help
:h or :help |
help |
:h x |
help for command x |
:h 'number' |
help for option number |
:h E37 |
help for error message 'E37' |
modes
| normal mode | <esc> |
| insert mode | i |
| visual mode | v |
scroll
ctrl-d |
scroll downwards half a window |
ctrl-u |
scroll upwards half a window |
undo
u |
undo |
ctrl-r |
redo |
motion
h |
← |
j |
↓ |
k |
↑ |
l |
→ |
w |
words forward |
b |
words backward |
e |
to end of word |
0 |
to begin of line |
$ |
to end of line |
gg |
to first line |
G |
to last line |
:5 |
to 5th line |
% |
to matched pair |
fx |
to next occurrence of char 'x' |
Fx |
to previous occurrence of char 'x' |
ctrl-o |
to older position |
ctrl-i |
to newer position |
insert
i |
insert |
I |
insert at begin of line |
a |
append |
A |
append at end of line |
o |
new line below |
O |
new line above |
pattern
/pattern |
search forward |
?pattern |
search backward |
* |
search forward for word |
# |
search backward for word |
n |
next |
N |
previous |
:noh |
stop highlighting |
change
delete
x or dl |
delete char |
dd |
delete line |
daw |
delete a word |
d in visual mode |
delete selected chars |
:1,5 d |
delete lines 1 - 5 |
copy
yy |
yank line |
y in visual mode |
yank selected chars |
:1,5 co 6 |
copy lines 1 - 5 to below line 6 |
replace
rx |
replace char with 'x' |
:s/old/new/ |
substitute |
:%s/old/new/g |
substitute all |
put
p |
put |
:1,5 m 6 |
move lines 1 - 5 to below line 6 |
editing
ZZ or :x |
write if modified and exit |
ZQ or :q! |
quit without writing |
:w [file] |
write |
:r [file] |
read and insert |
:e! |
re-edit |
:f or ctrl-g |
print file status |
g ctrl-g |
print word count |
windows
:split [file] |
split window |
:vsplit [file] |
split window vertically |
:close |
close window |
:only |
close all other windows |
ctrl-w w |
move to next window |
repeat
5x |
do x 5 times |
macros
qx ... q |
record macro named 'x' |
@x |
execute macro named 'x' |
shell
:!ls |
execute ls with shell |
auto-complete
ctrl-d |
list matched names |
<tab> |
complete |