| key |
action |
| single char commands |
| a | insert after cursor |
| b | left one word |
| e | word right end |
| g | start of document |
| h | left one character |
| i | insert before cursor |
| j | down one line |
| k | up one line |
| l | right one character |
| n | repeat the most recent search, in the same direction |
| o | insert after line |
| p | put after cursor |
| q | stop macro recording |
| u | undo |
| v | enter visual mode |
| w | right one word |
| x | delete |
| space | right one character |
| A | insert after end of line |
| B | left one word (same as b) |
| C | change to end of line |
| D | delete line right |
| E | word right end (same as e) |
| G | goto end or line number if prefixed |
| H | goto first line of the screen |
| I | insert at begin |
| J | join lines |
| L | goto last line of the screen |
| M | goto middle line of the screen |
| N | repeat the most recent search, in the opposite direction |
| O | insert before line |
| P | put before cursor |
| R | replace many chars, enters overtype mode |
| V | enter visual line mode |
| W | right one word (same as w) |
| X | delete backwards |
| / | next occurrence |
| ? | previous occurrence |
| . | repeat last action |
| ; | repeat last find char |
| ~ | toggle case |
| $ | end of line |
| 0,^ | begin of line |
| { | paragraph up, in visual mode adds to selection |
| } | paragraph down, in visual mode adds to selection |
| ( | paragraph up, in visual mode adds to selection (same as {) |
| ) | paragraph down, in visual mode adds to selection (same as }) |
| % | matching brace, in visual mode selects with matching brace |
| # | previous occurrence of word under cursor |
| * | next occurrence of word under cursor |
| + | down one line, goto home |
| - | up one line, goto home |
| tab | indents selection |
| TAB | dedents selection |
| ESC | escape deselects, goes back to normal mode |
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| key |
action |
| control char commands |
| ctrl b | page up |
| ctrl e | increment word under cursor |
| ctrl f | page down |
| ctrl g | shows filename and state |
| ctrl j | decrement word under cursor |
| ctrl p | scroll up |
| ctrl q | scroll down |
| ctrl r? | inserts contents of register if in insert mode |
| ctrl r% | inserts contents of % register, or copies contents to
clipboard if not in insert mode |
| ctrl r= | enters register calculation mode |
| double or more char commands |
| cc | change line |
| cw | change word |
| dd | delete line or selection |
| de | delete word (to end of word) |
| d0 | delete line left |
| d$ | delete line right |
| dw | delete word |
| f? | find next character |
| F? | find previous character |
| m? | mark current line (one letter marker) |
| qx | record macro x |
| qX | record macro x (appends to x) |
| @x | plays back macro x (one char) |
| @xx@ | plays back macro xx (several characters) |
| @@ | plays back last macro |
| r? | replace current character only |
| t? | find next character, caret before pos |
| T? | find previous character, caret before pos |
| yw | yank word |
| yy | yank line or selection |
| ZZ | save and quit |
| zc | fold close |
| zo | fold open |
| zE | fold disable |
| zf | fold enable |
| '? | goto marker |
| "? | prepares register to receive contents of yy, yw, de, dd, dw, d0, d$ |
| >> | increase indent for current line, selection or visual area |
| << | decrease indent for current line, selection or visual area |
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| key |
action |
| colon commands |
| :.= | current line |
| :$ | goto end of document |
| :close | closes current document |
| :d | delete current line |
| :e | edit (show select file dialog) |
| :e * | edit file * (with tab expansion) |
| :n | next |
| :prev | previous |
| :q | quit unless modified |
| :q! | quit forced |
| :r * | insert contents of file * below cursor |
| :r !command | executes command and inserts output below cursor |
| :[range]> | increase indent for range |
| :[range]< | decrease indent for range |
| :[range]d | delete range |
| :[range]mx | move range to destination address x |
| :[range]s/p/r/[flags] | substitutes in range p by r using flags |
| :[range]!command | filters range, range is used as input for command, output replaces range |
| :reg | shows registers |
| :set ic | sets ignore case |
| :set ic! | sets match case |
| :set list | shows whitespace |
| :set list! | hides whitespace |
| :set nu | shows line numbers |
| :set nu! | hides line numbers |
| :set ts=no | sets tabstop at every no |
| :set tabstop=no | sets tabstop at every no |
| :w | save |
| :w * | save to file * |
| :x | save and quit |
| :y | yank current line |
| :!command | executes command and shows output |
| global commands |
| :g// | remove all markers |
| :g/pattern/d | delete lines containing pattern |
| :g/pattern/ | mark lines containing pattern |
| :g/pattern/p | print lines containing pattern, the lines are put on
a new tab pane called Print |
| :g/pattern/s/replacement | substitute pattern by replacement |
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