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NeoVim Cheat Sheets Personal Cheat Sheet (DRAFT) by

Neovim commands, motions and tips

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

Motion

Command
Descri­ption
h
Left
j
Down
k
Up
l
Right
o
Insert cursor below
O
Insert cursor above
i
Insert cursor left
I
Insert cursor start line
a
Insert cursor right
A
Insert cursor end line
^
Start of line
$
End of line
G
Move to end of file
gg
Move to start of file
nºG
Move to line number nº
 

Commands

Command
Descri­ption
:Ex
Open tree files
%
Create a new file
d
Create a new directory
:e [filename]
Create a new file
:w
Save file
:q
Quit
:q!
Force quit
:wa
Save all buffers
:tabe
Create a new Tab
/[word]
Search in file
:%s/ol­d/new/g
replace word in file globally
:move +nº
Move the line nº below
:move -nº
Move the line nº above

Delete

Command
Descri­ption
dd
Delete line
daw
Delete a word
dip
Delete a word
dip
Delete all lines up to the next blank line (parag­raph)
dap
Same as dip, but also deletes the blank line
ddp
reverse the lines

Copy

Command
Descri­ption
yy
Copy the line
yyp
Duplicate the line
yw
Copy the word
nºyy
Copy nº lines below