vim-cheatsheet.md

Vim cheat sheet

Motions and Operators

Motions

• [operator]aw - current word with trailing space
• [operator]iw - current word
• [operator]ap - current paragraph with trailing space
• [operator]ip - current paragraph
• [operator]l - current letter
• [operator]it - inside the tag
• [operator]0 - move to begin of line
• [operator]g_ - move to end of line
• [operator]gg - move to the begin of buffer
• [operator]G - move to the end of buffer
• [operator]{ - move to the prev paragraph
• [operator]} - move to the next paragraph
• [operator]H - move to the top
• [operator]L - move to the bottom
• [operator]M - move to the middle

Operators

• c[motion] - change
• d[motion] - delete
• y[motion] - copy
• g~[motion] - swap case
• gu[motion] - make lowercase
• gU[motion] - make uppercase
• gq[motion] - format text
• zf[motion] - define a fold
• =[motion] - autoindent
• >[motion] - shift right
• <[motion] - shift left
• ![motion]{external program} - filter through an external program

Change

• cl - change letter
• caw - change a word and trailing space
• cap - change a paragraph
• ciw - change a word

Change on motion

• gUl - switch to uppercase letter
• gUaw - switch to uppercase a word
• gUap - switch to uppercase a paragraph
• gUit - switch to uppercase the text inside a tag

Delete

• dl - delete letter
• daw - delete a word and trailing space
• dap - deleta a paragraph

Copy

• yl - copy letter
• yaw - copy a word with trailing space
• yap - copy a paragraph with trailing space
• yy - copy a line

External program

• !ap{grep -oP '\d+'} - leave only digits in the current paragraph

Execute external program

• `:%! [external command] - execute external command on the whole buffer and replace with result

Edit in Insert mode

• <C-h> - delete back one character
• <C-w> - delete back one word
• <C-u> - delete back to start of line

Normal Insert mode

• <C-o> - enter into Normal Insert mode

Insert special symbol by code

• <C-v>[code] - by decimal code
• <C-v>u[code] - by hexadecimal code
• <C-k>[char][char] - by digraph (:h digraph-table)
• <C-k>12 - digraph combo for the ½ symbol

Insert expression result

• <C-r>=[expression]<CR> - calculate an expression and place result in cursor position
• <C-r>=5*5<CR> - insert 25 in current cursor position

Macros

• q a - begin recording macros to register a
• q - end recording macros
• @a - perform macros from register a

Combo

• 30@a - perform macros from register a 30 times

Visual mode

• o - toggle the free end
• gv - reselect the last selection
• vit - select text inside the tag
• viw - select current word
• vip - select current paragraph

Useful combos

• <C-v>5j$A;<CR> - append the ";" symbol at the end of 5 lines

Paste

• p - paste after cursor
• P - paste before cursor

Paste in Insert mode

• <C-r><C-p>[register] - paste from register

Folding

• zf - create folding
• za - toggle folding

Calculations

• [num]<C-a> - add [num] to the first found value
• [num]<C-x> - subtract [num] from the first found value

Navigate

• <C-d> - scroll down
• <C-u> - scroll up
• <C-m> - scroll to the middle
• <C-o> - go to older cursor position in jump list
• <C-i> - go to newer cursor position in jump list
• H - move to the top
• L - move to the bottom
• M - move to the middle
• 0 - move to begin of line
• g_ - move to end of line
• gg - move to begin of buffer
• G - move to end of buffer

Search in current line

• f[char] - move to the [char]
• t[char] - move before a [char]
• ; - move to the next [char]
• , - move to the prev [char]

Search in whole buffer

• * - search a word that is under cursor
• n - search next occurrence
• N - search prev occurrence

Resize windows

• <C-w>[columns]> - increase the width of window
• <C-w>[columns]< - decrease the width of window
• <C-w>[rows]+ - increase the height of window
• <C-w>[rows]- - decrease the height of window