Vim Cheatcheet

vim-cheatcheet.txt

vim: sw=4 ts=4 et

Normal Mode
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General
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u       undo
U       undo all changes on last modified line
^r      redo
d       delete (input motion)
dd      delete line
p       paste after/below cursor
y       copy (input motion)

Mode Switching
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i       insert before cursor
I       insert at beginning of line
a       insert after cursor
A       insert at EOL
o       insert new line below
O       insert new line above
r       replace char
R       replace
c       change: delete until motion and insert mode
v       visual
^v      visual block
V       visual line

Motion
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w       next word
e       end of next word
f       advance to char (input next char)
t       advance before char (input next char)
^o      jump back
^i      jump forward
^^      beginning of line
0       beginning of line
$       EOL
%       matching paren

space   easymotion word jump
\j\k    easymotion go to line
\\f     easymotion character jump
\\w     easymotion forward word jump

zENTER  current line to top of screen on first char
zt      current line to top of screen
zz      center current line in screen
z.      center current line on first char
zb      current line to bottom of screen


Programming/Keywords
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gd      goto definition/first occurence highlighting uses --> very useful for scoped variables! Use ctags ^] for globals.
K       open man-page
^]      ctags go to definition
^t      ctags location history
^w}     ctags open definition in preview window
=       indent lines (input motion)

Window management
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^ws     hsplit
^wv     vsplit
^wo     maximize window
^wq     close window
^whjkl  move to window
^wHJKL  move buffer to window/change split direction
^wz     close preview windows

Insert Mode
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^n^p    next/previous dictionary completion
^y      accept deoplete completion
^o      go to normal mode for 1 command, then go back to insert mode --> use to access easymotion, or twice to go back

Commands
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:noh                get rid of highlighting from search or gd
:s                  replace (prepend range: % for entire file, N,N for lines. Append /g or /c for multiples and confirmation)
:!                  shell command
:w FILE             write
:r FILE             load content from file (or command with !, e.g. :r !uname)

:StripWhitespace
:NerdTree
:Tagbar