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VIM Hacks

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VIM Hacks

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Description

Tags

Company

zw

mark a good word as misspelled

Spell Checking

zq

mark a misspelled word as correct

Spell Checking

z=

browse suggestions on a misspelled word

Spell Checking

yt;

copy everything from here to the next ;

ysiw<em>

emphasize the current word (it works with text objects!) Want to know what's crazier about that? It's dot repeatable!.

Surround Actions

ysiw[

surround the current word with brackets

Surround Actions

yip

copy (inside) paragraph

y

yank (copy)

Verbs

Insert

x

exterminate (delete) from character under the cursor

Deleting Text

Normal

exterminate

X

exterminate (delete) the character before the cursor

Deleting Text

Normal

exterminate

w

word

Nouns

w

move forward one word

Moving By Word

W

move forward one big word

Moving By Word

vwwy

enter visual mode, select two or more words of text, and copy them

vhack

VS<p class="important”>

visually select the line, and surround it with the p tags

Vjjd

enter line-based visual mode, delete a couple of lines below

vhack

vipyjjd

visually select an entire paragraph, copy it, then paste it two lines below

vhack

vip

visually select entire paragraph

vhack

vi{

select inside curly brackets

vhack

vi(

select inside parenthesis

vhack

vi {file}

open your file in vim

file

v2i{

select everything inside the second tier braces (two levels out of the current nested set)

vhack

v

visually select (V for line vs. character)

Verbs

Normal

v

enter char-based visual mode

Visual

V

enter line-based visual mode

Visual

t<

jump forward and land right before the <

t

searches for something and stops before it

Modifiers

Normal

t

tag think (HTML/XML)

Nouns

t

jump up to a character

s {NOUN}

substitute from where you are to the next command (noun)

Changing Text

Insert

substitute

s

sentence

Nouns

S

select anything, and then type S. You'll be brought to the bottom of the window. Now type in what you want to wrap that with, such as <a href="/images">, and then press enter.

Surround Actions

S

substitute the entire current line

Changing Text

Insert

substitute

r

replace the one character under your cursor

Changing Text

Insert

replace

R

replace the character under your cursor, and continue typing

Changing Text

Replace

replace

qa

start recording a macro named “a”

Macros

q

stop recording

Macros

p

paragraph

Nouns

p

go anywhere and paste theme

vhack

o

open a new line below the current one

Changing Text

Insert

O

open. a new line above the current one

Changing Text

Insert

n.

go to the next instance and append the same text to that line

n

go to the next instance of the searched word

N

go to the previous instance of the searched word

M

move to the middle of the screen

Moving Within Window

l

move right one line

Basic Motions

Normal

Move Right One Line

L

move to the bottom of the screen

Moving Within Window

k

move up one line

Basic Motions

Normal

Movie Up One Line

j

move down one line

Basic Motions

Normal

Move Down One Line

J

join the current line with the next one (delete what’s in between)

Deleting Text

Normal

exterminate

iw

inside word

Combo Objects

it

inside tags

Combo Objects

is

inside sentence

Combo Objects

ip

inside paragraph

Combo Objects

inside back ticks

Combo Objects

i{

inside curly brackets

Combo Objects

i(

inside parenthesis

Combo Objects

i"

inside double quotes

Combo Objects

i'

inside single quotes

Combo Objects

i

inside

Modifiers

Normal

i

insert before the cursor

Changing Text

Insert

insert

h

move left one line

Basic Motions

Normal

Move Left One Line

H

move to the top of the screen

Moving Within Window

gg

go to the top of the file

Moving Within Window

G

go to the bottom of the file

Moving Within Window

f<

jump forward and land on the < on this line

f

searches for that thing and lands on it

Modifiers

Normal

f

jump on to a character

e

move to the end of current word

Moving By Word

dt.

delete from where you are to the period

Deleting Text

Normal

exterminate

ds"

delete the double quotes around something

Surround Actions

ddp

swap position of two lines (next line swaps with current line)

hack

change

dd

delete the current line

Deleting Text

Normal

exterminate

d2w

delete two words

d {NOUN}

delete whatever you define as a noun, e.g. a word, or a sentence, or a paragraph.

Deleting Text

Normal

exterminate

d

delete

Verbs

Visual

Verbs

D

delete to the end of the line

Deleting Text

Normal

exterminate

CTRL Y

scroll down one line

Moving Within Window

CTRL v

enter paragraph-based visual mode

Visual

CTRL U

move up half a screen

Moving Within Window

CTRL o

jump back to where you were

CTRL i

jump to your previous navigation location

CTRL F

move down a page/screen

Moving Within Window

CTRL E

scroll up one line

Moving Within Window

CTRL D

move down half a screen

Moving Within Window

CTRL B

move up a page/screen

Moving Within Window

ct<

change everything from here to the <

ct?

change up to the question mark

Changing Text

Insert

change

cs]{

change the square brackets around something to curly brackets

Surround Actions

cs"’

for the word you're on, change the surrounding quotes from double to single

Surround Actions

cs'<q>

for the word you're on, change the surrounding single quotes to <q>

Surround Actions

cis

change inside sentence

c {NOUN}

change whatever you define as NOUN (movement), ie a word, a sentence of a paragraph

Changing Text

Insert

change

c

change

Verbs

Normal

C

change the current line from where you are at

Changing Text

Insert

change

b

block (think programming)

Nouns

b

move back one word

Moving By Word

B

move back one big word

Moving By Word

aw

around word

Combo Objects

at

around tags

Combo Objects

as

around sentence

Combo Objects

ap

around paragraph

Combo Objects

around back ticks

Combo Objects

a{

around curly brackets

Combo Objects

a(

around parenthesis

Combo Objects

a"

around double quotes

Combo Objects

a'

around single quotes

Combo Objects

A {another word}

append some text to the end of the line of the searched word

a

around

Modifiers

Normal

a

append after the cursor

Changing Text

Insert

append

A

append at the end of the line

Changing Text

Insert

A this text

append

0i:j0vG.

repeat the last action on every line of the file

vhack

&

repeat the last exterminate command

Deleting Text

Normal

exterminate

/{word}

search for a word

/

find a string (literal or regex)

Modifiers

Command

*

search for other instances of the word under your cursor

@a

play back the macro

Macros

}

paragraph (another way of doing it)

Nouns

]s

go to next misspelled word

Spell Checking

[s

go to last misspelled word

Spell Checking

)

sentence (another way of doing it)

Nouns

’s

toggle spelling visuals

Spell Checking

’f

fix spelling

Spell Checking

:zz

write your changes and exit vim

Command

file

:wq

write your changes and exit vim

Command

file

:w

write your changes to the file

file

:saveas {~/path}

save your file to that location

Command

file

:s /foo/bar/g

change “foo” to “bar” on the current line

hack

replace

:q!

get out of vim (quit) without saving changes

Command

file

:${NUMBER}H

move to a given line number

Moving Within Window

Command

:%s/s+$//

delete Ctrl-M white spaces from the end of all files

hack

:%s /foo/bar/g

change “foo” to “bar” on every line

hack

replace

;

go to the next instance when you’ve jumped to a character

,

go to the previous instance when you’ve jumped to a character