Learn Some Vim and Save Your Time
Vim is Invincible
Some Vim commands I learned to use myself. Most of them can be found in the links at the end of the article.
Survive
- vi/vim -> open the editor
- :q -> Quit
- :wq -> Save and Quit
- :q! -> Quit and Not Save
- i -> Insert mode
- x -> Delete the char under the cursor
- dd -> Delete the current line
- pP -> Paste to above or under the current line
- yy -> Copy current line
- hjkl -> Right, Down, Up, Left
Feel comfortable
- a -> Insert after the cursor
- oO -> Insert a new line after/before the current one
- 0 -> Go to the first column
- ^ -> go to the first non-blank character of the line
- $ -> go to the end of line
- g_ -> go to the last non-blank character of line
- /pattern -> search for pattern
- u -> undo
<C-r>-> redo- :e
<path/to/file>-> open file - bn,bp -> show next/previous file (buffer)
Feel Better, Stronger, Faster
- . -> Repeat the last command
N<command>-> Repeat the command N times.- NG -> Go to N line
- gg -> Go to first line
- G -> Go to last line
- b -> Open one buffer file
- % -> Go to the corresponding (, {, [.
*-> go to next/previous(#) occurrence of the word under the cursor
Vim Superpowers
f<char>,;,,-> Find one char on the current line,;go to the next same char, ‘,’ go back to the last same char- t, -> Go to just before the character ,
- F,T -> Like f and t but backward
<C-p>-> Go to the previous line<C-n>-> GO to the next line<C-d>-> Go down a half screen<c-u>-> Go up a half screen- {,} -> previous/next empty line
- v,V,
<C-v>-> Visual mode - :split, :vsplit -> split the window
- tabnew -> open a new tab
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