move
in units of characters (characters)
| Functions | Buttons |
|---|
| on | k |
| down | j |
| left | h |
| right | l |
in words
| Functions | Buttons |
|---|
| previous word ending | ge |
| the beginning of the next word | w |
| The beginning of this word (if already at the beginning of this word, skip to the beginning of the previous word) | b |
| The end of this word (skip to the end of the next word if it is already at the end of this word) | e |
In screen units
| Functions | Buttons |
|---|
| Page down | CTRL-f |
| page up | CTRL-b |
| Turn half a page down | CTRL-d |
| Turn half a page up | CTRL-u |
| Go up one line | CTRL-y |
| Go down one line | CTRL-e |
| Move the cursor to the top of the screen | H |
| Move the cursor to the middle of the screen | M |
| Move the cursor to the bottom of the screen | L |
| Move the cursor position to the top of the screen | zt |
| Move the cursor position to the middle of the screen | zz |
| Move the cursor position to the bottom of the screen | zb |
line number
| Functions | Buttons |
|---|
| jump to line num | :num or numG or numgg |
document
| Functions | Buttons |
|---|
| Jump to the beginning of the file | gg |
| Jump to end of file | G |
edit
copy
| Functions | Buttons |
|---|
| Copy the word under the cursor | yiw |
| Copy the line where the cursor is located | yy |
paste
| Functions | Buttons |
|---|
| paste after cursor | p |
| Paste before cursor | P |
cut
| Functions | Buttons |
|---|
| cut selection | d |
| Cut the line where the cursor is located | dd |
replace
| Functions | Buttons |
|---|
| Replace str1 with str2 in full text | :%s/str1/str2/g |
| replace str1 with str2 in lines 1 to 5 | :1,5s/str1/str2/g |
Case
| Functions | Buttons |
|---|
| Swap case selection | ~ |
| Convert all selected content to lowercase | gu |
| Convert selection to uppercase | gU |
| lowercase the current line | guu |
| Make the current line uppercase | gUU |
| Replace matches with uppercase | :%s/xxx/\U&/g |
| Replace matches with lowercase | :%s/xxx/\L&/g |
Note: & represents all the matching items of the regular expression, and \1, ‘\2’, …, \9 represent the 1st to 9th matching items.
choose
| Functions | Buttons |
|---|
| Select the last selected region | gv |
| Select the area inside the brackets | vi{, vi[, vi( |
search
| Functions | Buttons |
|---|
| Find strings down | /str |
| look up string | ?str |
| find next | n |
| Find Previous | N |
| Find the word under the cursor | * |
| Find the word under the cursor | # |
Regular Expressions
| Functions | Buttons |
|---|
| matches word left boundary | \< |
| matches the right edge of a word | \> |
| deduplication | :g/^\(.*\)$\n\1/d |
Commonly used
| Functions | Buttons |
|---|
| delete empty lines | :g/^$/d |
| Undo/UNDO | u |
| redo/REDO | C-r |
| Count lines/words/chars/bytes | g C-g |
| Remove UTF-8 BOM | :set nobomb |
| Preserve UTF-8 BOM | :set bomb |
Global
| Functions | Buttons |
|---|
| exit | :q |
| Mandatory | ! |
| Execute external command | :! |
File Operations
| Functions | Buttons |
|---|
| open | :e |
| open file dialog | :bro e |
| save | :w |
| Save As Dialog | :brow |
| view a list of historical files | :ol |
| view and open history files | :bro ol |
| Rename the current file | :f filename |
vimdiff
| Functions | Buttons |
|---|
| move to previous difference | [c |
| move to next difference | ]c |
| The diff point uses the | dp of the current file |
| This diff uses | do from other files |
| Manually refresh and re-diff | :diffupdate |
Buffer
| Functions | Buttons |
|---|
| View Buffer list | :ls |
| Go to the next Buffer in the Buffer list | :bn |
| Go to the previous Buffer in the Buffer list | :bp |
| Go to Buffer number num in the Buffer list | :bnum |
| A Buffer you have been in before | :b# |
| Delete num buffers from the Buffer list | :bdnum |
Combine commands
You can use | to combine commands, such as cmd1 | cmd2.
code
| Functions | Buttons |
|---|
| formatting code | gg=G |
| Remove the line number at the beginning of line 1-20 | :1,20s/^\\s\*[0-9]\*\\s\*//g |
| Expand All Collapse | zR |
| Expand the current level of folding | zr |
| Collapse All | zM |
| current level collapse | zm |
| Toggle collapse/expand | za |
| Recursively fold/expand the current large block | zA |
| Collapse the current block | zc |
| Recursively fold the current large block | zC |
| Expand current block | zo |
| Recursively expand the current large block | zO |
| format json data | :%!python -m json.tool |
| indent current line | >> |
| Unindent the current line | << |
modeline
Writing:
vim: set ft=markdown:
vim:ft=markdown
// vim: noai:ts=4:sw=4
/* vim: noai:ts=4:sw=4 */
Plugins
CtrlP
Basic keys C-p
| Functions | Buttons |
|---|
| Refresh list | F5 |
| switch file/buffer/MRU | C-f/b |
| Toggle full path search/filename search | C-d |
| toggle regex mode | C-r |
| Previous/Next option | C-k/j |
| Open file in new tab/vertical split/horizontal split | C-t /v/x |
| The previous/next record of history selection | C-p/n |
| create file and its parent directory | C-y |
| mark and open multiple files | C-z C-o |
| Exit CtrlP | C-c |
LeaderF
| Functions | Buttons |
|---|
| open file | Leader-f |
| Open buffer | Leader-b |
| Open MRU | Leader-m (custom) |
| exit | C-c |
| Toggle fuzzy search and regular search | C-r |
| paste | C-v |
| Clear input | C-u |
| Previous/Next option | C-k/j |
| Open file in new tab/vertical split/horizontal split | C-t/]/v |
| Refresh list | F5 |
vim-table-mode
| Functions | Buttons |
|---|
| drop column | Leader-tdc |
| delete line | Leader-tdd |
| Reformat table | Leader-tr |
markdown-preview.nvim
| Functions | Buttons |
|---|
| Preview | F5 |
| stop preview | F6 |
Export PDF: After previewing, use the “Print” function of the browser, select “Save as PDF” for the printer, uncheck “Header and Footer”, and then click Save.
Command Line
Jump to the specified line when opening Vim:
num represents the line number, if not filled, it will jump to the end of the file.
