move
** in word (character) unit**
| Function | Button |
|---|
| on | k |
| down | j |
| Left | h |
| right | l |
In words
| Function | Button |
|---|
| previous word ending | ge |
| next word start | w |
| Beginning of this word (if already at the beginning of this word, skip to the beginning of the previous word) | b |
| At the end of this word (if it is at the end of this word, skip to the end of the next word) | e |
in units of screen
| Function | Button |
|---|
| Page down | CTRL-f |
| Page up | CTRL-b |
| Half page down | CTRL-d |
| Half page up | CTRL-u |
| Go up one line | CTRL-y |
| Next line | CTRL-e |
| Cursor moves to the top of the screen | H |
| Move cursor to middle of screen | M |
| Cursor moves to the bottom of the screen | L |
| Move the cursor to the top of the screen | zt |
| Move the cursor to the middle of the screen | zz |
| The cursor position moves to the bottom of the screen | zb |
Line number
| Function | Button |
|---|
| skip to line num | :num or numG or numgg |
document
| Function | Button |
|---|
| skip to file header | gg |
| Skip to end of file | G |
edit
copy
| Function | Button |
|---|
| Copy the word under the cursor | yiw |
| Copy the line where the cursor is | yy |
paste
| Function | Button |
|---|
| Paste after cursor | p |
| Paste before cursor | P |
cut
| Function | Button |
|---|
| Cut selection | d |
| Cut the line where the cursor is located | dd |
replace
| Function | Button |
|---|
| Replace str1 with str2 in full text | :%s/str1/str2/g |
| Replace str1 with str2 in lines 1 to 5 | :1,5s/str1/str2/g |
upper and lower case
| Function | Button |
|---|
| Swap the case of the selected content | ~ |
| Convert the selection to lowercase | gu |
| Convert the selection to uppercase | gU |
| lowercase the current line | guu |
| Uppercase the current line | gUU |
| Replace matches with uppercase | :%s/xxx/\U&/g |
| Replace matches with lowercase | :%s/xxx/\L&/g |
Note: & represents all regular expression matches, and \1, ‘\2’, …, \9 represent the 1st to 9th matches.
choose
| Function | Button |
|---|
| Select the last selected area | gv |
| Select bracketed area | vi{, vi[, vi( |
search
| Function | Button |
|---|
| Find string down | /str |
| Look up string | ?str |
| find next | n |
| Find previous | N |
| Go down to the word under the cursor | * |
| Go down to the word under the cursor | # |
Regular expressions
| Function | Button |
|---|
| Match left word boundary | \< |
| Match word right boundary | \> |
| Deduplication | :g/^\(.*\)$\n\1/d |
Commonly used
| Function | Button |
|---|
| delete blank lines | :g/^$/d |
| undo/UNDO | u |
| redo/REDO | C-r |
| Count lines/words/characters/bytes | g C-g |
| Remove UTF-8 BOM | :set nobomb |
| Keep UTF-8 BOM | :set bomb |
Global
| Function | Button |
|---|
| quit | :q |
| Enforce | ! |
| Execute external commands | :! |
file operations
| Function | Button |
|---|
| open | :e |
| Open file dialog | :bro e |
| save | :w |
| Save As Dialog | :brow |
| View history file list | :ol |
| View and open history files | :bro ol |
| Rename current file | :f filename |
vimdiff
| Function | Button | |
|---|
| Move to previous difference | [c | |
| move to next difference | ]c | |
| This diff uses the current file’s | dp | |
| This diff uses the | do | of the other file |
| Manual refresh re-diff | :diffupdate | |
Buffer
| Function | Button |
|---|
| View Buffer List | :ls |
| Go to the next Buffer in the Buffer list | :bn |
| Go to the previous Buffer in the Buffer list | :bp |
| Go to Buffer number num in the Buffer list | :bnum |
| A Buffer you were in before | :b# |
| Remove Buffer number num from the Buffer list | :bdnum |
Combining commands
Commands can be combined using |, such as cmd1 | cmd2.
code
| Function | Button |
|---|
| Format code | gg=G |
| Remove line numbers at the beginning of lines 1-20 | :1,20s/^\\s\*[0-9]\*\\s\*//g |
| Expand Collapse All | zR |
| Expand current level fold | zr |
| Collapse all | zM |
| current level collapse | zm |
| Toggle collapse/expand | za |
| Recursively collapse/expand the current large block | zA |
| Collapse current block | zc |
| Recursively fold the current large block | zC |
| Expand current block | zo |
| Recursively expand the current large block | zO |
| format json data | :%!python -m json.tool |
| Indent current line | >> |
| Unindent current line | << |
modeline
Writing:
vim: set ft=markdown:
vim: ft=markdown
// vim: noai:ts=4:sw=4
/* vim: noai:ts=4:sw=4 */
Plugins
####CtrlP
Basic keys C-p
| Function | Button |
|---|
| Refresh list | F5 |
| switch file/buffer/MRU | C-f/b |
| Toggle full path search/filename search | C-d |
| Toggle regular expression mode | C-r |
| Previous/next options | C-k/j |
| Open file in new tab/vertical split/horizontal split | C-t/v/x |
| Select the previous/next record in history | C-p/n |
| Create a file and its parent path | C-y |
| Mark and open multiple files | C-z C-o |
| Exit CtrlP | C-c |
LeaderF
| Function | Button |
|---|
| Open file | Leader-f |
| open buffer | Leader-b |
| Open MRU | Leader-m (custom) |
| exit | C-c |
| Toggle between fuzzy search and regular search | C-r |
| Paste | C-v |
| Clear input | C-u |
| Previous/next options | C-k/j |
| Open file in new tab/vertical split/horizontal split | C-t/]/v |
| Refresh list | F5 |
vim-table-mode
| Function | Button |
|---|
| Delete column | Leader-tdc |
| delete line | Leader-tdd |
| Reformatting table | Leader-tr |
markdown-preview.nvim
| Function | Button |
|---|
| Preview | F5 |
| Stop preview | F6 |
Export PDF: After previewing, use the “Print” function of the browser, select “Save as PDF” for the printer, cancel “Header and Footer”, and then click Save.
Command Line
Jump to a specified line when opening Vim:
num indicates the line number, if not filled, it will jump to the end of the file.
