Vim

Cheatsheet

Movement

• h, j, k, l: Move cursor left, down, up, right
• w, b: Jump forwards / backwards single word
• W, B: Jump forwards / backwards single ‘word’ (black separated)
• 0, $: Jump to the start / end of the line
• ^: Jump to the first non-blank character of the line
• %: Jump to matching character (e.g., (), {}, [])
• gg, G: Jump to the beginning / end of the file
• f_, F_: Jump to next / previous occurrence of _
• t_, T_: Jump to after next / previous occurrence of _
• ;: Repeat last jump
• }, {: Jump to next / previous paragraph
• zz: Centre cursor on screen
• <C-e>, <C-y>: Move screen down / up one line, without moving cursor
• <C-b>, <C-f>: Move screen down / up one page, moving cursor to the last / first line
• <C-d>, <C-u>: Move screen down / up half page

Insert / Edit

• i, a: Insert mode before / after the cursor
• I, A: Insert mode at the beginning / end of the line
• o, O: Insert a new line below / above the current line and enter insert mode
• r: Replace a single character.
• R: Replace character until pressing ESC.
• J, gJ: Join the line below to the current one, with / without single space inbetween
• cc (= S): Replace entire line
• u, C-r: Undo / Redo
• .: Repeat last command

Visual

• v: Start visual mode
• V: Start linewise visual mode
• o: Move to the other end of the marked area
• a_, i_: Around / Inside _
  • e.g., aw: Around word, i(: Inside ()
• y: Yank marked text
• d: Cut marked text
• ~: Switch case
• u, U: Change to lowercase / uppercase
• >, <: Shift text right / left
• <C-a>, <C-x>: Increment / decrement by [count] the number or alphabetic character in the highlighted text
• g<C-a>, g<C-x>: Same as <C-a> / <C-x> but if several lines are highlighted, each will be incremented / decremented by an additional [count]
• :set wrap: Wrap text around terminal

Macros / Registers

• @_: Run macro in register _
  • @@: Rerun last macro run
• :reg: Show registers content
• "_y, "_p: Yank to / paste from register _
• "+y, "+p: Yank to / paste from system clipboard register
• q_: Record macro to register _
• q: Stop recording

Search / Replace

• /_, ?_: Search forwards / backwards for pattern _
• n, N: Next / previous in search results
• :[range]s/{pattern}/{string}/[flags] [count]: For each line in [range] replace a match of {pattern} with {string}
  • Flags
    • c: Confirm each substitution
    • e: When the search pattern fails, do not issue an error message and continue in maps as if no error occurred
    • g: Replace all occurrences in the line
    • i, I: Ignore / do not ignore case for the pattern
    • n: Report the number of matches, do not actually substitute
• <C-q>: Add search results to quickfix list (e.g., after telescope search)
  • :cdo {command}: Runs a command on each line in the quickfix list
  • :cfdo {command}: Runs a command on each file in the quickfix list

Buffer

• :enew: Open new empty buffer
• :bd: Close current buffer
  • :bd {BUFNO}: Close a specific buffer with number {BUFNO}
  • :bd!: Force close buffer without saving
  • :bufdo bd: Close all buffers except the current one
  • :bufdo bd!: Close all buffers except the current one without saving

Miscellaneous

Diff View

• Open the diff view between file1.txt and file2.txt
  • nvim -d file1.txt file2.txt

Neovim Related

Noice

• :Noice: View notifications history
• :Noice telescope: View notifications history in Telescope