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- ## Vim Cheat Sheet
- ### Navigation
- - End of the file: shift + g
- - Next line: j
- - Go down a defined number of lines: number + j
- - Skip to next word: w
- - Skip back a word: b
- - Skip to next section: W
- - Skip back to previous section: B
- - Go to end of the line: $
- - Go to beginning of the line: 0
- - Go to top of the screen: shift + h
- - Go to bottom of the screen: shift + l
- - Forward multiple words: 5w
- - Forward multiple letters: 5l
- - Back multiple letters: 5h
- - Forward to the next 'y': fy (case sensitive)
- ### Editing
- - Undo: u
- - Redo: ctrl + r
- - Inserting text where the cursor is: i
- - Inserting text at the start of the line: I
- - Insert at the end of the line: shift + a
- - Copy entire line: yy or Y
- - Paste copied line: p
- - Change multiple words: 5cw
- - Insert at the end of the line: A
- ### Deleting
- - d<leftArrow> will delete current and left character
- - d$ will delete from current position to end of line
- - d^ will delete from current backward to first non-white-space character
- - d0 will delete from current backward to beginning of line
- - dw deletes current to end of current word (including trailing space)
- - db deletes current to beginning of current word
- - Delete current line: dd
- - Delete character in front: shift + j
- - Delete entire word: cw
- - Delet to the end of the line: shift + C
- - Delete multiple lines: d + number of lines + enter
- - Delete from current position to a specific line number: d<line number>G
- - Deleting all items in a file that start with a pattern: :g/< search term>/d
- - Deleting all lines that are empty or that contain only whitespace: :g/^\s*$/d
- ### Selecting
- - Select the entire line: V
- - Select a range of text: v
- - Select a column: control + v
- - Reselect a block: gv
- - Select all: ggVG
- ### Find and Replace
- - %s/<what to find>/<what you want to replace it with>
- ### Saving
- - Save the file: :w
- - Save the file and quit: :wq
- - Quit without saving: :q!
- ### Views
- - Use horizontal split: :sp filename
- - Use vertical split: :vsp filename
- - Switch from top to bottom: control + w + j
- - Switch from left to right: control + w + l
- - Switch from bottom to top: control + w + j
- - Switch from right to left: control + w + h
- ### Search
- - While on current line: f + <queried item>
- - Search for word in file: /word + enter
- - Find next search result: n
- - Search backwards: N
- - Go to first result: ggn
- - Go to last result: GN
- - To remove search highlighting: :noh
- ### Modes
- - Normal
- - Insert
- - Visual
- - Replace
- - Command Line
- ### Multiple Files
- - :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
- ### Indenting
- - Fix indenting when pasting: set paste in .vimrc file
- - Indenting: visual mode + > or <
- - Repeat indenting: .
- ### Visual Mode
- - Changing multiple lines of text: control + v + shift + i + action + esc
- - Select elements in paragraph: v + / + content
- ### Display settings
- - Turning on line numbers: :set nu
- - Turning on syntax highlighting: :syntax on
- ### Reseting Vim Settings
- ```
- cd
- mv .vimrc .vimrc-old
- mv .vim .vim-old
- touch .vimrc; mkdir .vim
- ```
- ### Help
- - To get help: :h <topic>
- - To exit help: :bd
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