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Motion req.; act between cursor & dst :w save :gui switch to GUI :ts list active tags 0 " before del/copy/paste to use register :buffers list files
Command :q quit :q! quit w/o save ^] jump to tag under cursor "+x cut to system clipboard reg. '+' blank file/buffer
Command and enter insert mode :e <file> edit file in new buffer ^t restore cursor before tag jump "+gP paste from system clipboard :bn next file
Moves cursor or defines range for op :source % ^p complete word 1 Number before any action repeats it :bp prev file
Search (! = reverse, " = forward) :exec '...' do cmd :ta Foo manual jump to tag 'Foo' 2p paste twice 3. repeat thrice :bd close file
ctags / diffs / folding 2 Repeat op to act on current line :bd!force close
Code formatting, whitespace, etc. soft ^ ! Start of Line 1st non-whitespace yy copy line dd del line :set lines=#
Extended functionality; req. extra chars hard 0 ! Start of Line column 0 [c prev diff << undent line >> indent line :set columns=#
Char arg req. $ " End of Line ]c next diff 3 # highlight words under cursor :winpos # # GUI
:help modes | move col 0 #| move col # :diffupdate :hi DiffText gui=none 4 ZZ save & quit ZQ quit w/o save
n Normal Esc ^[ ^c ^b page ! ^f page " resync :hi DiffDelete 5 zz center cursor line in window :help windows
i Insert a i r s ^u # page ! ^d # page " zh scroll left zl scroll right ^w or :wincmd
v Visual v V ^v ^q ^e scroll line ! ^y scroll line " zt scroll top zb scroll bottom
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]] begin next func { zi invert all ^x decr # under cursor (Dec / Hex)
WORD Foo ( src , # , # len ); :set matchpairs=(:),{:},[:],<:>,?:\: zr fold reduce 8 * start a "new" search
Startup % goto matching { } < > [ ] zm fold more :syntax enable
vim <filename> +123 goto line 123 :set filetype= ^p ^n next
vim <file> -t Foo edit at tag 'Foo' :s/Foo/Bar find Foo replace w/ Bar c cpp sh make perl python ^d undent ^t indent
vim <file> -c "/Foo" cmd: find 'Foo' & edit :s/Foo/Bar/g ...all instances on line q start recording noLe: chose only CnL Lype! ^x ^f filename completion :sp [<filename>]
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GUI Linux :set guifont=ProggyTinyTT\ 12 cur line, cur line + # lines q stop recording :set fileformat= ^k dictionary ]s next bad
GUI OSX :set guifont=ProggyTiny\:h11 $ last line '< start of select @@ repeat unix or dos or mac ^t thesaurus :help spell :marks ` ' ^o
diff gvimdiff <file1> <file2> [<file3>] '> end of select then :w to convert ^r paste register 0-9a-zA-Z or $ ma mark local 'a'
bug Broken Keys Ctrl-I = Tab, Ctrl-[ = ESC = < > << >> :set tabstop=# set tab stop every #th col + clipboard (or '*') 'A goto global 'A'
Vim is still unable to map certain keys for your own use$ :set backspace=indent,eol,start :set expandtab! toggle hard/soft tabs " last del/copy % filename '' prev location
Caps, Ctrl-1, Ctrl-Shift-1, Ctrl-I, Ctrl-\, etc. allow backspace join lines :set listchars= tab:>-:trail:-,nbsp:%,eol:$ :set numbers! toggle line numbers
0 See: src/ops.c -c "/valid_yank_reg" for " reg. names :set list! toggle whitespace :set wrap! toggle linewrap display :Explore or :e .
6 See: src/normal.c -c "/nv_cmds" for g extra cmds :set autoindent! :set showmatch highlite matching ()
11 See: src/edit.c -c "/ctrl_x_msgs" for ^x insert cmds :set lisp lisp indent mode noremap + :s/^/\/\//<CR> block comment noremap - :s/^\/\///<CR> uncomment one of buffer last
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