This is yet another vim cheat sheet, don't forget it's available on github if you want to tweak it

• Actions (verbs)
• Insert mode paste
• clipboard
• Moves (adjectives)
• Normal mode to insert mode
• Undo / Redo / Repeat
• Scrolling
• Visual mode
  • Buffers (not tabs !)
  • Windows
• Search / Replace
• Mapping
• Macros
• External commands
• Register
• Marks
• TODO sort this
• Usefull Tricks
• Plugins
  • TComment
    • Commands
    • Keymapping
  • Jedi
    • Keymapping

Actions (verbs)

• y yank or copy to default register "" and also to "0 register
• d delete or cut
• c cut / cut and go to insert mode
• p paste
• "0p paste from the copy register (even if you have dd or x in the meantime)

Insert mode paste

• <C-r>0 paste the yank register
• <C-r>" paste the default register
• <C-r>a paste the a register
• <C-r>* paste the system clipoard (mouse selection)
• <C-r>+ paste the system clipoard (copy)
• <C-r>. paste last inserted text
• <C-r>% paste the current file name

clipboard

vim --version | grep clipboard should display +xterm_clipboard otherwise recompile your vim with the appropriates libs.

• "*p paste the middle-click buffer
• "+p paste the Crtl+C buffer
• works with y and d too…

Moves (adjectives)

These can be applied to previously defined actions

• s sentence
• w next word
• W next space-separated word
• b previous word
• B begining of / previous word (space separated)
• e end of word
• E end of / next word (space separated)
• tx to next character x excluding x
• Tx to previous character x excluding x
• fx to move to the next instance of a x character on the current line, (; to repeat)
• Fx to move to the previous instance of a x character on the current line ( ; to repeat)
• ) sentence end
• } paragraph end
• $ line end
• ^ first non-blank character of line
• 0 start of line
• gg file beginning
• G end of file
• gD go to the current method definition
• % on a ( or \[ go to the ending brace ) or \] otherwise go to the preceding one.

Normal mode to insert mode

• i start insert mode at cursor
• I insert at the beginning of the line
• a append after the cursor
• A append at the end of the line
• o open (append) blank line below current line (no need to press return)
• O open blank line above current line
• ea append at end of word
• cc change (delete and go in insert mode) an entire line
• cw change (replace) to the end of word
• c$ change (replace) to the end of line
• ciw replace word
• ci) replace parenthesis cent
• s delete character at cursor and enter insert mode
• S delete line at cursor and substitute text (same as cc)

Undo / Redo / Repeat

• u undo
• Ctrl+r redo
• . repeat last command

Scrolling

• Crtl+(f/F) next page
• Crtl+(b/B) previous page
• Crtl+u move up half a page
• Crtl+d move down half a screen

Visual mode

• v enter visual mode
• Shift+v enter visual mode lines only
• Ctrl+v enter rectangular visual mode (bloc mode)

Exemple, to ident 3 lines: * Shift-v * select 3 lines * ==

Buffers (not tabs !)

• :bn buffer next
• :bp buffer previous
• :bd buffer delete (close)
• :ls list buffers
• :bufdo cmd execute cmd on all open buffers

Exemples: * bufdo w write all buffers * bufdo bd close all buffers

Windows

• :vsplit or :vsp vertical split
• :split or :sp horizontal split
• Crtl + w then w navigate through windows
• Crtl + w then arrow navigate to arrow directed window
• Ctrl + w then + increase the actual viewport size
• Ctrl + w then - decrease the actual viewport size
• Ctrl + w then = equalize viewports sizes
• Ctrl + w then r exchange viewport positions
• Ctrl + w then R exchange viewport in reverse order
• Ctrl + w then q close the actual viewport

Search / Replace

• # in normal mode, search backward for the previously word under cursor occurence
• :s/toto// search the first occurence of toto on the line
• :s/toto//g search all occurences of toto on the line
• :%s/toto//g search all occurences of toto for each line of the buffer (or opened file)
• n go to the next occurence of what was previously searched
• :s/toto/tata/ replace the first occurence of toto on the line by tata
• :s/toto/tata/g replace all occurences of toto on the line by tata
• :%s/toto/tata/g replace all occurences of toto in the buffer by tata
• regex allowed ;)

Mapping

Test in buffer before putting them in your .vimrc to create your own shortcuts * :map insert + normal mode * :nmap normal mode * :imap interactive mode * :iab substitue

Exemples: * :nmap <tab> :bnext <CR> pressing tab will go to the next buffer in normal mode only * :map <C-n> :vsp<CR> pressing Crtl + n will vertical split the current viewport in normal and insert mode * :iab c Class typing c then space will be expanded to Class

Macros

1. Start with recording: qq
2. Do stuff
3. Stop recording: q
4. Repeat: @q (the first time), @@ after that.
5. Repeat 20 times: 20@@

External commands

• :!cmd executes a linux command (ex: :!echo 'toto') If vim runs at project root:
• :make works
• :make target works great
• :.! ls dumps ls result in current window
• :r! ls dumps ls result in current window
• :%!sort sorts the entire buffer (works best with awk or sed)

Register

To use when working in the : mode * a - z the named registers * " the unnamed register, containing the text of the last delete or yank * % the current file name * # the alternate file name * * the clipboard contents (X11: primary selection) * + the clipboard contents * / the last search pattern * : the last command-line * . the last inserted text * - the last small (less than a line) delete “

Ex: when you :%s/toto/tata/g to replace toto by tata in the whole buffer

Marks

• ma mark the actual position with the letter a
• a go to mark a
• 'a go to the beginning of the a marked line
• :marks show the mark listing

TODO sort this

• t tag example: ( dat deletes from <xml-style-tag> to </xml-style-tag>)
• p paragraphe
• B code block ( { ou } works only for C style code blocks
• :25 go to line 25

Usefull Tricks

• . repeat the last text changing command
• * on a word to search for the next instance
• # on a word to search for the previous instance
• ctx delete everything until character x and enter insert mode
• dtx delete everything until character x (x exclude) and don’t enter insert mode
• dfx delete everything until character x (x include) and don’t enter insert mode
• da( inside a parenthesis, deletes parenthesis and inner content
• da" inside a string, deletes character string content and quotes
• ytx copy until character x
• Shift+j or J add the next line to the end of the current line
• Shift+k or K show the manual page (manual like in man) for the word under the cursor
• ~ modify the under the cursor character case
• . repeat the last command
• :u undo
• Crtl + r redo
• Crtl + A increment “under the cursor” number
• Crtl + X decrement “under the cursor” number
• r replace a letter
• R enter replace mode
• :w !sudo tee % edit the file anywway if you forgot to call vim with the sudo command
• :earlier 15m reverts the document back to how it was 15 minutes ago.
• :later revert previous command
• diw to delete the current word
• di( to delete within the current parens
• di" to delete the text between the quotes
• ci(okok remplace current parenthesis content with okok
• C cut the rest of the line and switch to insert mod
• xp toggle cuurent char position with the following one
• xP copy a character
• ddp move current line one row down
• bde delete current word
• bye copies current word same as yiw
• d$ (or D) delete until the end of line
• g; goto last insert mode cursor position and stay in normal mode
• gi goto last insert mode cursor position and enter insert mode
• :g/pattern/y A copy all lines containing pattern in a buffer you can then paste
• :sh open shell and mask vim Crtl-D kills the shell and brings vim back !
• gf goto file which name is under the cursor
• %TOhtml Creates an html rendering of the current file.
• gg=G Corrects indentation for entire file
• vip select in visual mode the entire paragraph

Plugins

TComment

Commands

• gc{motion} Toggle comments (for small comments within one line the &filetype_inline style will be used, if defined)

• gc<Count>c{motion} Toggle comment text with count argument (see

  tcomment#Comment()

  )

• gcc Toggle comment for the current line
• gC{motion} Comment region
• gCc Comment the current line

Keymapping

• <c-_><c-_> Toggle comment on line
• <c-_>p Comment the current inner paragraph
• <c-_>i TCommentInline

Jedi

Keymapping

• <leader>g goto command
• <leader>d get definition command
• K show PyDoc
• <leader>r refactoring rename item
• <leader>o list all names that are related (have the same origin)
• <C-Space> autocompletion command

Tell me about your favorite shortcut in the comments, I will add them !