Basic Vim Motions

Things to remember.

Modes:

• i - insert mode
• esc - normal mode
• v/V - visual mode
• :- command mode

Motions:

• h, j, k, l
• 0 - home, ^ - first chr, $ - eol
• w/W - next word
• e/E - next word-end
• b/B - backward

Insert mode:

• i - insert before chr
• I - beginning of line
• a - append after chr
• A - EOL

Horsing around:

• zz/zt/zb - scroll rel cursor
• H/M/L - jump to first/mid/last line on screen
• ZZ - quick exit

Text modification:

• d - delete
• dd - delete line
• D - delete till EOL
• diw - "delete in word"
• ciw - "change in word" (delete word + INS)
• x - delete chr
• r - replace
• . - replay

Clipboard:

• y - yank
• yy - yank line
• p - paste before, P - paste after
• "1y - yank to register 1
• "1p - paste from register 1
• "+y/"+p - system clipboard
• "%p - current file name
• * - select current word matches → n/N - jump to next/prev
• viw - select word

Macros:

• q1 - record macro to reg 1
• q - stop recording
• @1 - replay macro

Time travel:

• u - undo
• Ctrl+r - redo

Commands:

:w - save :q/:q! - quit :noh - reset search highlights :%s//NEW/gc - replace *-selected substring with confirmation :reg - show registers