vim8 Cheat Sheet

vim_cheat.md

VIM CHEAT SHEET

Navigation

Quit all :qa

Go to top of file :gg

Go to bottom of file Shift-g

Go back Ctrl-o

Go back to previous file Ctrl-^

Move to next word w

Move up/down half screen Ctrl-u Ctrl-d

Move to next function ]]

Move to prev function [[

Goto line [line#] Shift-g

Move to beginning of line 0

Move to end of line $

Editor

Explorer :Ex

Terminal :term (vim8 only)

Close quickfix list :ccl

Close scratch preview :pc

Split screen Ctrl-w v

Go to right screen Ctrl-w l

Go to left screen Ctrl-w h

Text

Undo u

Delete line dd

Search/replace in file :%s/search/replace/g

Find word under cursor *

Comments

Line

\\ (mapped to gcc via Commentry plugin)

Block

1. Ctrl-v to enter visual block mode

2. select lines with ↑ ↓, or if for inner function

3. Shift-i for insert mode

4. // (or other comment symbol)

5. ESC

Copy/paste

Select a line V (enters visual selection mode)

Cut d

Copy y (yank)

Paste p

Sessions

Save session :mks (or :mks! if already exists)

Load session vim -S Session.vim or :source Session.vim

Plugins

vim-go

Goto def gd

Show godoc K

Run tests F10

Show coverage F9

Toggle test \ga, \gah horizontal, \gav vertical split

NERDTree

Toggle \p (mapped to :NERDTreeToggle)

Open verticle split s

Open horizontal split i

Airline

:AirlineTheme <theme>

Fugitive

Git commands :Git [command], i.e: :Git blame, :Git status

Language Servers (neovim)

:LspInfo

Rust.vim

Format code :RustFmt

Run test under cursor :RustTest

Rust setup: https://sharksforarms.dev/posts/neovim-rust/

Git rebase WIP:

Place the cursor at the beginning of the line with the first commit you want to fixup
Enter visual block mode (CTRL-V)
Select all the rows you want to fixup
Hit 'c' and type 'f' to replace the 'pick' command
Press ESC to apply that change to all the selected rows