Vim Cheatsheet

Movement

⇐ ⇓ ⇑ ⇒ ∧ top ∨ bottom
h j k l gg g
Forward Backwards
Start of Word w Start of Word b
Start of Word w/ Punctuation W Start of Word w/ Punctuation B
End of Word e End of Word ge
End of Word w/ Punctuation E End of Word w/ Punctuation gE
End of Line $ Start of Line 0
Last non-bolank char of Line g_ First non-blank char of Line ^
Occurence of Character x fx Occurrence of Character x Fx
Till before Character x tx Till after Character x Tx
Up Down
Move Cursor Up gk Move Cursor Down gj
Back 1 Screen ctrl + b Forward 1 Screen ctrl + f
Back 1/2 Screen ctrl + u Forward 1/2 Screen ctrl + d
Paragraph Up { Paragraph Down }
Previous Section [[ Next Section ]]
Previous Line Start - Next Line Start +
Scroll Line Up ctrl + y Scroll Line Down ctrl + e
Top of File gg Bottom of File G
Cursor to Top zt Cursor to Bottom zb
Reposition Cursor Line to…
Top of Screen H
Middle of Screen M
Bottom of Screen L
Reposition Cursor Line without moving the cursor itself
Scroll so cursor line is at the top of the screen zt
Center zz
Scroll so cursor line is at the bottom of the screen zb

Edit

Normal Mode Hint
Insert end of line A
Insert beginning of line I
Insert next line o
Insert before line O
Insert after cursor a
Insert before cursor i

Delete or Change

Delete is handled like then the modifier, like w for word;

You can also us c for change instead of delete, which will automatically put you in insert mode
dw delete word (to next word start) dG delete to end of file
de delete to End of word dgg delete to beginning of file
db delete back a word di delete between symbol, like (, {, “, etc.
D or d$ delete from cursor to end of line dip delete paragraph
dt X delete everything up to (but not including)
dd or dd delete line or multiple lines x delete single character

Use / to search, n to go to next, and N to go to previous.

You can also use ? to search, but in reverse, and that reverses the n and N.

When searching and you are under a word, you can hit * and # to go forward and back searching for that word under the cursor.

Indent

Normal Mode
Indent Line »
Dedent Line «

Examples:

  • 3>> - indent 3 lines
  • >j - indent current line and the one below
  • >ap - indent a paragraph
  • >i} - indent everything inside {}
Insert Mode hint
Indent Right ctrl + t t for “tab”
Indent Left ctrl + d d for “DE-indent”

Nifty Commands
Select All ggVG
Copy all to system clipboard gg"+yG
gf opens the filename currently under the cursor in the current window
gd jump to the local declaration of the keyword (current file)
gD go to global declaration
ctrl + ] return to previous location

Screen Split

Create
:split or :sp Horizontal Split
:vsplit or :vs Vertical Split
:sp filename or :vs filename Open File in New Split
Ctrl+w then s Horizontal Split
Ctrl+w then v Vertical Split
Navigate
Ctrl+w + h Move to the left split
Ctrl+w + j Move to split below
Ctrl+w + k Move to split above
Ctrl+w + l Move to the right split
Ctrl+w + w Cycle through windows