njkaiser / configs

various system files I don't feel like losing when I inevitably break something

VIM shortcuts

because the internet apparently can't put them all in one spot

Motions

• h move left
• j move down
• k move up
• l move right
• w jump by start of words (punctuation considered words)
• W jump by words (spaces separate words)
• e jump to end of words (punctuation considered words)
• E jump to end of words (no punctuation)
• b jump backward by words (punctuation considered words)
• B jump backward by words (no punctuation)
• 0 move to start of line
• ^ move to first non-blank character of line
• $ move to end of current line
• line numberG go to line number
• G move cursor to last line of document
• M move cursor to middle of document
• gg move cursor to first line of document
• fchar move cursor up to next instance of char
• Fchar move cursor up to previous instance of char
• tchar move cursor to just before next instance of char
• Tchar move cursor to just before previous instance of char
• ( jumps to the previous sentence
• ) jumps to the next sentence
• { jumps to the previous paragraph
• } jumps to the next paragraph
• [[ jumps to the previous section
• ]] jumps to the next section
• [] jump to the end of the previous section
• ][ jump to the end of the next section
• H jump to the last line on screen
• L jump to the first line on screen
• <Ctrl> + d move down half page
• <Ctrl> + u move up half page
• <Ctrl> + f move down whole page (same as Page Down)
• <Ctrl> + b move up whole page (same as Page Up)

Marks

• mx set mark x
• delmarks x delete mark x
• delm x delete mark x
• ]' jump to next line with a lowercase mark
• [' jump to previous line with a lowercase mark
• `]`` jump to next lowercase mark
• `[`` jump to previous lowercase mark
• `5[`` jump back 5 lowercase marks

Special Marks

Vim has some special marks which it sets automatically. Here are some of the most useful:

• \.` jump to position where last change occurred in current buffer
• \"` jump to position where last exited current buffer
• \0` jump to position in last file edited (when exited Vim)
• \1 like 0 but the previous file (also `2 etc)
• '' jump back (to line in current buffer where jumped from)
• \`` jump back (to position in current buffer where jumped from)
• \[` jump to beginning of previously changed or yanked text
• \]` jump to end of previously changed or yanked text
• \<` jump to beginning end of last visual selection
• \<` jump to end of last visual selection

Insert Mode

• i start insert mode at cursor
• I insert at the beginning of the line
• a append after the cursor
• A append at the end of the line
• o begin a new line below the cursor
• O begin a new line above the cursor
• ea append at end of word
• <Ctrl> + h delete previous character without leaving insert mode
• <Ctrl> + w delete previous word without leaving insert mode
• <Ctrl> + u delete line to left of cursor without leaving insert mode
• <Ctrl> + O enter normal mode for next command
• <Esc> exit insert mode

Editing

• r replace a single character
• R overwrite mode
• J join line below to the current one
• cc change (replace) an entire line
• cw change (replace) to the end of word
• c$ change (replace) to the end of line
• C change (replace) to the end of line
• s delete character at cursor and subsitute text
• S delete entire line and substitute text (same as cc)
• xp transpose two letters (cut and paste)
• guu change current line to lowercase
• gUU change current line to uppercase
• g~~ invert case of current line
• guw change until end of current word to lowercase
• guaw change all of current word to lowercase
• gUw change until end of current word to uppercase
• gUaw change all of current word to uppercase
• gu motion make all words in motion lowercase
• gU motion make all words in motion uppercase
• u undo
• <Ctrl> + r redo
• . repeat last command (whole document)
• ; repeat last command (on this line)
• <Ctrl> + t indent current line (insert mode)
• <Ctrl> + d unindent current line (insert mode)
• == autoindent current line

Marking Text (Visual Mode)

• v start visual mode, mark lines, then do command (such as y-yank)
• V start linewise visual mode
• <Ctrl> + v start visual block mode
• o move to other end of marked area
• O move to other corner of block
• aw mark a word
• ab a () block (with braces)
• aB a {} block (with brackets)
• ib inner () block
• iB inner {} block
• <Esc> exit visual mode

Visual Commands

• > indent
• < unindent
• y yank (copy) marked text
• d delete marked text
• U convert selected text to uppercase
• u convert selected text to lowercase
• ~ switch case of selected
• = autoindent selection

Cut and Paste

• yy copy entire line
• Y copy entire line
• 2yy copy 2 lines
• yw copy word
• y$ copy to end of line
• p paste after cursor
• P paste before cursor
• dd delete (cut) a line
• dw delete (cut) the current word
• daw delete (cut) the current word (from any position in the word)
• x delete (cut) current character
• :rfilename insert the contents of filename below the cursor
• :rcommand execute command and insert its output below the cursor
• <Ctrl> + y (when in insert mode) copy/paste character from line above

Repeating Groups of Commands

• qchar <commands> q store commands in buffer char
• @char repeat commands stored in buffer char
• @@ repeat commands stored in the last used buffer (called buy @char)

Search/Replace

• /pattern search for pattern
• ?pattern search backward for pattern
• * search for word under cursor
• g* search for partial word under cursor
• <Ctrl> + o go forward through jump locations for word under cursor
• <Ctrl> + i go backward through jump locations for word under cursor
• [I show lines containing word under cursor
• n move to next search instance
• N move to previous search instance
• :%s/old/new/g replace all old with new throughout file
• :%s/old/new/gc replace all old with new throughout file with confirmations

Working with multiple files

• :e filename Edit a file in a new buffer
• :bnext (or :bn) go to next buffer
• :bprev (of :bp) go to previous buffer
• :bd delete a buffer (close a file)
• :spfilename open filename in a new buffer and split window (horizontally)
• :vsplitfilename open filename in a new buffer and split window (vertically)
• <Ctrl> + ws split windows
• <Ctrl> + ww switch between windows
• <Ctrl> + wq quit a window
• <Ctrl> + wv split windows vertically
• gf go to file under cursor
• <Ctrl> + o jump backward one buffer
• <Ctrl> + i jump forward one buffer
• <Ctrl> + ^ jump to the alternate (last edited) buffer

Screen Translation

• zz translate screen so current line is at center
• zt translate screen so current line is at top
• zb translate screen so current line is at bottom
• <Ctrl> + y translate screen up one line (without moving cursor)
• <Ctrl> + e translate screen down one line (without moving cursor)

Exiting

• :w write (save) the file, but don't exit
• :q quit (fails if anything has changed)
• :wq write (save) and quit
• :q! quit and throw away changes
• ZZ same as :wq
• ZQ same as :q!

Miscellaneous

• <Shift> + K suspends vim and opens man page for the command under the cursor
• <Ctrl> + g shows filename, status, # of lines, and percentage of way through buffer
• g + <Ctrl> + g shows column, line, word, and byte information
• 1 + <Ctrl> + g shows full path filename, status, # of lines, and percentage of way through buffer
• <Ctrl> + s stops (freezes) VIM
• <Ctrl> + q resumes (unfreezes) VIM
• :%s/pattern//gn count number of matches of pattern
• :%s/pattern//n count number of lines that contain a match of pattern

Other helpful options

• :set ignorecase case insensitive search
• :set smartcase case insensitive search, unless something in search term is capital
• :set hlsearch/nohlsearch highlight all search terms in document