• Vim
• movement
  • arrow equivalent
  • by word
    • to start of word
    • to end of word
    • by WORD
  • search
    • search character
      • move to result
      • move to left of result
      • backward
    • search expression
      • repeat
      • expression
  • end of line
    • the end character
    • the end non-whitespace character
  • by chunk
    • by paragraph
    • by page
      • half page
      • whole page
      • to some position in this page
  • to past position
• change
• count
  • go to line
• visual mode
  • visual mode navigation
• undo and redo
• fold
• spelling
• buffer
• quit
• write as root
• regex replace

Vim

movement

arrow equivalent

        ↑
    ← h j k l →
        ↓

by word

to start of word

<–b– ○ –w–>
word word word

to end of word

ㅤㅤ<–ge–○ –e–>
word word word

by WORD

same as by word but capitalize the last letter

a WORD contains any consecutive non-whitespace character

search

search character

type a character in replace of w below

move to result

○–fw–>
word word

move to left of result

○–tw–>
word sword

backward

capitalize the letter

search expression

• /… + enter search forward
• ?… + enter search backward

repeat

• n next match
• N last match

expression

• exact
• regex

end of line

the end character

<–0– ○ –$–>
ㅤㅤlineㅤㅤ

the end non-whitespace character

ㅤㅤ<–^–– ○ ––g_–>
ㅤㅤnot whitespaceㅤㅤ

by chunk

by paragraph

paragraph 1
stuff
<–––– { ––––-+
paragraph 2  ○
more stuff   |
<–––– } ––––-+
paragraph 3

by page

half page

• up ^u
• down ^d

whole page

• up ^b
• down ^f

to some position in this page

• Move to top of screen H
• Move to middle of screen M
• Move to bottom of screen L
• Top current line zt
• Center current line zz
• Bottom current line zb

to past position

• go back to the previous jump position ``
• go back to the previous jump lien ''
• go to mark letter: ` + letter
• go to top of last visual selection `<
• go to bottom of last visual selection `>
• go to top of last yanked `[
• go to bottom of last yanked `]
• go to last change g;
• go to previous change in change history g,

change

• delete current character and switch to insert mode s
• delete current line and switch to insert mode S
• delete current word and switch to insert mode ciw
• increase (decrease) line indent > (<)
• automatically indent line =
• change to uppercase/ lowercase gU (gu)
• toggle case ~

count

number + keys is the same as pressing keys for number times

go to line

number + G

or

number + gg

: + number

visual mode

• move the other border of selection instead o

visual mode navigation

• select whole paragraph vip
• select all inside quotes vi" (not only quotes, others are similar)
• select all inside tags vit
• select all and including quotes va" (not only quotes, others are similar)

undo and redo

• undo u
• redo ^r
• undo a line U

fold

• toggle all fold zi
• toggle current fold za

spelling

• spelling suggestions for current word z=
• add spelling of current word to dictionary zg
• remove spelling of current word to dictionary zw

buffer

• next buffer :bn, previous buffer :bp
• previous buffer <C-o>

quit

• save all and quit ZZ

write as root

:w !sudo tee %

regex replace

• () [] are escaped by \ if used as regex
• \{-} is *?
• \<…\> is \b…\b
• capture groups are \1, etc.

capitalize first letter

s/\<./\u&/g

simple camelCase to snake_case

s/\l\zs\u/_\l&/g

\( … \) to $…$

s/\\( \(.\{-}\) \\)/$\1$/g