VIM Commands

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* you can start the VIM tutor by typing 'vimtutor' at a command prompt

h, j, k, l	move left, down, up, right
$ or END	jump to the end of the current line
<html>^</html> or HOME	jump to the beginning of the current line
Shift-G	go to end of file
<number> Shift-G	go to line <number> of file; i.e.: '1 Shift-g' to go to first line
Ctrl-e	scroll window downwards by line
Ctrl-y	scroll window upwards by line
Ctrl-f	scroll window page forward (down)
Ctrl-b	scroll window page back (up)

Ctrl-g	show line/percentage location in file and file status
:q	quit
:q!	quit without saving changes
ZZ	immediately exit saving changes
ZQ	immediately exit without saving changes
:w	save changes
:wq	save changes and quit
:! <command>	execute an external command, such as dir, ls, etc…
:r <filename>	insert the contents of a file

/ <searchterm>	begin search for <searchterm>
n	continue searching the file for <searchterm>
Shift-N	search in the opposite direction
? <searchterm>	begin backwards search for <searchterm>
%	find matching ), ], or }
:s/old/new	search and replace the first occurance of 'old' with 'new' in the current line
:s/old/new/g	search and replace all occurances of 'old' with 'new' in the current line
:#,#s/old/new/g	search and replace all occurances of 'old' with 'new' between the two line numbers (#,#)
:%s/old/new/g	search and replace all occurances of 'old' with 'new' in the whole file
:%s/old/new/gc	search and replace all occurances of 'old' with 'new' in the whole file, asking for confirmation each time

Ctrl-w w	switch to next window
Ctrl-w Shift-W	switch to previous window
Ctrl-w <number> -	reduce the height of the current window by <number> lines
Ctrl-w <number> +	increase the height of the current window by <number> lines
Ctrl-w s :split	create another window for the current buffer (horizontal)
Ctrl-w v :vsplit	create another window for the current buffer (vertical)
Ctrl-w c :close	close current window
Ctrl-w n :new	create a new window and start editing an empty file in it
Ctrl-w q :q :quit	quit current window; when quitting the last window, exit VIM

p	put (paste below)
Shift-P	put (paste above)
v	block select (characterwise) mode
V	block select (linewise) mode
<number>yy	yank <number> of lines into register (copy)
y	(after block select) yank (copy)
d	(after block select) delete (cut)

i	insert
r	replace (temporary mode)
a	append
cw	change word (delete remaining portion of the word, and begin editing)
c(same options as d)	change line, change word etc…
dd	delete line
de	delete word (no space)
dw	delete word
d$	delete to end of line
d<html>&#094</html>	delete to beginning of line
u	undo
U	undo all for line
Ctrl-r	undo an undo (reverse direction)
>	indent
<	outdent

:help ins-completion

:se[t]	show all options that differ from their default value
:se[t] all	show all but terminal options
:se[t] {option}?	show value of option
:se[t] {option}	Toggle option: set, switch it on. Number option: show value. String option: show value.
:se[t] no{option}	Toggle option: Invert value.
:se[t] {option}&	Reset option to its default value.
:opt[ions] :bro[wse] se[t]	open a window for viewing and setting all options

:mk[exrc] [file] :mk[exrc]! [file]	write, always write current key mappings and changed options to [file]
:mkv[imrc][!] [file]	(like :mk, but the default is .vimrc)

(see above for usage)

'number' 'nu'	line numbers for each line
'spell'	spell check
'wrap'	line wrapping
'list'	list mode (tabs as ctrl-i, end of line as $)
'linebreak' 'lbr'	wrap at word
'expandtab' 'et'	expand-tab (tabs expanded into spaces)
'autoindent' 'ai'	auto-indent (copy indent from current line)
'cindent' 'cin'	C program indenting
'smartindent' 'si'	smart indenting (like cin, but supposed to work better and is less strict)
'smarttab' 'sta'

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