Vim Basic

Note: ## Vim Cheat Sheet ### Navigation - End of the file: shift + g - Next line: j - Go down a defined number of lines: number + j - Skip to next word: w - Skip back a word: b - Skip to next section: W - Skip back to previous section: B - Go to end of the line: $ - Go to beginning of the line: 0 - Go to top of the screen: shift + h - Go to bottom of the screen: shift + l - Forward multiple words: 5w - Forward multiple letters: 5l - Back multiple letters: 5h - Forward to the next 'y': fy (case sensitive) ### Editing - Undo: u - Redo: ctrl + r - Inserting text where the cursor is: i - Inserting text at the start of the line: I - Insert at the end of the line: shift + a - Copy entire line: yy or Y - Paste copied line: p - Change multiple words: 5cw - Insert at the end of the line: A ### Deleting - d will delete current and left character - d$ will delete from current position to end of line - d^ will delete from current backward to first non-white-space character - d0 will delete from current backward to beginning of line - dw deletes current to end of current word (including trailing space) - db deletes current to beginning of current word - Delete current line: dd - Join the line below: shift + j - Delete entire word: cw - Delete to the end of the line: shift + C - Delete multiple lines: d + number of lines + enter - Delete from current position to a specific line number: dG - Deleting all items in a file that start with a pattern: :g/< search term>/d - Deleting all lines that are empty or that contain only whitespace: :g/^\s*$/d ### Selecting - Select the entire line: V - Select a range of text: v - Select a column: control + v - Reselect a block: gv - Select all: ggVG ### Find and Replace - %s/pattern/text to replace ### Saving - Save the file: :w - Save the file and quit: :wq - Quit without saving: :q! ### Views - Use horizontal split: :sp filename - Use vertical split: :vsp filename - Switch from top to bottom: control + w + j - Switch from left to right: control + w + l - Switch from bottom to top: control + w + j - Switch from right to left: control + w + h ### Search - While on current line: f + - Search for word in file: /word + enter - Find next search result: n - Search backwards: N - Go to first result: ggn - Go to last result: GN - To remove search highlighting: :noh ### Modes - Normal - Insert - Visual - Replace - Command Line ### Multiple Files - :e filename - Edit a file in a new buffer - :bnext (or :bn) - go to next buffer - :bprev (of :bp) - go to previous buffer - :bd - delete a buffer (close a file) - :sp filename - Open a file in a new buffer and split window - ctrl + ws - Split windows - ctrl + ww - switch between windows - ctrl + wq - Quit a window - ctrl + wv - Split windows vertically ### Indenting - Fix indenting when pasting: set paste in .vimrc file - Indenting: visual mode + > or < - Repeat indenting: . ## Commenting/Uncommenting - Comment: visual block select with CTRL-V then I# (insert # in the begining) - Uncomment: visual block select with CTRL-V then X (delete the first symbol on the line) ### Visual Mode - Changing multiple lines of text: control + v + shift + i + action + esc - Select elements in paragraph: v + / + content ### Display settings - Turning on line numbers: :set nu - Turning on syntax highlighting: :syntax on ### Reseting Vim Settings ``` cd mv .vimrc .vimrc-old mv .vim .vim-old touch .vimrc; mkdir .vim ``` ### Help - To get help: :h - To exit help: :bd ### Removing blocks of text in code files - `c + i + t` will remove the code between HTML tags, such as: `

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