How to code in Vim — Commands, a video tutorial on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hax7BEobOJQ

how-to-code-vim-commands.md

Command (normal) mode:

File

• :w - save file
• :q - close file
• :q! - close file without saving
• :x - save and close

Navigation

• h - left
• j - down
• k - up
• l - right
• gg - beginning of the file
• G - end of the file
• ^ - beginning of line
• $ - end of line
• Ctrl + d - page down
• Ctrl + u - page up
• % - matching/closing parentheses (or tag in HTML)

Undo/Redo

• u - undo
• Ctrl + r - redo

Working with text:

• i - insert before caret
• a - insert after caret
• o - new line below current line and switch into insert mode
• O - new line above current line and switch into insert mode
• x - deletes character under caret
• d - delete selected characters/lines
• dd - deletes current line
• r - replace character under caret with new character you write next

Visual mode:

• v - switch to visual mode and character selection
• V - switch to visal mode and line selection
• Ctrl + v - switch to visual mode and block selection
• y - copy selection
• p - paste below current line
• P - paste above current line