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Cheatsheet

Modes

Esc: Normal mode: for navigation and inserting commands.
Esc i: Insert mode: for inserting text.
Esc v: Visual mode: for selecting and manipulating text.
- Esc S-v: Visual line mode: select lines.
- Esc C-v: Visual block mode: select columns.
Esc : Command mode: for entering commands.

h: move left.
j: move down.
k: move up.
l: move right.
w: move start of next word.
b: move start of previous word.
e: move end of next word
W: move start of next token.
B: move start of previous token start.
E: move end of next token.
t: find till next char.
f: find next char.
T: find till previous char.
F: find previous char.
0: move start of line.
$: move end of line.
^: move first (non-blank) char of line.
gg: go to the beginning of the file.
#G: go to line number #.
G: go to the end of the file.
%: go to matching (,),[,],{ or }.

Edit (Operators)

i: enter insert mode at the current cursor position.
a: enter insert mode after the current cursor position.
I: enter insert mode at the beginning of the line.
A: enter insert mode at the end of the line.
o: insert a new line below the current line and enter insert mode.
O: insert a new line above the current line and enter insert mode.
x: delete the character at the cursor position.
X: delete the character before the cursor position.
d: delete operator.
dd: delete the current line.
D: delete from the cursor position to the end of the line.
y: copy operator.
yy: copy the current line.
Y: copy from the cursor position to the end of the line.
p: paste the copied or deleted content after the cursor position.
P: paste the copied or deleted content before the cursor position.
r: replace character under the cursor.
c: replace operator.
C: replace from cursor to end of line.
cc: replace the current line.
u: undo last change.
C-r: redo last undone change.
.: repeat last command.

): move start of next sentence.
(: move start of previous sentence.
}: move start of next paragraph.
{: move start of previous paragraph.
]: move start of next section.
[: move start of previous section.

Edit (Object)

diw: delete inner word.
ciw: change inner word.
yiw: yank inner word.
daw: delete a word.
caw: change a word.
yaw: yank a word. …

Indent

>>: indent to the right.
<<: indent to the left.
==: autoindent line.

Visual selection

Search

/pattern: search pattern forward.
?patern: search pattern backward.
n: search next pattern.
N: search previous pattern.
*: find next occurence of token.
#: find previous occurence of token.

Substitute

:s/old/new: substitute new for the first old in a line.
:s/old/new/g: substitute new for all old on a line.
:#,#s/old/new/g: substitute new for all old between two line #.
:%s/old/new/g: substitute all occurrences in the file.
:%s/old/new/gi: substitute all occurrences and make it case insensitive.
:%s/old/new/gc: substitute all occurrences and ask for confirmation each time.

H: move to top of screen.
M: move to middle of screen.
L: move to bottom of screen.
zz: center screen.
C-b: move backward one full screen.
C-f: move forward one full screen.
C-d: move down half screen.
C-u: move up half screen.
C-e: scroll down one line.
C-y: scroll up one line.
C-o: move backward through jump history.
C-i: move forward through jump history.

Windows and Tabs

sp: split window horizontally.
vsp: split window vertically.
C-w-w: cycle through open windows.
C-w-h: move to window on the left.
C-w-j: move to window below.
C-w-k: move to window above.
C-w-l: move to window on the right.
:tabnew: open new tab.
:tabclose: close current tab.

Save and Exit

:w: save file.
:w <filename>: save file as <filename>.
:q: quit.
:qw: save file and quit.
:q! discard changes and quit.

Various

C-g: display location and file status.

Commands

:!<command> run command.

Macro

qa: record macro a.
q: stop recoding macro.
@a: run macro a.
@@: run last macro again.

Help

:help: open help.
:help <topic>: open help for <topic>.

Configuration

See my Neovim configuration

Resources

Plugins

Neovim distributions

Cheatsheets

Awesome Vim Cheat Sheets to Help You Learn Vim