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vimCommands

The document provides a comprehensive list of hotkeys for movement, editing, and file management in a text editor. It includes commands for navigating text, modifying content, and managing files and buffers. The hotkeys are organized into two main categories: movement/editing/writing hotkeys and file/window hotkeys.

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vimCommands

The document provides a comprehensive list of hotkeys for movement, editing, and file management in a text editor. It includes commands for navigating text, modifying content, and managing files and buffers. The hotkeys are organized into two main categories: movement/editing/writing hotkeys and file/window hotkeys.

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@nickstill2666

4 years ago
Two simple steps:

1. Movement/editing/writing Hotkeys:
h move left
j move down
k move up
l move right
w jump by start of words (punctuation considered words)
W jump by words (spaces separate words)
e jump to end of words (punctuation considered words)
E jump to end of words (no punctuation)
b jump backward by words (punctuation considered words)
B jump backward by words (no punctuation)
0 (zero) start of line
^ first non-blank character of line
$ end of line
G Go To command (prefix with number
i start insert mode at cursor
I insert at the beginning of the line
a append after the cursor
A append at the end of the line
o open (append) blank line below current line
O open blank line above current line
ea append at end of word
r replace a single character (does not use insert mode)
J join line below to the current one
cc change (replace) an entire line
cw change (replace) to the end of word
c$ change (replace) to the end of line
s delete character at cursor and subsitute text
S delete line at cursor and substitute text (same as cc)
yy yank (copy) a line
2yy yank 2 lines
yw yank word
y$ yank to end of line
p put (paste) the clipboard after cursor
P put (paste) before cursor
dd delete (cut) a line
dw delete (cut) the current word
x delete (cut) current character
:w write (save) the file, but don't exit
:wq write (save) and quit
:q quit (fails if anything has changed)
:q! quit and throw away changes

2. File/window hotkeys:
/pattern search for pattern
?pattern search backward for pattern
n repeat search in same direction
N repeat search in opposite direction
:e filename Edit a file in a new buffer
:bnext (or :bn) go to next buffer
:bprev (of :bp) go to previous buffer
:bd delete a buffer (close a file)
:sp filename Open a file in a new buffer and split window
ctrl+ws Split windows
ctrl+ww switch between windows
ctrl+wq Quit a window
ctrl+wv Split windows vertically

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