Famous command line editor
General
- :help – Enter help
- <C-]> – Help enter a menu
- <C-[> – Help back / escape
- Ctrl + [ / Ctrl + c – Escape alternative
- :%s/find_what/replace_to/g – find and replace all
- :set paste – paste without autoindent, :set nopaste turn on autoindent
- u – undo, Ctrl+r – redo
- . – Repeat previous action
- :set number / :set nonumber – add / remove lines numbers
- ~/.vimrc – vim defaults. e.g. add line ‘set number’ to have line numbers by default
- Esc -> Ctrl + z – Run vim in background and back to terminal.
$ fg – to bring vim back to foreground - >> / << – indent right / left (in normal mode)
- Ctrl + T / Ctrl + D – indent right / left (in insert mode)
- 3>> / 3<< or >2j / <2j indent 3 lines right / left
- >} – Indent from cursor to next blank line
- >aB – Indent current block structure
- == – Automatically indent current line
- gg=G – Reindent entire buffer
- Ctrl + V -> select before lines -> I -> # -> Esc – Comment block of code
- :edit file-name.txt – edit new file in the same window
- :e, :edit – reload current file from disk. :edit! – discard and reload
.vimrc
inoremap jk <esc>Navigation
- h,j,k,l – Move Left, Down, Up, Right
- Ctrl + y – Scroll up
- Ctrl + e – Scroll down
- Ctrl + u – Move half screen up
- Ctrl + d – Move half screen down
- H – Move to top of screen
- M – Move to middle of screen
- L – Move to bottom of line
- 0 – Move to start of line
- 123G – Go to line 123
- G – Move to last line
- ^ – Move to the start of text in line
- $ – Move to the end of line
- gg – Go to file start (ctrl + home)
- # go to other occurrence of current word
Insert / Append
- i – start insert mode at cursor
- I – insert at the beginning of the line
- a – append after the cursor
- A – append at the end of the line
- o – open (append) blank line below current line (no need to press return)
- O – open blank line above current line
- ea – append at end of word
- r – replace one char
- R – replace text
Edit text
- x – delete current char
- X – delete char before, like backspace
- dw – Delete word
- dG – Delete all to the end of file
- d$, D – delete to the end of line
- v – Select text. While selecting text, you can perform searches and other advanced movement.
- V – Select text by lines
- Ctrl + v – Select block
- d – Cut / Delete
- y – Copy (Yank)
- p – Paste after current line
- P – Paste before the cursor
- dG – Delete all to the end of file
- yy – Copy line
- yy, p – Duplicate line
- di” – Delete in quotes
- da” – Delete in quotes including quotes
- yiw->viwp – Copy one word and paste it to another
Tabs
- :tabedit / tabe somefile.txt – open new tab
- gt / gT – move next / previous tab
- 1gt, 2gt etc – move to tab 1, 2 etc
- :tabfirst, :tablast, :tabn, :tabp – Move to tab first, last, next, previous
- :tabs – list of tabs
- $ vim -p file1 file2 – open multiple files in tabs
- :tabclose – close current tab
- :tabonly – close all tabs except of current
- :mksession myproject.vim- save open tabs workspace in a session
- :mks! – save workspace to file Session.vim
- $ vim -S Session.vim – open workspace from session
- :qa – quit all tabs
- :wqa – save and quit all tabs
Search / Replace
- /pattern – search for pattern
- ?pattern – search backward for pattern
- n – repeat search in same direction
- N – repeat search in opposite direction
- ggn – go to first match
- GN – go to last match
- :%s/old/new/g – replace all old with new throughout file
- :%s/old/new/gc – replace all old with new throughout file with confirmations
- * / # – Search exact word next / previous
- g* / g# – Search word containing this word next / previous
Windows & Buffers
- :edit – Open file in new buffer
- :badd filename – add file to new buffer
- :bn / :bp – Next / previous buffer
- :term – Open terminal in new buffer
- <C-w>v – New split window vertically
- <C-w>s – New split window horizontally
- <C-w>h/j/k/l – Move between windows
- Ctrl + WW – Move next buffer
- <C-\> <Ctrl-n> – exit terminal mode
- <C-w> <C-r> – Swap parts of split window
- <C-w>K – Restore split windows positions
- :res 10 – resize horizontal height 10 (or :resize)
- :res +5 / -5 – resize horizontal height +5 / -5
- :vertical resize 80 / +5 / -5 – vertical resize to 80 / +5 / -5
- <C-w>- / <C-w>+ resize horizontal split
- <C-w>> / <C-w>< resize virtical split
- <C-w> 10 +/-/</> resize 10 steps
- <C-w> = – Resize all windows to equal
- <C-w> _ / | – Maximize horizontal / vertical split
Edit multiple files
- :args – List of open files
- :argadd filename – Add file to open files list
- :argedit filename – Add file to args and start edit it
- :n / :N – Next / previous file
- :wn / :wN – Save and move next / previous file
- :w! / :N! – Move to next / previous file without change
- :e# – Swap between files
- :set autowrite – Saves files automatically when moving to another file
File explorer
https://shapeshed.com/vim-netrw/
- :Vex – open netrw in new vertical split
Links:
http://www.worldtimzone.com/res/vi.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5r6yzFEXajQ
