(n)vim.

Since late May 2024 I decided I'd take another go at learning VIM motions and shortcuts while working on one of my new personal projects. It's been going pretty well! But I still need my cheatsheet a lot of the time.

I can't say that these types of shortcuts make me feel more productive than a traditional IDE or text editor at this stage, but it brings its own type of fun to use a tool like this which is good enough for now.

NVIM- A Cheatsheet

Navigation hjkl - move cursor w - next word b - back a word e - end of next word $ - end of line 0 or ^ - move to start of line _ - move to first character of line G - moves to end of file #G - moves to line # gg - moves to start of file \<C-o> - moves back to previous positions \<C-i> - moves forward to newer positions /string - searches for string forward ?string - searches for string backwards n - next occurrence forward N - next backwards % - over a bracket jumps to matching bracket fx - find in line \<C-]> - jump to function definition

Modes esc - normal mode i - insert at cursor I - insert at beginning of line a - append at cursor A - append at end of line v - visual highlight \<C-v> - visual block (vertical)

Motions press twice = do this to the whole line x - delete character under cursor d - delete D - delete from cursor to end of line (also d$) dd - delete whole line u - undo U - undo changes on line \<C-r> - redo c - change cc - change whole line y - yank (copy) yy - yank whole line p - put/paste r - replace R - replace multiple o - new line below cursor O - new line above cursor V - select whole line

Files nvim * - open all files in current folder :[w]n(ext) - [write and] go to next file :[w]p(revious) - [write and] go to previous file :! - unix command :w - save :q! - quit without saving :wq or ZZ - save and quit \<C-g> - displays cursor location and file status F1 - new window \<C-w> - change window \<C-d> or Tab - autocomplete command :tabnew [filename] - open file in new tab :e [filename] - edit or create file by filename

Formatting gg=G - autoformat/indent whole file \<C-y> - accept autocomplete suggestion

Substitute :s/old/new - substitutes new for first old in line :s/old/new/g - subs for all olds in line :#,#s/old/new/g - subs all olds between two line #s :%s/old/new/g - subs all in file :%s/old/new/gc - same but asks for confirmation for each one

Help :help - opens help text, use help \<something> to search for docs on a particular thing