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lastmod 2018-08-17created 2015-02-157 edits

VIM command shortcuts VIM movement shortcuts

Notes on VIM shortcuts.

Basic movement

  • h, j, k, l: Move the cursor left, down, up, right

Switching to INSERT mode

  • i: Insert at the current cursor position
  • I: Insert at the very start of the current line
  • a: Insert at the position after the current cursor
  • A: Insert at the very end of the current line
  • o: Insert on the line above
  • O: Insert on the line below

Movement

  • w: Move to the first character of a word
  • W: Move to the next character, by whitespace-delimited units
  • b: Move backward to the first character of a word
  • B: Move backward to the next character, by whitespace-delimited units
  • e: Move to the last character of a word
  • ge: Move backward to the last character of a word
  • gg: Move to the very start of the document
  • G: Move to the very end of the document
  • ^: Move to the very start of the sentence
  • 0: Move to the very start of the line
  • $: Move to the very end of the sentence
  • f문자: Move to the position of the character; press ; to keep moving
  • F문자: Move backward to the position of the character
  • t문자: Move to the position just before the character
  • T문자: Move backward to the position just before the character
  • zz: Brings the cursor position to the center of the screen.
  • /단어: Find a word in the document; find next/previous with n or N
  • *: Search forward for the current word
  • #: Search backward for the current word

Screen movement

  • Ctrl + f: Move to the next page
  • Ctrl + b: Move to the previous page
  • Ctrl + u: Move forward by half a page
  • Ctrl + d: Move back by half a page
  • H: Move to the top line of the current screen
  • M: Move to the middle line of the current screen
  • L: Move to the last line of the current screen

Brace movement

  • ]]: Move forward to an opening curly brace ({)
  • [[: Move backward to an opening curly brace ({)
  • ][: Move forward to a closing curly brace ({)
  • []: Move backward to a closing curly brace ({)
  • %: Within {} or (), move to the matching bracket of the current one

Editing

  • dd: Cut the current line
  • dw: Cut a word
  • yy: Copy the current line
  • p: Paste
  • r: Replace the current character
  • u: Undo
  • Ctrl + R: Redo
  • x: Delete the current character
  • X: Delete the preceding character
  • >: Indent
  • <: Outdent
  • .: Repeat the previous command
  • =: Apply auto-indent (use after selecting in Visual Mode)

VISUAL MODE

  • v: Visual mode
  • y: Copy
  • c: Cut
  • cw: Cut a word
  • J: Join the next line to the end of the current line
  • ~: Toggle the case of the selected characters
  • Ctrl + A: Increment a number
  • Ctrl + X: Decrement a number

Saving

  • :w: Save the document
  • :q: Close the current document
  • :q!: Close without saving
  • :wq: Save and close
  • :숫자: Move to the specified line number

TAB & WINDOW

  • :new: Open a horizontally split window
  • :vs: Open a vertically split window
  • Ctrl + w: Move between split windows
  • :tabnew: Open a new tab
  • :gt: Move to the next tab
  • :gT: Move to the previous tab
  • :e ./: Browse for a file to open in the current tab (./ starts browsing from the current location)

FOLDING

  • zc: Fold code
  • zo: Unfold folded code
  • zd: Delete a fold
  • zR: Unfold all folded code
  • zM: Fold all code
  • zD: Delete all folds

BUFFER

  • :buffers: When multiple files are open in Vim, show the list in the buffer
  • :buffer 숫자: Enter a number from the buffer list to open that file (:b also works instead of :buffer)
  • :bnext: Move to the next file in the buffer (:bn also works)
  • :bprevious: Move to the previous file in the buffer (:bp also works)
  • :ball: Open the files in the buffer list in horizontally split windows

TIP

  • :map: Prints the bound keymaps.

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