Changelog

* 2024-06-12
    * Add: Add insert register content to command line mode.
* 2022-05-28
    * Add: Replace.
* 2021-06-02
    * Add: Window move.
* 2021-05-29
    * Modify: Use normal markdown code format.
    * Add: Comment for command.
    * Add: Window operation command.
* 2018-09-21
    * Add: Mksession.
* 2016-08-10
    * Done
                        

Mode

Insert

{number}i       Before current character
{number}a       After current character
{number}I       Before whole line
{number}A       After whole line

{number}O       Before current line
{number}o       After current line
                        

Command

:{command}
                        

View

Save/exit

;write [filename]
:wq
:x

:quit
:quit!
:wq!
                        

Move

{number}k
{number}j
{number}h
{number}l

{number}w       Go forward word start
{number}b       Go backward to word start
{number}e       Go forward word end 
{number}ge      Go backward word end

{number}G       Go to line {number}
G               Go to last line
gg              Go to first line
                        

Edit

Delete

{number}x
{number}X

{number}d{move}
{number}dd
                        

Quick edit

.
                        

Cut/copy/paste

y{move}

{number}yy

{delete}

p
P
                        

Replace

r
R
~
c{move}
                        

Undo/redo

u
U
ctrl-r
                        

Fomat

Indent

>>
<<
                        

Aliment

:center
:left
:right
                        

Find

/ 
?
*
#
g*
g#

n
N
                        

Multi file edit

vim {filename1} {filename2} ...
:edit {filename}

:buffers
:bad {filename}
badd {filename]

:n
:N

:file
                        

Visual mode

v
V
ctrl-v
                        

Window

:split  / ctrl-w s
:vsplit / ctrl-w v
:quit   / ctrl-w q
:close  / ctrl-w c

:resize {number}    / ctrl-w {number}_      Set window height
:resize -{number}   / ctrl-w {number}-      Decrease window height
:resize +{number}   / ctrl-w {number}+      Increase window height

:vertical resize {number}   / ctrl-w {number}|        Set window width
:vertical resize -{number}  / ctrl-w {number}<        Decrease window width
:vertical resize +{number}  / ctrl-w {number}>        Increase window width

ctrl-w =                Equal window height/width

ctrl-w {move}

ctrl-w w                Move cursor to below/right window
ctrl-w W                Move cursor to above/left window
ctrl-w t                Move cursor to top-left window
ctrl-w b                Move cursor to bottom-right window

ctrl-w r                Roate window downward/rightward
ctrl-w R                Roate window upward/leftward
ctrl-w x                Exchange current window with next one

ctrl-w K                Move window very top
ctrl-w J                Move window very bottom
ctrl-w H                Move window very left
ctrl-w L                Move window very right
ctrl-w T                New tab
                        

Session

:mksession [session_file]
:source {session_file}
# vim -S .vim/session/session1.vim
                        

Replace

Character to newline:

s/{CHAR}/\r/g
                        

Registers

• Insert register content to command line

Press <C-r>, then press <register_letter>.

For example, yank a word in visual mode with y, then in command line, insert it by:

<C-r>"
                        

Last modified: 2022-05-28