Movements
- gg - go to the beginning of file
- G - to to the end of file
- :30 - go to the line #30
- 0 - go to the beginning of line
- ^ - go to the beginning of line (first not space character)
- $ - go to the end of line
- w or W - move to next word
- b or B - move to previous word
- H - move to the top of the screen
- M - move to the middle of the screen
- L - move to the bottom of the screen
- { - jump to the previous empty line
- } - jump to the next empty line
- f then letter - jumps to letter forward
- F then letter - jumps to letter backward
- t and T do the same, but they stop before the character
- % - go to matching parentheses
- * - finds the word under cursor forward
- # - finds the word under cursor backward
Edit
- i - insert mode before current cursor position
- I - insert mode in the beginning of line
- a - insert mode after current cursor position
- A - insert mode at the end of line
- R - replace mode
- r - replaces one character without entering replace mode
- o - insert line after current line
- O - insert line before current line
- x - removes a symbol under cursor (like delete), 3x - removes 3 symbols to the right (current cursor position is included)
- X - removes a symbol before cursor (like backspace), 3X - removes 3 symbols to the left (current cursor is NOT included)
- u - undo
- Ctrl+r - redo
- dw - delete word forward
- db - delete word backward
d3b or 3db - delete 3 words backward
- . - repeats the previous command
- v - enters visual mode (you can use w, e, hjkl for movements, then you can press d for deleting or y for copying)
- yy - copy line
- p - put
Search
- /phrase - searches phrase forward, n - continue search forward, N - continue search backward
- ?phrase - searches phrase backward, n - continue search backward, N - continue search forward
Miscellaneous
- :syntax on - switches syntax on
- :syntax off - switches syntax off
- :set number - shows line numbers
- :set nonumber - disables line numbers