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Package:Vim/Cheatsheet
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- The description given in the "description" column is rather short, often it is best to try it your self and see what it actually does.
- Even if not specified in the "command" column, most commands fired in normal mode accept a "<num> prefix" (Eg. `5w` is equivalent to `wwwww`).
- Most commands will work in visual mode as well as in normal mode.
Deplacements
command | meaning | description |
---|---|---|
w | word | move to next word |
W | Word | move to the next word (broad sens) |
b | begin | move to the previous word beginning |
B | Begin | move to the previous word beginning (broad sense) |
e | end | move to the next word end |
E | End | move to the next word end (broad sense) |
{ | move to the previous blank line | |
} | move to the next blank line | |
f<char> | fetch | move to the next occurrence of the character <char> |
F<char> | Fetch | move to the previous occurrence of the character <char> |
$ | move to the end of the line | |
^ | move to the first non-whitespace character of the line | |
zz | center the viewport on the currently | |
<num>gg | goto | move to line number <num> (default is 1 if <num> is omitted) |
G | move to the last line | |
C-o | Go to the previous cursor position |
Switch to insert mode
command | meaning | description |
---|---|---|
i | insert | insert before the cursor |
I | Insert | insert at the beginning of the line (= ^i ) |
a | append | insert after the cursor/td> |
A | Append | insert at the end of the line (= $a ) |
o | insert on a new blank line after the current line | |
O | insert on a new blank line before the current line | |
s | substitute | remove the current character and instert instead (= xi ) |
S | Substitute | remove the current line and insert instead (= ddi |
R | Replace | insert and override on the fly |
Actions
command | meaning | description |
---|---|---|
<num>dd | delete | delete <num> lines |
<num>yy | yank | copy <num> lines to vim's default buffer |
x | remove the character under the cursor | |
<num>p | paste | paste <num> times vim's default buffer after the cursor |
<num>P | Paste | paste <num> times vim's default buffer before the cursor |
~ | swap case under the cursor | |
. | repeat previous action (kind of "live macro", try it yourself and see) | |
/<pattern><CR> | search next occurrence of <pattern> | |
?<pattern><CR> | search previous occurrence of <pattern> | |
* | look for the next occurrence of the word under the cursor | |
n | forward search last searched pattern | |
N | backward search last searched pattern |