![]() ![]() ![]() I frequently need to correct some text that doesn’t fall neatly onto a token or word boundary. Fortunately, operations like “ c” (correct) and “ d” (delete) have a number of operators that may be applied to them: ![]() It is often much faster to achieve the same thing using a few editing commands. In a boring text editor, you are limited to very basic operations: highlight some text, delete it, type more text. Vim has the ability to highlight (it’s called “visual” mode), but I rarely use it. ![]() using “ o” or “ O”) that you need to duplicate five more times with only slight modifications? Hit “ 5.” to repeat that operation, then make your modifications no copy/paste needed. Paste the last thing that was deleted or copied before/after cursor (for more advanced usage, you can precede it with a register specification, but that’s a topic for another day). “ 5s” will correct the next five characters). cw is usually faster if you want to correct an entire word, but this is useful for correcting a fixed number of characters (e.g. Since there are many variations, I break it down in the section below about correcting text.ĭelete character(s) at the cursor and then enter insert mode. Quickly rearrange lines by deleting them, moving to the new location, and pasting with “ p”.Ĭorrect/delete up to or including specific characters. Starts inserting at the current indent level.ĭelete line(s). Basically combines delete and insert into one step.Ĭorrect line(s) by clearing and then entering insert mode. A quick “ o” will add a blank line below the current line, no matter where your cursor is.Ĭorrect the token(s)/word(s) following the cursor. Open new line (below the current line/above the current line). It’s rarely useful to precede one of these commands with a number, but it can come in handy. Need a comma-separated list of eight 1s? Just hit “ 8i1, ” then delete the trailing comma. Press Esc to exit insert mode and return to normal mode. Most editing commands may optionally be preceded by a number in order to apply it more than once (e.g. to delete three lines, press 3dd).Įnter insert mode (insert at cursor/append after cursor/insert at beginning of line/append to end of line). This way, all edits become their own self-contained operations that can be repeated or chained with other operations. In Vim, you spend most of your time in “normal” mode, switching to “insert” mode only when you need to add or change some text. Move backward/forward through the jump history. Useful if you have followed a chain of method calls and need to get back to where you were. Jump back to where you just were. This will jump back and forth between the same two locations if you keep pressing it. Repeat the last find command forward/backward. High/Middle/Low). A good first step in getting approximately to where you want to go.įind the previous/next occurrence of the token under the cursor. Move to the top/middle/bottom of the screen (i.e. Jump directly to a specific line number. Most helpful if you also have line numbering enabled (:set number). Jump to first column/first non-whitespace character/end of line, like Home and End. Faster than moving by words if you’re trying to get to the opposite end of the line.īasically Page Up and Page Down, but moves by half a screenful and doesn’t lose your cursor position. For the capital letter variations, a word consists of anything that’s not whitespace.) Faster than holding down a simple directional key. (A token is a sequence of letters, digits, and underscores. Move back by token/forward by token/back by word/forward by word. if you need to move down by about 10 lines, hit “ 10j” instead of just holding j until you get there). A step up from the cursor keys simply because they are already under your fingers. Most useful when prefixed with a number (e.g. Vim is a pretty great text editor, but learning to use it effectively can be a challenge. Even if you keep a quick-reference card or cheatsheet around, it can be difficult to figure out which commands are the most useful. But the truth is, Vim can still be super helpful if all you know is a few commands. So I’ve compiled a few of the Vim commands that I use every day. ![]()
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