Essentials

Command	Meaning
`:q`	quit
`:w`	save
`:w <filename>`	save as `<filename>`
`:w!`	force save
`:help <topic>`	get help on `<topic>`
`:e <filename>`	open the file given by `<filename>`
`<esc>`	enter Command Mode
`i`	enter Insertion Mode (functions like a normal editor)
`u`	undo
`ctrl+r`	redo

Navigation

Command	Meaning
`h, j, k, l`	left, down, up, right
`w`	bring cursor to start of next word
`W`	bring cursor to start of next WORD
`e`	bring cursor to end of this word/next word
`E`	bring cursor to end of this WORD/next WORD
`b`	bring cursor to start of this word/previous word
`B`	bring cursor to start of this WORD/previous WORD
`x`	delete the character under the cursor (essentially, delete forwards)
`s`	delete the character under the cursor and enter Insertion Mode
`r<char>`	replace the character under the cursor with `<char>`
`R`	enter Replace Mode (like the Insert key)
`c`	enter the "submode" for changing (basically, deleting and entering Insertion Mode)
`C`	change to end of line (basically, delete to end of line and enter Insertion Mode)
`d`	enter the "submode" for deleting/cutting
`D`	delete to end of line
`y`	enter the "submode" for yanking/copying
`p`	paste (by default, from the first register)
`"<char>p`	paste from register number `<char>`
`"<shift+char>`	append to the register given by name `<char>`
`:reg`	list contents of all registers
`.`	repeat the last change
`<esc>`	enter Command Mode
`i`	enter Insertion Mode to the left of the cursor/on the cursor
`I`	enter Insertion Mode right before the first non-whitespace character of the line
`a`	enter Insertion Mode to the right of the cursor
`A`	enter Insertion Mode at the end of the line
`O`	insert line above
`o`	insert line below
`J`	join selected lines together (replacing newline with a single space)

Command	Meaning
`gg`	bring cursor to first line of file
`G`	bring cursor to last line of file
`<num>G`	bring cursor to line number `<num>`
`^f`	move forward through the buffer (PageDown)
`^b`	move backwards through the buffer (PageUp)
`^o`	move cursor to a previous position
`^i`	move cursor to a more-recent position
`{`	bring cursor to start of code block/next block
`}`	bring cursor to end of code block/previous block
`0`	bring cursor to the first character of the line
`^`	bring cursor to the first non-whitespace character of the line
`$`	bring cursor to the last character of the line
<num>`	bring cursor to column number `<num>` of the line
`f<char>`	bring cursor to the next occurrence of `<char>`
`F<char>`	bring cursor to the previous occurrence of `<char>`
`t<char>`	bring the cursor to the character before the next occurrence of `<char>`
`T<char>`	bring the cursor to the character before the previous occurrence of `<char>`
`;`	repeat the last f/F/t/T command
`,`	repeat the last f/F/t/T command reversed
`#`	bring cursor to previous occurrence of word under cursor
`*`	bring cursor to next occurrence of word under cursor
`%`	bring cursor to matching delimiter (e.g. paren, brace)
`vat` + `o`	highlight around tag and jump to matching
`/<term>`	search the file forwards for an occurrence of `<term>`
`?<term>`	search the file backwards for an occurrence of `<term>`
`n`	continue last search
`N`	continue last search in opposite direction

Command	Meaning
`3w`	Jump forward three words
`3dw`	Delete the next three words
`10.`	Repeat the last command 10 times
`5fx`	Jump to the fifth-next occurrence of the letter ‘x’
`de`	Delete to end of word
`yy`	Yank entire line
`ciw`	Delete current word and drop into Insert mode
`dip`	Delete current paragraph
`vip`	Select current paragraph
`va(`	Select inside parens (including parens)
`dat`	Delete HTML tag

Command	Meaning
`m<char>`	create a mark with name `<char>`
`<char>	bring the cursor to the exact location where mark `<char>` was set
`:marks`	list your marks
`q<char>`	start recording a macro, stored into register `<char>`
`q`	cease recording macro
`@<char>`	run the macro stored in register `<char>`
`:earlier <[0-9]+(s	m
`:later <[0-9]+(s	m

Command	Meaning
`:!pwd`	run pwd in the shell and see the result in Vim
`:r !pwd`	run pwd in the shell and paste the result into Vim
`:!sort`	run Unix sort on the selection
`:!rm %`	delete this file

Command	Meaning
`zf`	fold/collapse selected lines
`zo`	open/uncollapse fold at current line
`zc`	close/recollapse fold at current line
`zd`	delete fold at current line
`:tabe <filename>`	open the file given by `<filename>` in a new tab
`shift+h`	navigate to the tab on the left
`shift+l`	navigate to the tab on the right
`:new <filename>`	open the file given by `<filename>` in a horizontal pane
`ctrl+w`	enable pane navigation mode
`h, j, k, l`	move to pane in that direction

Command	Meaning
`<selection> -> u`	make the current selection to be all lowercase
`<selection> -> U`	make the current selection to be all uppercase
`~`	toggle case
`=`	autoindent (only semi-reliable)
`<<`	shift line left by one indentation (defaults to four spaces)
`>>`	shift line right by one indentation
`^a`	increment the number under the cursor
`^x`	decrement the number under the cursor
`:X`	save and encrypt this file
`:jumps`	list all modifications that you've made to this file