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VIM Keyboard Shortcuts (DRAFT) by

VIM Shortcuts Mapping

This is a draft cheat sheet. It is a work in progress and is not finished yet.

Editor Config

F2
 
pastet­oggle
toggle paste mode
 
[leader] ;
 
:set list!
toggle whitespace characters
 
[leader] nu
 
:set nu!
toggle line numbers
 
[leader] rnu
 
:set rnu!
toggle rel. line numbers
 
[leader] h
 
:noh
disable hl till next search

Navigation

[ctrl]­{h,­j,k,l}
  
move around buffers
 
{ | }
  
next | previous blank line

Buffers

gb
 
:bn
next buffer
 
gB
 
:bp
previous buffer
 
[leader] bd
 
:bd
close buffer
 
[leader] df
 
:w !diff %
diff since last write

Insert Mode Shortcuts

[ctrl] a
 
0
to line beginning
 
[ctrl] e
 
$
to line end
 
[ctrl] u
 
ddi
change entire line

lion.vim

gl|gL [motio­n][­char]
spaces left | right to align
 
glip=
align '=' till blank line
 
gLi(,
align ',' within (

vim-su­rround

cs [target] [repla­cement]
replace surround
 
ds [target]
remove surround
 
ysiw [surround]
surround word
 
yss [surround]
surround line
Tags
use 
<ta­g>
e.g. 
<di­v>
for replac­ement
use 
t for target

target­s.vim

ci [target]
change in target from cursor
 
cI [target]
change inside target
 
ca [target]
change include target
 
cA [target]
change around outside of target
Pairs: 
[ ], { }, ( ), < >,  t for tags e.g <di­v>

Quotes: 
' " `

Separator: 
, . ; : + - = ~ _ * # / | \ & $

Arguments: 
a
(text surrounded by braces and commas)

vim-co­mme­ntary

gc[motion]
comment out using motion
 
gcc
comment out a line
 
gcap
comment out paragraph
 
:7,17C­omm­entary
comment out a range

Replace

[leader]\w
  
replace word under cursor
 
[leader]\h
 
:%s//
replace last search
 
[leader]\r
 
:%s/
replace

Ferret

[ctrl] q
 
:cclose
close quick fix
 
[ctrl] a
 
:Ack
find in CWD
 
[ctrl] af
 
:Back
find in buffer
 
[ctrl] s
 
:Ack
find word under cursor in CWD
 
[ctrl] sf
 
:Back
find word under cursor in buffer
 
[ctrl] r
  
replace results in quick fix

NerdTree

[ctrl] f
 
:NERDT­ree­Toggle
toggles NERDTree
 
[ctrl] t
 
:NERDT­ree­Focus
moves focus to NERDTree
 
go
  
open (focus in NerdTree)
 
t | T
  
open [silently] in new tab
 
i | gi
  
open [preview] h-split
 
s | gs
  
open [preview] v-split
 
cd
  
move CWD to folder
 
CD
  
move root to CWD folder
 
r | R
  
refresh folder | root
 
I
  
toggle hidden files

Vifm

[leader] f
 
:Vifm
open buffer using vifm
 
[leader] fv
 
:Vspli­tVifm
open split using vifm
 
[leader] ft
 
:TabVifm
open tab using vifm

CtrlP

[ctrl] n
 
:CtrlP
run CtrlP
 
[ctrl] f | b
  
next | previous mode

ALE Linter

[leader] lf
 
:ALEFix
auto-fix linter issues
 
[leader] l
 
:ALEToggle
toggle ALE Gutter

vim-gi­tgutter

[leader]gg
 
:GitGu­tte­rToggle
toggle the gutter
 
]c | [c
  
next | previous hunk
 
[leader]hs
  
stage hunk
 
[leader]hu
  
undo hunk
 
[leader]hp
  
preview hunk
 
[leader]hP
  
close preview

fugitive

:G
:Git
git alias
[leader]gd
:Git diff
open git diff in file
[leade­r]gds
:Gdiff­split
open diff side-b­y-side