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Basic Vim sheet for beginners
ModesESC | Command mode, toggles modes when in insert or visual mode | i | insert mode | v | Visual mode, start highlighting characters | V | Visual mode, start highlighting lines |
Shell Command:shell | Opens command prompt | exit | Exits command prompt |
Files:e filename | Open a new file | :w filename | Save changes to a file | :q | Exit Vim. If there is unsaved files, Vim will not exit | :q! | Exit Vim wihout saving changes | :x or zz | Exits Vim and saves changes to the file if changes were made |
Undo and Redou | Undo last action | U | Undo all the latest changes that were made to the line | Ctrl+r | Redo |
Open up new lineso | Open new line BELOW the cursor | O | Open new line ABOVE the cursor |
Tabs:tabnew | Opens a new tab | gt | go to next tab | gT | Go to previous tab | :tabmove n | Move tab to position n | :tabc | Close tab |
| | Yank (Copy), Delete (Cut) and Put (Paste)yy | Yank the current line | :y | Yank the current line | y | Yank the highlighted text | :d or dd | Delete current line | D | Delete to the end of the line | d | Delete the highlighted text | dw | Delete word | dl | Delete character at cursor position | p | Put text after cursor position, put lines below current line | P | Put text before cursor position, put lines above current line | x | Delete current character |
Windows:split or :sp | Splits the current window horizontally | :vsplit or :vs | Split the current window vertically | :split file | Opens the file in a second window | :n split file | Opens a new window n lines high | :new | Opens a new window horizontally | :vnew | Opens a new window Vertically | :res n | Resizes window to n line size, if n is not provided window is resized to max size | CTRL-ww | Switches cursor between windows | CTRL-w <motion key> | Switches cursor between windows in motion key direction | CTRL-wn | Splits a window and starts editing a new file | CTRL-w r | Rotate windows positions | CTRL-w q or :q | Close window |
| | Moving Aroundh or left | Move LEFT one character | j or down | Move DOWN one line | k or up | Move UP one line | l or right | Move RIGHT one line | H | Move to the FIRST line of the screen | M | Move to the MIDDLE line of the screen | L | Move to the LAST line of the screen | b | Move to the BEGINNING of the word | B | Move to the BEGINNING of a blank delimited word | e | Move to the END of the word | E | Move to the END of black delimited word | w | Move to the NEXT word | W | Move to the NEXT blank delimited word | :n | Jump to line n (jump to line 42->:42) |
To move up 9 lines type: 9k Buffers:buffers | find list of buffers | :b number | Select buffer number | :sb number | Splits the window and starts editing the buffer | :vertical sbuffer number | Splits the window vertically and edits the buffer | :bnext or :bn | Go to the next buffer | :bdelete | Deletes a buffer without saving |
--Buffer Flags--
- Inactive buffer
h Hidden buffer
% Current buffer
# Alternate buffer
+ File has been modified |
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