Vim Flashcards
Vim: how to move cursor 1 char left?
h
Vim: how to move cursor 1 char right?
l
Vim: how to move cursor 1 char up?
k
Vim: how to move cursor 1 char down?
j
Vim: how to move cursor to the beginning of the line?
0
Vim: how to move cursor to the end of the line?
$
Vim: how to move cursor to the first non-empty character of the line?
Vim: how to move cursor forward one word (next alphanumeric word)?
w
Vim: how to move cursor forward one word delimited by a whitespace?
W
Vim: how to move cursor forward five words delimited by whitespace?
5W
Vim: how to move cursor backwards one word (previous alphanumeric word)?
b
Vim: how to move cursor backward one word (delimited by whitespace)?
B
Vim: how to move cursor to end of file?
G
Vim: how to move cursor to beginning of file?
gg
Vim: how to move cursor to the previous sentence?
(
Vim: how to move cursor to the next sentence?
)
Vim: how to move cursor to the previous paragraph?
{
Vim: how to move cursor to the next paragraph?
}
Vim: how to move cursor to the previous section?
[[
Vim: how to move cursor to the next section?
]]
Vim: how to move cursor to the end of the previous section?
[]
Vim: how to move cursor to the end of the next section?
][
Vim: how insert text after the cursor?
a
Vim: how to insert text at the end of line?
A
Vim: how to insert text before the cursor?
i
Vim: how to begin a new line above the current line?
O
Vim: how to begin a new line below the current line?
o
Vim: how to insert the content of the file below the cursor?
:r
Vim: how to execute command and insert output below the cursor?
:r !
Vim: how to delete character at cursor and add it to clipboard?
x
Vim: how to delete from cursor to end of word?
dw
Vim: how to delete from cursor to beginning of the line?
d0
Vim: how to delete from cursor to end of line?
d$
Vim: how to delete from cursor to end of sentence?
d)
Vim: how to delete from cursor to beginning of file?
dgg
Vim: how to delete from cursor to end of file?
dG
Vim: how to delete current line?
dd
Vim: how to delete 3 lines starting from current?
3dd
Vim: how to replace character under cursor with ?
r{}
Vim: how to replace characters instead of inserting them?
R
Vim: how to copy current line into storage buffer?
yy
Vim: how to copy current lines into register x?
'’xyy
double quotes
Vim: how to paste current storage buffer after current line?
p
Vim: how to paste current storage buffer before current line?
P
Vim: how to paste from register x after current line?
“xp
double quotes
Vim: how to undo last operation?
u
Vim: how to redo last undo?
ctrl-r
Vim: how to search for “text” forwards?
/text
Vim: how to search for “text” backwards?
?text
Vim: how to move to next instance of search result?
n
Vim: how to move to previous instance of search result?
N
Vim: how to search for “text” and replace first occurance with “hello”?
:%s/text/hello
Vim: how to search for “text” and replace all occurances with “hello”?
:%s/text/hello/g
Vim: how to search for “text” and ask before replacing occurances with “hello”?
:%s/text/hello/gc
Vim: how to set bookmark “x” to current cursor position?
mb
Vim: how to list all bookmarks?
:marks
Vim: how to jump to beginning of line of bookmark at “x”?
‘x
Vim: how to enter visual mode per character?
v
Vim: how to enter visual mode per line?
V
Vim: how to switch case of current visual selection?
~
Vim: how to delete selected text?
d
Vim: how to delete selected text and start insert?
c
Vim: how to copy selected text into clipboard (yank)?
y
Vim: how to indent text to the right (shift right)?
>
Vim: how to indent text to the left (shift left)?
Vim: how to filter through an external command?
!
Vim: how to copy current selection into register x?
“xy
double quotes
Vim: how to open file under current cursor?
gf
Vim: which arguments makes vim write files with encryption (will prompt for key)?
-x
Vim: which argument makes vim start without plugins?
–noplugin
Vim: how to start vim in diff mode (argument)?
-d
Vim: how to scroll down one half of the screen?
ctrl-d
Vim: how to scroll up one half of the screen?
ctrl-u
Vim: how to scroll up one screen?
ctrl-b
Vim: how to scroll down one line?
ctrl-y
Vim: how to scroll up one line?
ctrl-e
Vim: how to move cursor to middle of page?
M
Vim: how to move cursor to top of page?
H
Vim: how to move cursor to bottom of page?
L
Vim: how to move cursor to end of word (alphanumeric)?
e
Vim: how to move cursor to end of word (whitespace delimited)?
E
Vim: how to move cursor to line 30?
:30
Vim: how to move cursor to previously modified line?
’.
Vim: how to move cursor to next line with a lowercase mark?
]’
Vim: how to move cursor to previous line with a lowercase mark?
[’
Vim: how to insert one character before the cursor?
I (uppercase i)
Vim: how to undo all changes to current line?
U
Vim: how to delete contents to end of line?
D
Vim: how to delete character one before cursor?
X
Vim: how to substitute one character under the cursor?
s
Vim: how to substitue entire line and begin to inser at beginning of line?
S
Vim: how to increment number under cursor?
ctrl-a
Vim: how to decrement number under cursor?
ctrl-x
Vim: how to repeat last command action?
.
Vim: how to open file with tag for word under cursor?
ctrl-]
Vim: how to open file with ctag “function_name”?
:tag function_name
:ta function_name
Vim: how to go back when opened a file matching a ctag?
ctrl-t
Vim: when searching for tags - how to show the list of tags matching the current search?
:ts
Vim: how to go to next tag in ctag search?
:tn
Vim: how to go to previous tag in ctag search?
:tp
Vim: how to go to first ag in ctag search?
:tf
Vim: how to go to the last tag in ctag search?
:tl
Vim: how to jump to exact position of mark x?
`x
Vim: how to list all open tabs?
:tabs
Vim: how to record macro at identifier “x”?
- type qx
- do the commands
- end macro with “q”
Vim: how to play macro at identifier “x”?
@x
Vim: how to do command x times?
:x
Vim: how to move cursor to next lowercase mark?
]`
Vim: how to move cursor to previous lowercase mark?
[`
Vim: how to jump to position where last file has been edited?
`0
Vim: how to jump to previous file where it has been edited?
`1
Vim: how to jump to beginning of previously yanked text?
`[
Vim: how to jump to end of previously yanked text?
`]
Vim: how to jump to beginning of previous visual selection?
`
Vim: how to jump to end of previous visual selection?
`>
Vim: how to delete multiple/single marks?
:delmarks a
Example for deleting multiple marks:
:delmarks abc
Vim: within search results - how to jump to first match (skip if row 1 col 1)?
ggn
Vim: within search results - how to jump to real first match?
Gn
Vim: how to search forward for occurances of the word below cursor?
*
Vim: how to search backward for occurances of the word below cursor?
#
Vim: after search - how to replace the searched string with “replace”?
:%s//replace/g
Note: After searching the empty search is a placeholder for the previous search string.
Vim: how to make vim search while typing?
:set incsearch
Vim: how to make vim ignore case when searching?
:set ignorecase
Vim: how to search for the third occurance of “pattern”?
3/pattern
Vim: when searching for pattern - how to make the cursor being positioned at the end of the occurance?
/pattern/e
Vim: how to search for the third occurance of the current word forward?
3*
Vim: how to serch for the third occurance of the current word backward?
3#
Vim: how to jump to line 50 without a “vim command” (that is the “:”)?
50G
Vim: how to return to the line where the cursor was before the latest jump?
’’
single quotes
Vim: how to return to the cursor position before the latest jump?
``
Vim: how to split window vertical?
:vsp
Vim: how to split window horizontally?
:sp
Vim: how to move to split window below?
ctrl-j
set in .vimrc
Vim: how to move to split window above?
ctrl-k
set in .vimrc
Vim: how to remap keystrokes in .vimrc?
map C-J C-Wj
put C-J and C-W in crocodile brackets
Vim: how to move to splut window to the right?
ctrl-l
Vim: how to move to splut window to the left?
ctrl-h
Vim: how to jump to next occurance of character “x”?
fx
Vim: how to jump before next occurance of character “x”?
tx
Vim: how to show register contents?
:req
Vim: how to remove highlighting on search results?
:noh
Vim: after search - how to jump to the cursor position before search (you could also jump back without search)?
ctrl-o
Vim: how to jump forward to next cursor position (after jumping back)?
ctrl-i
Vim: how to execute an external command?
:!python …
Vim: how to show content of folder of current file?
:!ls
or
:!dir
Vim: what is the command prefix to execute only on the visual selection
:’
Vim: how to save visual selection to file?
:‘w FILENAME
Vim: how to insert output of external command below cursor?
:r !command
Vim: how to display help files?
:help
Vim: how to edit another file?
:e filename
Vim: how to save file with sudo privileges?
:w !sudo tee %
Bash & Vim: how to search for file and open the result in vim?
find . -name whatever.js | xargs vim
Vim: Which is the leader key?
\
Vim: How to open CtrlP to show and switch file?
(ctrl - p)
Vim: How to open the netrw file explorer?
Vim/netrw: How to open file in new tab?
3
Vim/netrw: How to open file in horizontal split?
1
Vim/netrw: How to open file in vertical split?
2
Vim/netrw: How to open file in previous window?
4
Vim: how to insert jsdoc for function (when cursor is over funtion)?
:JsDoc
Vim: how to search for occurance “xxx” in folder y?
:vimgrep /xxx/g y
Vim: how to expand visual selection to next region?
Vim: how to reduce visual selection to next region?
VIm: how to remove extra whitespaces?
:StripWhitespace
Vim: how to rescane CtrlP files?
:CtrlPClearCache
Vim: how to switch to next tab?
Vim: how to switch to previous tab?
Vim: how to git add?
a
Vim: how to git commit?
c
Vim: how to get git status?
s
Vim: how to get git log?
l
Vim: how to checkout file?
Ctrl + g + checkout
Vim: how to show diff?
Ctrl + g + diff
Vim: how to git pull?
Ctrl + g + pull
Vim: how to git push?
Ctrl + g + push
Vim: how to execute any git command?
Ctrl + g + git
Vim: how to git merge?
Ctrl + g + merge
Vim: how to finish git merge?
Ctrl + g + done
Vim: highlight all occurances of word under cursor?
*
Vim: Alternative for escape key?
Ctrl + [
Vim: how to search for tags (ctrlp)?
Ctrl + L
Vim: how to delete until line Z?
dZG
