vimwiki-cheatsheet.md

VimWiki Cheatsheet

[number] refers to the wiki number, set by the order in your vimrc. The default is 1.

Wiki Management

• [number] <leader> ww - open wiki index file
• [number] <leader> wt - open wiki index file in new tab
• <leader> ws - list and select available wikis
• <leader> wd - delete wiki page
• <leader> wr - rename wiki page

Diary management

• [number] <leader> wi - open diary index file for wiki
• <leader> w <leader> i - update current diary index
• [number] <leader> w <leader> w - open today’s diary file for wiki
• [number] <leader> w <leader> t - open today’s diary file for wiki in new tab
• <C-Up> - open previous day’s diary
• <C-Down> - open next day’s diary

Navigation

• <CR> - follow/create wiki link
• <C-S-CR> - follow/create wiki link in new tab
• <backspace> - go back to previous wiki page
• <Tab> - go to next link on current page
• <S-Tab> - go to previous link on current page

Editing shortcuts

• <C-Space> - toggle list item on/off
• = - add header level
• - - remove header level
• + - create/decorate links
• glm - increase indent of list item
• gll - decrease indent of list item
• gl* or gl8 - switch or insert “*” symbol
• gl# or gl3 - switch or insert “#” symbol
• gl- - switch or insert “-“ symbol
• gl1 - switch or insert “1.” symbol

Table shortcuts

• <A-Left> move column left
• <A-right> move column right
• <CR> (insert mode) go down/create cell
• <Tab> (insert mode) go next/create cell
• gqq or gww reformat table

Text objects

ah section between 2 headings including empty trailing lines ih section between 2 headings excluding empty trailing lines a\ table cell i\ inner table cell ac table column ic inner table column

In Insert-Mode you can also use <Ctrl>t to increase and <Ctrl>d to decrease the line