Normal Mode - Navigate the structure of the file

Move Cursor

  • h/j/k/l - Move left/up/down/right
  • H/M/L - Move to the top/middle/bottom of the window
  • w/e - Move to the beginning/end of the next word
  • b - Move to the beggining of the previous word
  • 0/$ - Move to the beginning/end of a line
  • (/) - Move to the beggining of the next/previous line
  • {/} - Move to the beginning of the next/previous paragraph
  • ^E/^Y - Scroll the window down/up
  • ^F/^B - Scroll down/up one page
  • gg/G - Go to top/bottom of the file

Copy/Paste/Delete

  • y - Copy
  • p - Paste
  • yy/yw/y$ - Copy a line/word/from the cursor to the end of the file
  • #yy - Copy # lines
  • x - Delete a single character
  • d/dd/dw - Delete highlight text/a line/a word
  • D/d0 - Delete from the cursor to the beginning/end of the line
  • dgg/dG - Delete from the cursor to the beginning/end of the file

Actions

  • u/u# - Undo the last/last # actions
  • . - Repeate the last action

Options

  • a - all
  • i - in
  • t - till
  • f - find forward
  • F - find backard

Conbined Commands

  • diw - Delete inside the word
  • caw - Change all the word
  • di) - Delete inside the parentheses
  • dt; - Delete until the semicolon

Insert Mode - Edit the file

  • i - enter insert mode

Visual Mode - Highlight portions of the file to manipulate

  • v - enter visual mode

Ex Mode - Command mode

  • :q - exit
  • :w - save
  • :q! - force to exit