + D)

Delete

Follow the (zone) deletion pattern <action>a<object> or <action>i<object>

Others

• entire line: dd
• n lines: ndd, i.e. 3dd
• word: dw
• until character: dtc, where c is the char
• until end of line: D,d$
• character under cursor: x
• character before cursor: X

Undo/Redo

• undo: u
• redo: Ctrl+R
• repeat last change: .

Replace/Subtitude

Regular expressions are supported

• r: character beneath cursor
• R: enter replace mode
• :s/old/new/g: entire line
• :#,#s/old/new/g: line numbers
• :%s/old/new/g: entire file
• :%s/old/new/gc: entire file with a prompt

Misc

• Ctrl + [p|n]: autocomplete