Revision 2.0 Vim 7.3+ Copyleft © 2011 Esc Normal Vim Cheat Sheet for Programmers May be freely distributed! http:/michael.PeopleOfHonorOnly.com/vim/ Sept. 11, 2011 :version Sharing is Caring. HOW-TO make Vim not suck Out of the Box: :help statusline :set nocompatible ruler laststatus=2 showcmd showmode number Search :set incsearch ignorecase smartcase hlsearch Remove useless splash screen :set shortmess+=I Best tips: http://vim.wikia.com/ Best scripts: http://www.vim.org/scripts/index.php :map <F9> :e $HOME/_vimrc<CR> :map <F6> :so $HOME/_vimrc<CR> Ctrl ` Ctrl 1 Ctrl @ Ctrl 3 Ctrl 4 Ctrl 5 Ctrl ^ Ctrl 7 Ctrl 8 Ctrl 9 Ctrl 0 Ctrl _ Ctrl = play prev goto next begin end ~ toggle case extern filter soft repeat :s cur line ! @• macro # identifier $ ⇥ % match ^ ⇤ & * identifier ( sentence ) sentence _ + ↓ 13 1 3 8 auto- 2 `• goto mark hard 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 ⇤ - ↑ = format 14 block select ^w• window… scroll line ↑ 12 :redo 10 ctags return scroll line ↓ half page ↑ Ctrl I prev mark 9 ↑ Normal ctags identifier end ↖ paragraph ex mode WORD ↘ Replace ← until char copy line undo line insert open ⤒ paste ⤒ Q W E WORD ↘ R T• Y U I ⇤ O P { paragraph } ↘ record end replace 0 0 Tab until char → 2 open ⤓ paste ⤓ word ↘ copy undo ↱ insert misc. misc. q• macro w e word ↘ r char t• y u i o p [• ]• 7 incr. # 10 half page ↓ page ↓ file/cursor info Ctrl H 15 Ctrl J redraw Ctrl ; Ctrl ' Ctrl \ goto eof / man page Bottom 0 ⇤ A append ⇥ S subst line D del ⇥ F• ← find char G H Top screen J Join lines K L : cmd line "• register | goto line# identifier screen goto col# ↰ 0 6 "next" 16 goto mark \ Caps a append s subst char d del 2 f• find char → g• extra h ← j ↓ k ↑ l → ; '• \• f/F/t/T ⇤ 7,11 9,16 15 Ctrl ^ :suspend decr. # Normal / Cancel block select page ↑ ↓ Ctrl M Ctrl , Ctrl . Ctrl / Unused & Duplicate keys 4 select "prev" Middle 2 2 \ Ctrl-K Ctrl-S (free) Z• quit X ← del char C change ⇥ V B ↖ WORD N M < undent > indent ?• find ↖ Ctrl-L (redraw) Shift ⇧ lines find screen 13 ` near dup of ' 5 0 select find "prev" 16 repeat 14 Ctrl-Q = Ctrl-V extra del char → change 2 ↖ word set mark find ↘ z• x c v chars b n "next" m• , f/F/t/T . cmd /• 15 Ctrl-J = Ctrl-M = ^N Legend: 16 The search direction is relative; next is the initial direction, previous is the opposite direction. n ; repeat same initial direction find. N , repeat opposite initial direction find. Note: ; , only searches cursor line, n N searches buffer. Macro Register name (0-9a-zA-Z) required :help cmdline :r file insert file Tags \ :map \ :Explore<CR> manually type <,C,R,> :buffer # Op Motion req.; act between cursor & dst :w save :gui switch to GUI :ts list active tags §0 "• before del/copy/paste to use register :buffers list files Cmd Command :q quit :q! quit w/o save ^] jump to tag under cursor "+x cut to system clipboard reg. '+' :new blank file/buffer Ins Command and enter insert mode :e <file> edit file in new buffer ^t restore cursor before tag jump "+gP paste from system clipboard :bn next file Move Moves cursor or defines range for op :source % exec cmds in cur file ^p complete word 1 Number before any action repeats it :bp prev file Find Search (↖ = reverse, ↘ = forward) :exec '...' do cmd :ta Foo manual jump to tag 'Foo' 2p paste twice 3. repeat thrice :bd close file tag ctags / diffs / folding :help movement 2 Repeat op to act on current line :bd!force close Code Code formatting, whitespace, etc. soft ^ ⇤ Start of Line 1st non-whitespace Diff yy copy line dd del line :set lines=# Extra Extended functionality; req. extra chars hard 0 ⇤ Start of Line column 0 [c prev diff :hi DiffAdd guifg=#rrggbb << undent line >> indent line :set columns=# • Char arg req. g z Z ^w ' " ` … $ ⇥ End of Line ]c next diff :hi DiffChange guibg=#rrggbb 3 # highlight words under cursor :winpos # # GUI Modes :help modes | move col 0 #| move col # :diffupdate :hi DiffText gui=none 4 ZZ save & quit ZQ quit w/o save Windows n Normal Esc ^[ ^c ^b page ↑ ^f page ↓ resync :hi DiffDelete 5 zz center cursor line in window :help windows i Insert a i r s ^u ½ page ↑ ^d ½ page ↓ zh scroll left zl scroll right ^w• or :wincmd • v Visual v V ^v ^q ^e scroll line ↑ ^y scroll line ↓ Folding Changes zt scroll top zb scroll bottom w! :switch to next o Op pending c d y < > 1g start of file 0g end of file zR fold remove :changes §6 gg top of file c! :close! c Command Line : / ? ! #g goto line # G end of file zo fold open g; older change gf open file under cursor n! :new s! :split horz. Foo [[ zc g, ^a word ( src , ␢ dst , ␢ len ); begin this func { fold close newer change 7 incr # under cursor (Dec / Hex) v! :vsplit vertical Note: There is no whitespace in-between 'Foo(src,' but before/after 'dst,' ]] begin next func { zi invert all ^x decr # under cursor (Dec / Hex) o! :only maximize WORD Foo ( src , ␢ dst , ␢ len ); :set matchpairs=(:),{:},[:],<:>,?:\: zr fold reduce Syntax 8 * start a "new" search =! all same size Startup % goto matching { } < > [ ] zm fold more :syntax enable Insert mode h! move to win ← j! move to win ↓ vim <filename> +123 :set filetype= ^p ^n goto line 123 :help range 9 prev auto-complete next k! move to win ↑ vim <file> … -t Foo edit at tag 'Foo' :s/Foo/Bar find Foo replace w/ Bar :help recording c cpp sh make perl python 10 ^d undent ^t indent l! move to win → vim <file> … -c "/Foo" cmd: find 'Foo' & edit :s/Foo/Bar/g ...all instances on line q• start recording Note: chose only ONE type! §11 ^x• ^f filename completion :sp! [<filename>] GUI vim -g or gvim start GUI ver. :%s/Foo/Bar apply to whole file @• playback Convert <eol> ^s spelling :set spell! edit in split window GUI Linux :set guifont=ProggyTinyTT\ 12 .,.+# cur line, cur line + # lines q stop recording :set fileformat= ^k dictionary ]s next bad Cursor Bookmarks GUI OSX :set guifont=ProggyTiny\:h11 $ last line '< start of select @@ repeat unix or dos or mac ^t thesaurus :help spell :marks ` ' ^o diff gvimdiff <file1> <file2> [<file3>] '> end of select then :w to convert 12 ^r• paste register 0-9a-zA-Z or … ma mark local 'a' bug Broken Keys Ctrl-I = Tab, Ctrl-[ = ESC Code = < > << >> :set tabstop=# set tab stop every #th col + clipboard (or '*') :help c_CTRL-R 'A goto global 'A' Vim is still unable to map certain keys for your own use… :set backspace=indent,eol,start :set expandtab! toggle hard/soft tabs " last del/copy % filename '' prev location § Caps, Ctrl-1, Ctrl-Shift-1, Ctrl-I, Ctrl-\, etc. allow backspace join lines :set listchars=… tab:>-:trail:-,nbsp:%,eol:$ :set numbers! toggle line numbers File / Directory 0 See: src/ops.c -c "/valid_yank_reg" for "• reg. names :set shiftwidth=# indent width for ai :set list! toggle whitespace :set wrap! toggle linewrap display :Explore or :e . 6 See: src/normal.c -c "/nv_cmds" for g• extra cmds :set autoindent! toggle auto-indent :set colorcolumn=80 visible right margin indicator :set showmatch highlite matching () :set browsedir=… 11 See: src/edit.c -c "/ctrl_x_msgs" for ^x• insert cmds :set lisp lisp indent mode noremap + :s/^/\/\//<CR> block comment noremap - :s/^\/\///<CR> uncomment one of buffer last .