Up-Down motionsk | count lines upward | j | count lines downward | gk | count display lines upward | gj | count display lines downward | - | count lines upward on the firest non-blank char | + | count lines downward on the first non-blank char | _ | count - 1 lines downward on the first non-blank char | G | goto line count, default last line | gg | goto line count, default first line | :[range] | set cursor on last line number in range | {count}% | go to count percentage in file |
Left-right motionsh | count chars to the left | l | count chars to the right | 0 | to the first char of the line | ^ | to the first non-blank char of the line | $ | to the end of the line | g_ | to the last non-blank char of the line and count - 1 lines downward | g0 | wrap: to the first char of the screen line | g^ | rwap: to the first non-blank char of the screen line | gm | like g0, but half a screenwidth to the right | g$ | wrap: to the last char of the screen line | | | to screen column count in current line | fchar | to count occurence of char to the right | Fchar | to count occurence of char to the left | tchar | till before count occurence of char to the right | Tchar | till after count occurence of char to the left | ; | repeat latest f, t, F, T count times | , | repeat latest f, t, F, T count times in opposite direction |
ScrollingCTRL-U | scroll down half a screen of text | CTRL-D | scroll up half a screen of text | CTRL-E | scroll one line up | CTRL-Y | scroll one line down | CTRL-F | scroll forward a whole screen | CTRL-B | scroll backward a whole screen | zz | scroll to see the context of the line | zt | put the cursor line at the top | zb | put the cursor line at the bottom |
Word motionsw | move forward count words | W | move forward count WORDS | b | move backward count words | B | move backward count WORDs | e | move to the next end of a word | E | move to next end of a WORD | ge | move to the previous end of a word | gE | move to the previous end of a WORD |
a WORD is white-space separated word. Operators and motionsdd | delete whole line | x or dl | delete char under the cursor | X or dh | delete char left of the cursor | D or d$ | delete to the end of the line | C or c$ | chage to the end of the line | s or cl | change one char | S or cc | change whole line excluding indentation | r | command to replace char under cursor | . | repeat last change |
Windows and PanesCTRL-W + | increase current window height by N | CTRL-W - | decrease current window height by N | CTRL-W = | evensize all windows | CTRL-W < | decrease current window width by N | CTRL-W > | increase current window width by N |
| | JumpsCTRL-O | Go to [count] Older cursor position in jump list | CTRL-I | go to [count] newer cursor position in jump list | :ju[mps] | print the jump list | :cle[arjumps] | clear the jump list of the current window | g; | go to count older position in change list | g, | go to count newer position in change list | :changes | print the change list | % | find the next item in this line and jump to its match | [( | go to count previous unmatched ( | ]) | go to count next unmatched ) | [{ | go to count previous unmatched { | ]} | go to count next unmatched } | ]m | go to count next start of a method | ]M | go to count next end of a Method | [m | go to count previous start of a methdo | [M | go to count previous end of a method | H | move to first visible line | M | move to middle visible line | L | move to last visible line |
The following commands are "jump" commands: "'", "`", "G", "/", "?", "n", "N", "%", "(", ")", "[[", "]]", "{", "}", ":s", ":tag", "L", "M", "H" and the commands that start editing a new file. Using marks`` or '' | to the position of the latest jump | CTRL-O | jump to older position | CTRL-I | jump back to newer position | :jumps | Give list of positions of jumps | mchar | mark the place under cursor with mark char | `{a-z} or '{a-z} | move to the mark char in current buffer | `{A-Z0-9} or '{A-Z0-9} | move to the mark char in other file | `char | move to the mark char | 'char | move to first non-blank char of line with mark char | :marks | get a list of marks | " | cursor position when last editing the file | [ | start of the last change | ] | end of the last change | :delm[arks] {marks} | Delete the specified marks | :delm! | Delete all marks for current buffer | '" or `" | to the position when last exiting the current buffer | '^ or `^ | to the position where the cursor was the last time when Insert mode was stopped | `. or '. | to the position of the last change | '( or `( | to the start of the current sentence | ') or `) | to the end of the current sentence | '{ or `{ | to the start of the current paragraph |
When making jumps to positions further than within the same line, vim remembers the position before the jump and sets a mark. | | Search mode/ | activate forward search mode | ? | activate backward search mode | n | continue search forward | N | continue search backward | <UP> | Search through history upwards | <DOWN> | Search through history downwards | * | search count words under cursor forward | # | search count word under cursor backward | \> | match the end of a word | \< | match the beginning of a word |
Visual modev | start visual mode | V | visual mode on whole lines | CTRL-V | visual block mode | o | move to the other end of selection | O | in block mode: move to the other corner of the same line |
Operatorsc | change | d | delete | y | yank into register | ~ | swap case under cursor | g~[motion] | swap case within motion | gu[motion] | make lowercase within motion | gU[motion] | make uppercase within motion | ! | filter through external program | g? | ROT-13 encoding | > | shift right | < | shift left | zf | define a fold | g@ | call function set with the 'operatorfunc' option |
Moving textp | paste back last deleted text | P | past back last deleted text before the cursor | numberp | like p but number times | numberP | like P but number times | xp | swap the next char with the char under cursor | y | yank char under cursor | yw | yank word | Y or yy | yank whole line | *yy | yank whole line to clipboard | *p | put text from the clipboard back |
Text object selectionaw | a word | iw | inner word | aW | a WORD | as | a sentence includes white space after the sentence | ap | a paragraph | a] or a[ | a [] block | a) or a( or ab | a () block | a< or a> | a <> block | at | a tag block | a} or a{ or aB | a {} block | a" or a' or a` | a quoted string |
a blocks may be inner blocks with i instead of a.
These commands can only be used while in Visual mode or after an operator Text object motions( | count sentences backward | ) | count sentences forward | { | count paragraphs backward | } | count paragraphs forward | ]] | count sections forward or to the next { in the first column | [[ | count sections backward or to the previous { in the first column | ][ | count sections forward or to the next { in the first column | [] | count sections backward or to the previous } in the first column |
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