Cheat-Sheet

Move and edit

Movements

Whole buffer:

• gg / G - top and bottom of the buffer.
• H / L - top and bottom of the window.
• ctrl+f / ctrl+b - page up and down.
  Words:
• w - next word.
• e - end of the word.
• b - beginning of the word.
  Chunks (word plus space after):
• W - next chunk (space sep).
• E - end of the chunk (space sep).
• B - beginning of the chunk (space sep).
  Line:
• 0 / $ - beginning and end of the line.
• - - first symbol of the line (not space).
• fS (fa, fb)- find character on the line and jump on it.
• tS (ta, tb) - find character on the line and before it.
  Paragraph:
• { \ } - back and forward one paragraph.
• ( \ ) - back and forward one sentence.

Edit

• di[, di', di" - delete between quotes.
• cc - change whole line.
• cw (or ce, c3w, ...) - change to end of the word.
• cb - change to beginning.
• c4l - 4 symbols.
• I / A - start edit on beginning and end of the line.
• gi - last edit.

Selections in visual mode

• v - character.
• V - line.
• ctrl + v - block.
• o - move to beginning or end of selected block.

Copy-Paste

• :reg - list of all registers.
• "ay / "ap - copy/paste named register.
• ctrl+r, a - paste named in insert mode.
• "*p / "+y - to paste from the primary clipboard.

UI

Windows

• :split :sp FILENAME / :vsplit :vs FILENAME - open file horizontal or vertical split. Without FILENAME it doubles buffer.
• ctrl+w, q - close current.
• ctrl+w, o - close all except current.
• ctrl+w, (H, J, K, L) - move pane left, down, up, right.
• ctrl+w, r (or x?) - swap / exchange panes.
• ctrl+w, - + > < (10 -) - resize pane (10 times).

Buffers

• :ls / :b1 / :b cat - list buffers. Switch to buffer with index 1 or with substring name cat.
• :bn / :bp / :bd - next, previous buffer. Delete buffer.

Tabs

I use plugins for make tabs better, but with legacy vim you need to know basic command.

• :tabnew / :tabclose - create, close tab.
• :tabmove N - move tab to new place.
• :tabe FILENAME / :tabedit FILENAME - edit a file in a new tab.
• gt / :tabnext - switch to next tab.
• gT / :tabprevious - switch to previous tab.

Folding

Firstly, you need to setup fold method. The easiest way is to set indent or syntax method: set foldmethod=syntax. I don't use manual folding.

• zo / zc / za - open, close and toggle fold.
• zR / zM - open, close all folds.

Quickfix

• :copen - open quickfix pane (e.g. after :vimgrep).
• :cn / :cp - next, previous item in quickfix.

Command mode

Shortcuts in command mode

• Ctrl + p, Ctrl + n - up and down history.
• Ctrl + b, Ctrl + e - beginning and end of the line .
• Shift + left or right arrows - move by words.
• Ctrl + f - editable command-line.
• ESC / Ctrl + c - to close the buffer.

Snippets

• :vimgrep animal **/* .py - search in filesystem.
• :w !sudo tee % - save with sudo.
• %s/\n/r/g - sed replace.
• / TEXT - search. :hoh - disable highlight.

Tools

Common

• vim file.py +14 - open on particular line.

Configuration

• :set tabstop=4 - set variable.
• :set tabstop? - show variable.

Help pages

• :help tabs - open tabs section of help.
• ctrl+] - jump into link, e.g. :tabdo ....

Terminal

• :term - open terminal.
• Ctrl-w N - to switch to Normal mode within the terminal buffer.
• Ctrl-w w to navigate between the terminal and other Vim buffers.