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Documentation

ViM Guide

File Ops

:w: save. :q: quit. :wq: save and quit. :q!: quit without saving.

Pane Management

:vs: vertically split the current pane. :sp: horizontally split the current pane.

ctrl + w + h: move left to next pane. ctrl + w + j: move down to next pane. ctrl + w + k: move up to next pane. ctrl + w + l: move right to next pane.

Insertion & Deletion

x: deletes the character beneath the cursor. shift + x: acts as a backspace.

shift + i: insert at the beginning of a line. shift + a: insert at the end of a line.

d + d: deletes a line.

shift + o: inserts above the current line. o: inserts below the current line.

Copy & Paste

y + y: copies the current line. p: pastes whatever is on the clipboard beneath current line. shift + p: pastes whatever is on the clipboard above current line.

/: search forward for a seqeuence. ?: search backward for a seqeuence.

Movement

basics

h: left-arrow j: down-arrow k: up-arrow l: right-arrow

w: moves forward one word. b: moves backward one word. e: moves to the end of a word.

zip-around

*: finds the next occurrence of the word that is beneath the cursor. #: does the reverse.

{: move up a paragraph. }: move down a paragraph.

%: jump to matching bracket.

:<INT>: jumps to the line number, <INT>.

Visual

shift + v: enter full-line visual mode. v: enter visual mode.

Bonus: powerful sequences

d + t + <ANY_CHARACTER>: deletes until the next occurrence of <ANY_CHARACTER>.

c + i + <ANY_BRACKET>: changes the inner content of the nearest matching bracket.

j + j: map this key to the function