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vim

switch mode

keydescription
iinsert before cursor
Iinsert at line start
aappend after cursor
Aappend at line end
onew line below
Onew line above
vvisual mode
Vvisual line
Ctrl-vvisual block
gvreselect last visual
Rreplace mode
Escnormal mode

move

keydescription
h j k lleft down up right
w / Wnext word / WORD
b / Bprevious word / WORD
e / Enext word / WORD end
0first column
^first non-blank
$end of line
ggtop of file
Gbottom of file
%matching pair
{ / }previous / next paragraph

search & replace

keydescription
/patforward search
?patbackward search
n Nnext/prev result
* #search word under cursor
f / Ffind char forward/backward
t / Tuntil char forward/backward
; / ,f/t repeat / reverse
:%s/a/b/g replace in whole file
:%s/a/b/gcreplace in whole file (confirm)
:%s/\Ca/b/gcase-sensitive match
:s/a/b/greplace in current line

operate

keydescription
ddelete
cchange
yyank
=format

text-object

keydescription
iw awinner/a word
i" a"quote
i' a'single quote
i( a(paren
i{ a{braces
i[ a[bracket
it attag
ip apparagraph

例如：

keydescription
ciwchange word
di(delete inside ()
ya"yank around quotes

normal mode

keydescription
xdelete character (forward / backward)
rreplace single char
dddelete line
ccchange line
Cchange to end of line
yyyank line
p / Ppaste (after / before cursor)
Jjoin lines
.repeat last change

insert mode

keydescription
<C-w>delete previous word
<C-u>delete to line start
<C-r>"insert from register
<C-o>execute one normal command

visual mode

keydescription
ddelete
cchange selection (insert mode on all)
yyank
> / <indent / outdent
=auto-indent
r{char}replace all selected with char
I / Ablock insert at start/end of lines
:auto :'<,'>
oswitch to other end of selection

jump list

KeyDescription
Ctrl-oJump back (older location)
Ctrl-iJump forward (newer location)
``Jump to previous position
gdJump to definition
grJump to references
gIJump to implementions
gyJump to type definition

:jumps to view current jump list

change list

KeyDescription
g;Older change
g,Newer change
giJump to last insert
`.Jump to last edit

:changes to view current change list

mark

keydescription
maset mark
`ajump exact
'ajump line
``previous jump exact

register

keydescription
"ayyyank to register
"appaste register
:regshow registers

:reg to view registers

undo redo

keydescription
uundo
Ctrl-rredo

macro

keydescription
qastart recording
qstop recording
@aplay macro
@@repeat
10@aplay 10 times

folding / z

keydescription
zatoggle fold
zo / zcopen/close fold
zO / zCrecursive open/close all nested folds
zR / zMopen/close all folds
zj / zkjump to next/prev fold
zzscroll to center screen
ztscroll to top
zbscroll to bottom

window / tab

keydescription
<C-w>h/j/k/lsplit nav
<C-w>vvsplit
<C-w>ssplit
<C-w>cclose windows
<C-w>wcycle to next window
gtnext tab
gTprev tab

command mode

files

commanddescription
:wsave
:xsave and quit
:wasave all
:xasave all and quit
:q!force quit
:e fileopen file

global

commanddescription
:g/pat/cmdexecute cmd on matching lines
:v/pat/cmdexecute cmd on non-matching lines
:%norm cmdexecute normal command on all lines
:%!cmdreplace buffer with shell output
:!cmdrun shell command
:r !cmdinsert shell output
:w !sudo tee %save current file as root (classic rescue)

vimrc

syntax on
filetype plugin indent on

set nonumber
set linebreak
set showbreak=+++
set showmatch
set ruler
set visualbell
 
set hlsearch
set smartcase
set ignorecase
set incsearch
 
set autoindent
set expandtab
set shiftwidth=4
set softtabstop=4
set smarttab

set undolevels=1000
set backspace=indent,eol,start
if has('win32')
    set clipboard=unnamed
else
    set clipboard=unnamedplus
endif