MOD Ctrl-w
" move current window to far right
L
" move current window to far left
H
" move current window to very bottom
J
" move current window to very top
K
" close all windows except current
O
" create new window with empty buffer
n
" discard changes in buffer and reload from disk
:edit! or :e!
" read from disk into active buffer
:edit or :e
" open file explorer from cwd
:e .
" open file explorer from directory of active buffer
:e %%
" open advanced explorer for current buffer
:Explore or :Ex
" list buffers
:ls
" cat the file below the cursor
:read <file>
Ex commands are executed in the command-line e. While normal-mode commands act on current line, ex commands act in multiple lines with the help of ranges.
| command | |
|---|---|
[range]p[rint] |
print lines |
e[dit] |
read file |
w[rite] |
write file |
[range]n[ormal] {commands} |
execute normal-mode commands |
[range]s[ubstitute]/{pattern}/string |
substitute |
pwd |
print working directory |
tabedit |
|
bpref/bnext |
Special characters in command line mode
| char | meaning |
|---|---|
| % | path of active file (current buffer) |
| %% | path of active directory (head of current buffer) |
:e foo/bar/baz
:w
foo/bar/baz E212: Can't open file for writing
:!mkdir -p %%
:w
[address] is a line number whereas [range] is set of contiguous lines starts from {address} and ends {address}.
address = line number
range = {address},{address}
| symbol | address |
|---|---|
| . | current line |
| 0 | top virtual line |
| 1 | first line |
| $ | last line |
% is a range symbol that resolves to 1,$ = all lines.
" go to address
:13
" print address
:2p
" print range
:2,5p
" print all lines
:%p
" a range by patterns
:/<html>/,/<\/html>/p
" copy line 6 to current line
:6t.
:{range}normal {normal-mode-cmd}
" run last movement command on all lines
:%normal .
" append semicolon all lines
:%normal A;
:@:
:!{cmd} {args}
:!ls
:!python %
" exec cmd and output to active buffer
:read !{cmd}
" exec cmd with input of active buffer
:write !{cmd}
" Go back to previous active file
C-o
" Go to next file in list
<Tab> or C-i
:e, [no]G and /{pattern} count as a jump.
" jump to filename under cursor (goto file)
gf
| key | action | mnemonic |
|---|---|---|
mm |
set mark at cursor | mark |
`m |
go to mark m | |
` |
list marks | |
mM |
set a global mark M (persisted) |
| key | action | mnemonic |
|---|---|---|
C-j |
scroll lines downwards | extra lines |
C-k |
scroll lines upwards | |
C-d |
scroll window downwards | downwards |
C-u |
scroll window upwards | upwards |
| scroll relative to the cursor | ||
z. |
scroll cursor line to center | |
zt |
scroll cursor line to top | top |
zb |
scroll cursor line to bottom | bottom |
Quickfix is global.
Open quick fix list
:copen
Display next/previous item in list
:]q
:[q
Display first/last item in list
:]Q
:[Q
Location list is window-local quickfix list. Every window has a separate location list.
Open location list
:lopen
Display next/previous item in list
:]l
:[l
MOD z
Open fold on one level at the cursor
:zo
Close fold on one level at the cursor
:zc
Open all folds
:zR
Close all folds
:zC
display EOL chars (\r\n)
$ vim -b
:e ++ff=unix
Inspect option
:set <option>?
Inspect variable
:echo g:ctrlp_max_files
disable option
:set no<option>
toggle option
:set <option>!
locate current file
:NERDTreeFind
Move tree root up one directory
u
Change CWD in NERDTree to the dir in selected node
CD
Change CWD in vim to the dir in selected node
cd
paste from register when in insert mode
:<C-r>a
" from clipboard
:<C-r>*
paste current word under cursor to command mode
:<C-r><c-w>
change case with gu{motion}
" lower case of visualised
Vu
" upper case
VU
using vim help
:help topic
" Press <Tab> to scroll through topics
:h topic
follow links in vim help
" follow the link
Ctrl-]
" Go back to previous topic
Ctrl-T
Go to next hunk
]c
Go to previous hunk
[c
stage hunk under cursor
\hs
Undo hunk under cursor (discard unstaged hunk)
\hu
Cursor over filepath in insert mode and press C-xC-f
Navigate in the list with C-n and C-p