Vim basic commands cheatsheet. Nothing advanced here, just basic stuff to help my lazy mind remember.

vim_cheatsheet.rst

Nabuco's Vim cheatsheet

Normal mode (a.k.a command mode)

i -> insert left of cursor
I -> insert beginning of line
a -> insert right of cursor
A -> insert end of line
o -> new line under current
O -> new line above current

f[char] -> goto next char occurrence in line
F[char] -> goto previous char occurrence in line
; -> repeat last f/F action
. -> repeat last action

caw -> deletes the current word and puts you into Insert mode to change it.
dw -> deletes the current word
D - delete the rest of the line
J -> merge line below

<Ctrl>+F -> page down
<Ctrl>+B -> page up
<Ctrl>+D -> half-page down
<Ctrl>+U -> half-page up
<Ctrl>+E -> line down
<Ctrl>+Y -> line up
zz -> center page to cursor position

gg -> goto line 1
G -> goto last line
[num]G -> goto line [num]

m[char] -> set mark
'[char] -> goto mark line
'. -> goto last edited line
<Ctrl>+O -> jump previous
<Ctrl>+I -> jump next

w -> move to beggining of word forwards
b -> move to beggining of word backwards
e -> move to end of word forwards

) -> paragraph/sentence down
( -> paragraph/sentence up

* -> search for a word forward (cursor on the word)
# -> search for a word backward (cursor on the word)

+ -> next line, first non-whitespace char
- -> previous line, first non-whitespace char

i -> insert in cursor
a -> insert after cursor
o -> insert at line below
O -> insert at line above

p -> paste at line below
P -> paste in line above

>> -> indent
<< -> de-indent

ci" -> change text inside double quotes
ci{ -> change text inside brackets
yi[' or " or ( or {] -> yank text inside specified delimiter
"[char]y -> yank into register
"_d -> delete something without saving it in a register

Block comment: CTRL-V, I, write '#', ESC

<Ctrl>+W <Ctrl>+W -> switch to next splitted window
<Ctrl>+W j -> switch to splitted window below
<Ctrl>+W J -> move splitted window below
<Ctrl>+W k -> switch to splitted window above
<Ctrl>+W K -> move splitted window above
<Ctrl>+W h -> switch to splitted window left
<Ctrl>+W H -> move splitted window left
<Ctrl>+W l -> switch to splitted window right
<Ctrl>+W L -> move splitted window right

Insert mode

Ctrl-w -> delete word

Command-line mode
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ZZ -> write buffer and exit (same as :wq!)

:%s/search/replace/gc -> search in whole document, g is for all matches in each line, c to confirm
:%s//replace/ -> replace last searchword
:s/search/replace/ -> replace in visual selection only
:set ic -> set ignorecase
:set scs -> set smartcase
:\c[search text] -> case insensitive search

:tabnew
:e [filename]
:bn -> next buffer
:bd -> close buffer
:e # -> switch buffer

:split [filename]
:vsplit [filename]
:Ctrl-w+s -> split current buffer

:w !sudo tee % -> Save a file you edited in vim without the needed permissions
:noh -> Get rid of current highlighted searched text

:args templates/*/*.html -> Pass required files to apply :argdo command to
:argdo %s/string1/string2/gec | update -> apply command and 'update' only save to modified files.

Vimdiff

do –> Get changes from other window into the current window
dp –> Put the changes from current window into the other window

]c –> Jump to the next change
[c –> Jump to the previous change

zo – open folded text
zc – close folded text

:diffupdate – diff update
:syntax off – syntax off