vim quest · Opperiesen

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Cheat sheet

Moving

h j k l: left, down, up, right
w b e: next word, previous word, end of word
W B E: same, ignoring punctuation
0 ^ $: column 0, first non-blank, end of line
gg G 5G: top, bottom, line 5
{ }: previous paragraph, next
%: matching bracket or brace
f x / t x: onto the next x / just before it
F x / T x: same, to the left
; ,: repeat the aim, repeat it backwards

Searching

/word ?word: search forward / backward
n N: next / previous match
*: search the word under the cursor

Editing

i a: insert before / after the cursor
I A: insert at start / end of line
o O: open a line below / above
x r s: delete, replace, substitute a character
d c y: delete, change, yank (+ motion)
dd cc yy: … on the whole line
D C: … to the end of the line
p P: paste after / before
u Ctrl-r: undo, redo
.: repeat the last change
J gJ ~: join lines (with / without a space), flip the case
Ctrl-a Ctrl-x: increment / decrement the number

Registers

"ayy "ap: yank into register a, paste it back
"0p: paste the last YANK, even after a delete
"1p: paste the last deletion
"_dd: delete into the black hole (keeps your yank)

Text objects

iw aw: the word / the word and its space
i" a": the inside / everything, quotes included
i( i[ i{: the inside of the delimiters
ip ap: the paragraph

They combine with an operator: ciw, da(, yi"…

Visual

v V Ctrl-v: character, line, block selection
o: jump to the other end
gv: bring back the last selection
> <: indent / unindent

Command line

:s/a/b/g: substitute on the line
:%s/a/b/g: … across the whole file
:g/x/d: delete every line containing x
:m$ :m0: move the line to the bottom / top
:t.: copy the line just below
q a … q: record a macro into a
@a 5@a: replay it, five times