Vim Bindings – Cheatsheet & Notes

– h,j,k,l

– w: word start (…W)
– e: word end (…E)
– b: backwards word (…B)
– ge: end of previous word

– gg: page top
– G: page bottom

– 0: beginning of the line index
– $: end of the line (trick: use “A” for the end of line + insert mode.)
– _: beginning of the line content (trick: use “I” for the beginning of line + insert mode.)

– {: move a block of lines up
– }: move to a block of lines down
– %: goto other pair of the parenthesis

– *: occurrence of the word

• y: yank

• d: delete (…D)

• p: paste

• x: delete letter (…X)

• c: change (…C)

• f: find letter and place cursor on it (…F) + “;” to goto next instance.

• t: find letter and place cursor before it (…T) + “;” to goto next instance.

• r: replace letter

• yy: copy line

• dd: delete line

• u: undo

• Ctrl + r: redo

• i: insert mode - before cursor

• a: insert mode - after cursor (append)

• o: new line below & insert mode

• O: new line above & insert mode

• I: insert at the beginning of the line

• A: append at the end of the line

• v: visual mode

• V: visual line mode

• z: bring the line view to center

• ~: to toggle between upper and lower case

• .: to execute last command

• >>: indent right

• <<: indent left

macros: combination of commands you wanna store in a letter for later execution (just like “.” but on steroids)

• q