- w/W: skip forward by word
- b/B: jump back by word
- $: end of line
- 0: the beginning of the line, use ^ for the beginning of a non-empty line
- { }: Paragraph jump
- f{character}: jump to the first letter at the beginning of {} in this line, F jumps back
Text Editor:
- ci" delete everything inside the quotes
- dW delete a word
- add after p
- add before P
Find and replace:
- /find down, n next n previous
- ? look up
- []s/Pattern/ReplaceWith/g [] can be % for full text or "a,b" for a specific range, gi for ignoring case, gc for independent confirmation
- Visual input V in Normal
- V}% to replace in a range
- When looking for a pattern, you can use \zs to exit the matched characters
Macros and batch processing:
- q start recording followed by name, then press end
- Called by @name; @@ will call a recently executed script
Cursor/Page Movement:
- CTRL-F/B full screen page
- CTRL-D/U half screen page
- H current head; M current middle; L current tail
- zt put the current line at the top of the page
- zb put the current line at the end of the page
- zz puts the current line in the middle
- m{} can record the current position in {}
- '{} jump back via {}
Using the command line:
- :!{CMD} invoke command line
- read !{CMD} import command line input into VIM, using tricks can be used to import remote code into VIM through r !curl --slient http://address
- You can send specific blocks to the OS through visual mode. After combing through the command line, the results are sent back to VIM
Multi-file operation:
- : ls view
- : bnext next
- : bp previous
- : bf first
Multi-window operation:
- vsplit {EDIT_DOC} left and right points
- split {EDIT_DOC} up and down
- CTRL+W hjkl move between windows
- CTRL+W HJKL move the window up, down, left and right
- CTRL+W +/- Add and subtract lines
- CTRL+W <> Add or subtract columns
Indent and collapse:
- >> indent
- << Cancel indentation, support cross-line operation through 6<<, support block operation through VISUAL MODE
- You can enter VISUAL LINE mode by SHIFT+V for batch indentation
- = Blocks can be selected through VISUAL MODE and then batch FORMAT
- =G, reformat entire file (cursor at file header)
- CTRL+T/D can control indentation (INSERT MODE)
- 5zf fold the next N lines, zo open the fold zc close zd delete
- zf% find the current {} matching range to fold
- zi disable fold
- #set fdm=syntax
help:
- help: {theme}
- CTRL+} to open a link