vim Flashcards
1
Q
h
A
move left 1 character
2
Q
l
A
move cursor right 1 character
3
Q
j
A
move cursor down 1 line
4
Q
k
A
move the cursor up one line
5
Q
w
A
move cursor forward one word to front of next word
6
Q
e
A
move cursor to end of current word
7
Q
b
A
move cursor backward one word
8
Q
A
move cursors to the beginning of the line
9
Q
$
A
move cursor to the end of the line
10
Q
gg
A
move cursor to the files first line
11
Q
G
A
move cursor to files last lime
12
Q
nG
A
move cursor to file line number n
13
Q
Ctrl + B
A
scroll up almost 1 screen
14
Q
Ctrl + F
A
scroll down almost 1 screen
15
Q
Ctrl + U
A
scroll up half of screen
16
Q
Ctrl + D
A
scroll down half of screen
17
Q
Ctrl + Y
A
scroll up one line
18
Q
Ctrl + E
A
scroll down one line
19
Q
Insert Mode
A
edit or entry mode
20
Q
Ex Mode
A
colon commands
21
Q
command mode
A
normal mode
22
Q
a
A
insert text after cursor
23
Q
A
A
insert text at end of text line
24
Q
dd
A
delete current line
25
dw
delete current word
26
i
insert text before cursor
27
l
insert text before beginning of text line
28
o
open new text line below cursor
29
O
open new text line above cursor and move into insert mode
30
p
paste copied text after cursor
31
P
past copied (yanked) text before cursor
32
yw
yank (copy) current word
33
yy
yank (copy) current line
34
:!
execute shell command and display results. don't quit
35
:r!
execute shell command and include the results in editor buffer area
36
:r
read file contents and include them in buffer area
37
:x
write buffer to file and quit
38
:wq
write buffer to file and quit editor
39
:wq!
write buffer
40
:w
write to buffer file and stay in editor
41
:w!
write to buffer file and stay in editor (overrides protection)
42
:q
quit editor without writing buffer to file
43
:q!
quit editor without writing buffer to file
44
ZZ
write buffer to file and quit editor
