vi / vim graphical cheat sheet

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Dvorak version by Peter Hosey

normal
mode

~
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toggle
case
goto
mark

!
1

motion

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w
v
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j
k
b
external
filter

play
macro

prev
ident

append

subst
char

delete

1,3

un- 3
indent

indent

goto
mk. bol

reverse
t/T/f/F

repeat
cmd

q.

"soft"
bol

repeat
:s

paste
before

yank
line

paste 1
after

1,3

yank

eof/
goto ln

change
to eol

fwd
to char

extra6
cmds

change

open
above

end
WORD

undo
line

insert
at bol

delete
to eol

append

open
below

end
word

undo

insert
mode

delete

ex
mode

repeat
t/T/f/F

record
macro

moves the cursor, or defines

the range for an operator

join
lines

begin
sentence

"back"
fwd

append
at eol

ex cmd
line

next
ident

end
sentence

begin
parag.

"hard"
bol

misc

extra6
cmds

fwd
to char

reg. 1
spec

direct action command,

if red, it enters insert mode
requires a motion afterwards,
operator operates between cursor &
destination
special functions,
extra
requires extra input
commands with a dot need
a char argument afterwards
bol = beginning of line, eol = end of line
mk = mark, yank = copy
res := base + v.offset;
words:
WORDs: res := base + v.offset;
command

goto
match

eol

help

replace
mode

1,3

screen
top

1,3

screen
bottom

}.
].

find
rev.

replace
char

find

end
parag.
misc

+.
=
|.
\.

next
line

auto 3
format

back
'till

prev
(find)

subst
line

"soft" bol
down

bol/
goto col

'till

next
(find)

subst
char

prev
line

not
used

backspace

prev
WORD

screen
mid'l

next
WORD

visual
lines

extra4
quit

delete
char

prev
word

set
mark

next
word

visual
mode

extra5
cmds

Main command line commands ('ex'):

Notes:

:w (save), :q (quit), :q! (quit w/o saving)

:e f (open file f),
:%s/x/y/g (replace 'x' by 'y' filewide),
:h (help in vim), :new (new file in vim),

(1) use "x before a yank/paste/del command

to use that register ('clipboard') (x=a..z,*)
(e.g.: "ay$ to copy rest of line to reg 'a')

Other important commands:

CTRL-R: redo (vim),

CTRL-F/-B: page up/down,
CTRL-E/-Y: scroll line up/down,
CTRL-V: block-visual mode (vim only)

Visual mode:
Move around and type operator to act
on selected region (vim only)

(2) type in a number before any action

to repeat it that number of times
(e.g.: 2p, d2w, 5i, d4j)
(3) duplicate operator to act on current line
(dd = delete line, >> = indent line)
(4) ZZ to save & quit, ZQ to quit w/o saving
(5) zt: scroll cursor to top,
zb: bottom, zz: center
(6) gg: top of file (vim only),
gf: open file under cursor (vim only)

Based on QWERTY/SVG version at http://www.viemu.com/a_vi_vim_graphical_cheat_sheet_tutorial.html