VIM Editor

VIM QUICK REFERENCE CARD

Basic movement
h l k j	character left, right; line up, down
b w	word/token left, right
ge e	end of word/token left, right
{  }	beginning of previous, next paragraph
( )	beginning of previous, next sentence
0 gm	beginning, middle of line
^  $	first, last character of line
nG ngg	line n, default the last, first
n%	percentage n of the file (n must be provided)
n|	column n of current line
%	match of next brace, bracket, comment, #define
nH nL	line n from start, bottom of window
M	middle line of window
Insertion & replace → insert mode
i a	insert before, after cursor
I A	insert at beginning, end of line
gI	insert text in first column
o O	open a new line below, above the current line
rc	replace character under cursor with c
grc	like r, but without affecting layout
R	replace characters starting at the cursor
gR	like R, but without affecting layout
cm	change text of movement command m
cc or S	change current line
C	change to the end of line
s	change one character and insert
~	switch case and advance cursor
g~m	switch case of movement command m
gum gUm	lowercase, uppercase text of movement m
<m >m	shift left, right text of movement m
n<< n>>	shift n lines left, right
Deletion
x X	delete character under, before cursor
dm	delete text of movement command m
dd D	delete current line, to the end of line
J gJ	join current line with next, without space
:rd↵	delete range r lines
:rdx↵	delete range r lines into register x
Insert mode
^Vc ^Vn	insert char c literally, decimal value n
^A	insert previously inserted text
^@	same as ^A and stop insert → command mode
^Rx ^R^Rx	insert content of register x, literally
^N ^P	text completion before, after cursor
^W	delete word before cursor
^U	delete all inserted character in current line
^D ^T	shift left, right one shift width
^Kc1c2 or c1←c2	enter digraph \c1,c2\
^Oc	execute c in temporary command mode
^X^E ^X^Y	scroll up, down
<esc> or ^[	abandon edition → command mode
Copying
"x	use register x for next delete, yank, put
:reg↵	show the content of all registers
:reg x↵	show the content of registers x
ym	yank the text of movement command m
yy or Y	yank current line into register
p P	put register after, before cursor position
]p [p	like p, P with indent adjusted
gp gP	like p, P leaving cursor after new text
Advanced insertion
g?m	perform rot13 encoding on movement m
n^A n^X	+n, -n to number under cursor
gqm	format lines of movement m to fixed width
:rce w↵	center lines in range r to width w
:rle i↵	left align lines in range r with indent i
:rri w↵	right align lines in range r to width w
!mc↵	filter lines of movement m through command c
n!!c↵	filter n lines through command c
:r!c↵	filter range r lines through command c
Visual mode
v V ^V	start/stop highlighting characters, lines, block
o	exchange cursor position with start of highlighting
gv	start highlighting on previous visual area
aw as ap	select a word, a sentence, a paragraph
ab aB	select a block ( ), a block { }
Undoing, repeating & registers
u U	undo last command, restore last changed line
.  ^R	repeat last changes, redo last undo
n.	repeat last changes with count replaced by n
qc qC	record, append typed characters in register c
q	stop recording
@c	execute the content of register c
@@	repeat previous @ command
:@c↵	execute register c as an Ex command
:rg/p/c↵	execute Ex command c on range r
	where pattern p matches
Complex movement
- +	line up, down on first non-blank character
B W	space-separated word left, right
gE E	end of space-separated word left, right
n_	down n-1 line on first non-blank character
g0	beginning of screen line
g^  g$	first, last character of screen line
gk gj	screen line up, down
fc Fc	next, previous occurence of character c
tc Tc	before next, previous occurence of c
; ,	repeat last fFtT, in opposite direction
[[ ]]	start of section backward, forward
[] ][	end of section backward, forward
[( ])	unclosed (, ) backward, forward
[{  ]}	unclosed {, } backward, forward
[m ]m	start of backward, forward Java method
[# ]#	unclosed #if, #else, #endif backward, forward
[* ]*	start, end of /* */ backward, forward
Search & substitution
/s↵  ?s↵	search forward, backward for s
/s/o↵  ?s?o↵	search fwd, bwd for s with offset o
n or /↵	repeat forward last search
N or ?↵	repeat backward last search
# *	search backward, forward for word under cursor
g# g*	same, but also find partial matches
gd gD	local, global definition of symbol under cursor
:rs/f/t/x↵	substitute f by t in range r
	x: g-all occurrences, c-confirm changes
:rs x↵	repeat substitution with new r & x
Special characters in search patterns
.   ^  $	any single character, start, end of line
\< \>	start, end of word
[c1-c2]	a single character in range c1..c2
[^c1-c2]	a single character not in range
\i \k \I \K	an identifier, keyword; excl. digits
\f \p \F \P	a file name, printable char.; excl. digits
\s \S	a white space, a non-white space
\e \t \r \b	<esc>, <tab>, <↵>, <←>
\= * \+	match 0..1, 0..∞, 1..∞ of preceding atoms
\|	separate two branches ( ≡ or)
\( \)	group patterns into an atom
\& \n	the whole matched pattern, nth () group
\u \l	next character made upper, lowercase
\c \C	ignore, match case on next pattern
Offsets in search commands
n or +n	n line downward in column 1
-n	n line upward in column 1
e+n e-n	n characters right, left to end of match
s+n s-n	n characters right, left to start of match
;sc	execute search command sc next
Marks and motions
mc	mark current position with mark c ∈[a..Z]
`c `C	go to mark c in current, C in any file
`0..9	go to last exit position
`` `"	go to position before jump, at last edit
`[ `]	go to start, end of previously operated text
:marks↵	print the active marks list
:jumps↵	print the jump list
n^O	go to nth older position in jump list
n^I	go to nth newer position in jump list
Key mapping & abbreviations
:map c e↵	map c ↦ e in normal & visual mode
:map!  c e↵	map c ↦ e in insert & cmd-line mode
:unmap c↵  :unmap!  c↵	remove mapping c
:mk f↵	write current mappings, settings... to file f
:ab c e↵	add abbreviation for c ↦ e
:ab c↵	show abbreviations starting with c
:una c↵	remove abbreviation c
Tags
:ta t↵	jump to tag t
:nta↵	jump to nth newer tag in list
^] ^T	jump to the tag under cursor, return from tag
:ts t↵	list matching tags and select one for jump
:tj t↵	jump to tag or select one if multiple matches
:tags↵	print tag list
:npo↵  :n^T↵	jump back from, to nth older tag
:tl↵	jump to last matching tag
^W}  :pt t↵	preview tag under cursor, tag t
^W]	split window and show tag under cursor
^Wz or :pc↵	close tag preview window
Scrolling & multi-windowing
^E ^Y	scroll line up, down
^D ^U	scroll half a page up, down
^F ^B	scroll page up, down
zt or z↵	set current line at top of window
zz or z.	set current line at center of window
zb or z-	set current line at bottom of window
zh zl	scroll one character to the right, left
zH zL	scroll half a screen to the right, left
^Ws or :split↵	split window in two
^Wn or :new↵	create new empty window
^Wo or :on↵	make current window one on screen
^Wj ^Wk	move to window below, above
^Ww ^W^W	move to window below, above (wrap)
Ex commands (↵)
:e f	edit file f, unless changes have been made
:e!  f	edit file f always (by default reload current)
:wn :wN	write file and edit next, previous one
:n :N	edit next, previous file in list
:rw	write range r to current file
:rw f	write range r to file f
:rw>>f	append range r to file f
:q :q!	quit and confirm, quit and discard changes
:wq or :x or ZZ	write to current file and exit
<up> <down>	recall commands starting with current
:r f	insert content of file f below cursor
:r!  c	insert output of command c below cursor
:args	display the argument list
:rco  a :rm  a	copy, move range r below line a
Ex ranges
, ;	separates two lines numbers, set to first line
n	an absolute line number n
.   $	the current line, the last line in file
% *	entire file, visual area
't	position of mark t
/p/ ?p?	the next, previous line where p matches
+n -n	+n, -n to the preceding line number
Folding
zfm	create fold of movement m
:rfo	create fold for range r
zd zE	delete fold at cursor, all in window
zo zc zO zC	open, close one fold; recursively
[z ]z	move to start, end of current open fold
zj zk	move down, up to start, end of next fold
Miscellaneous
:sh↵  :!c↵	start shell, execute command c in shell
K	lookup keyword under cursor with man
:make↵	start make, read errors and jump to first
:cn↵  :cp↵	display the next, previous error
:cl↵  :cf↵	list all errors, read errors from file
^L ^G	redraw screen, show filename and position
g^G	show cursor column, line, and character position
ga	show ASCII value of character under cursor
gf	open file which filename is under cursor
:redir>f↵	redirect output to file f
:mkview [f]	save view configuration [to file f]
:loadview [f]	load view configuration [from file f]
^@ ^K ^_  \  Fn ^Fn	unmapped keys

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