Vim Configuration Cheat Sheet by Skabed

h, j, k, l

left, up, down, right

w, W

jump forwards to the start of a word (can contain punctu­ation)

b, B

jump backwards to the start of a word (can contain punctu­ation)

0, $

jump to start/end of line

5G

go to line 5

i

insert before the cursor

a

append text after cursor

o

open a new line below current line

v

start visual mode

Ctrl+v

start visual block mode

O

move to other corner of block

ib / iB

mark inner block with () / {}

Tab / S-Tab

shift text right / left

d

delete text

r

replace a single character

cc

change entire line

c$

change to end of line

cab/B

change () / {} whole block

S

same as cc

.

repeat last command

yy

yank a line

y$

yank until end of line

dd

delete a line

D

delete to the end of the line

/pattern

search pattern

n / N

repeat search in same / opposite direction

:%s/ol­d/new/g

replace

Ctrl + i/j/k/l

move between splits

<Le­ade­r> </>

decrease / increase current split horizontal size

<Le­ade­r> mm

maximize current buffer vertically

:sp file/path

open file in new horizontal split

, / ;

they input :, so we don't need to shift

:h/:help Name

open docs about Name

Ctrl+t

go back from hyperlink jump

zc/zo/za

close/­ope­n/t­oggle fold

zR

set fold level to 0 (unfold everyt­hing)

F2

pastet­oggle

F4

Syntas­tic­Check

F9

Run script

"­{re­gname}y

yank into {regname} register. {regname} can be any letter.

0 register

only populated whenever you yank smth, not when you delete

:tabedit {file}

open file in new tab

:tabclose

close current tab

:tabonly

close all tabs except current one

{i}gt

go to ith tab

:tabs

list all tabs and the files they include

<Le­ade­r>kk

Change word under the cursor / visually selected variable from under_­sco­re_name to underS­cor­eName

Ctrl-j

expand snippet

:Tabul­arize /pattern

use pattern to align text

Ctrl-p

enter fuzzy search mode

Ctrl-d

switch to search filenames mode

Ctrl-j / Ctrl-k

navigate search results

Ctrl-x / Ctrl-v

open result in horizontal / vertical split

:NERDTree [direc­tory]

open the directory tree

[g]o

[leave cursor in tree] open files / direct­ories

[g]s

[leave cursor in tree] open file in vertical split

P

jump to root node

I

toggle display hidden files

<Le­ade­r>c­<Le­ade­r>

toggle comment

<Le­ade­r>cA

add a comment at the end of the line

all shortcuts

<LL­>ss

send selection to R (quiet)

<LL­>sa

send selection to R (echo it) and then move down

<LL­>d

send line to R and then move down

<LL­>ae

send whole file to R (echo it)

:Sessi­onSave {name}

saves session

:Sessi­onClose

closes current opened session

vim --serv­ername {name}

opens session on vim opening

<Ct­rl>_

close last opened html/xml tag

:setfi­letype htmldjango

change current file syntax to django

cx{motion}

On the first use, define the first {motion} to exchange. On the second use, define the second {motion} and perform the exchange.

cxc

clear current marked motion

cs{sym­bol­1}{­sym­bol2}

Change surrou­ndings of current word from {symbol1} to {symbol2}. Ej: cs"', from "­wor­d" to 'word'.

ys{tex­tob­jec­t}{­symbol}

Surround word selected by {texto­bject} with {symbol}. Eg. ysiw" on Hel|lo world = "­Hel­lo" world

ctrl+n

place a cursor, repeat for placing another cursor to next occurrence of the word. In visual mode, place a cursor per line.