What is Vim ?
Vim is a highly configurable text editor built to make creating and changing any kind of text very efficient. It is an improved fork of vi.
Installation
sudo apt install vim [ Debian/Ubuntu ]
sudo yum install vim [ RedHat/CentOS ]
sudo pacman -S vim [ Arch/Manjaro ]
sudo dnf install vim [ Fedora ]
sudo zypper install vim [ OpenSUSE ]
Keybindings
Basics
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| :q |
Exit |
| :q! / ZQ |
Forceful exit |
| :wq / :x / ZZ |
Save and exit |
| :qa |
Exit all |
| :w |
Save |
| Esc / Ctrl + [ |
Enter command mode |
| . |
Repeat last command |
| u |
Undo |
| Ctrl + r |
Redo |
| :n / nG |
Jump to $n^{th}$ line |
Movement
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| j |
Move cursor down |
| k |
Move cursor up |
| h |
Move cursor left |
| l |
Move cursor right |
| H |
Move to top of screen |
| M |
Move to middle of sreen |
| L |
Move to end of screen |
| zz |
Move to center of the screen |
| zt |
Scroll current line to top of the page |
| zb |
Scroll current line to bottom of the page |
| G |
Jump to end of the file |
| gg |
Jump to top of the file |
| g_ |
Jump to the last non-blank line of the file |
| 0 |
Jump to the start of the line |
| ^ |
Jump to the first non-blank character of the line |
| $ |
Jump to the end of the line |
| % |
Jump to matching parenthesis |
| w |
Jump to beginning of the next word |
| e |
Jump to end of the current word |
| w |
Jump to beginning of the current word |
Editing
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| i |
Insert before the cursor |
| a |
Insert after the cursor |
| I |
Insert at the beginning of the line |
| A |
Insert at the end of the line |
| o |
Insert new line below |
| O |
Insert new line above |
| r |
Replace single character |
| R |
Enter replace mode |
| bi |
Insert at the beginning of the word |
| ea |
Insert at the end of the word |
| ~ |
Toggle case of the current character |
| g~iw |
Toggle case of the current word |
| g~$ |
Toggle case of all characters to end of line |
| g~~ |
Toggle case of the current line |
Copy & Paste
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| y |
Copy(yank) selected text |
| yy / Y |
Copy current line |
| Y$ |
Copy from cursor till end of the end |
| yw |
Copy from cursor till the next word |
| y + i or a + w |
Copy word under the cursor excluding/including whitespaces |
| y + t or f + # |
Copy from cursor till # (excluding/including #) |
| y + { or } |
Copy till next/previous block |
| p |
Paste after cursor |
| P |
Paste before the cursor |
| gp |
Paste after the cursor and move to next block |
| x |
Delete(cut) single character |
| d |
Delete(cut) mark text |
| D |
Delete(cut) from cursor till the end of the line |
| dd |
Delete(cut) current line |
| dw |
Delete(cut) from cursor till the next word |
| d + i or a + w |
Delete(cut) word under the cursor excluding/including whitespaces |
| d + t or f + # |
Delete(cut) from cursor till # (excluding/including #) |
| d + { or } |
Delete(cut) till next/previous block |
| c |
Delete(cut) mark text in insert mode |
| C |
Delete(cut) from cursor till the end of the line in insert mode |
| cc |
Delete(cut) current line in insert mode |
| cw |
Delete(cut) from cursor till the next word in insert mode |
| c + i or a + w |
Delete(cut) word under the cursor excluding/including whitespaces in insert mode |
| c + t or f + # |
Delete(cut) from cursor till # (excluding/including #) in insert mode |
| c + { or } |
Delete(cut) till next/previous block in insert mode |
Search & Patterns
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| * |
Next instance of the word under cursor |
| # |
Previous instance of the word under cursor |
| n |
Next matching search pattern |
| N |
Previous matching search pattern |
Macros
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| q |
Start recording macro |
| q |
Stop recording marcro |
| @ |
Run recorded macro |
| @@ |
Rerun last macro |
Tabs
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| :tabe |
Open file in a new tab |
| :tabp |
Go to previous tab |
| :tabn |
Go to next tab |
| :tabs |
List all the tabs |
| :tabfirst |
Go to the fist tab |
| :tablast |
Go to the last tab |
| :tabclose |
Close current tab |
Plugins
To install vim plugins, I prefer vim-plug.
curl -fLo ~/.vim/autoload/plug.vim --create-dirs \
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/junegunn/vim-plug/master/plug.vim
iwr -useb https://raw.githubusercontent.com/junegunn/vim-plug/master/plug.vim |`
ni $HOME/vimfiles/autoload/plug.vim -Force
Then append the following section to your .vimrc file.
call plug#begin('~/.vim/plugged')
Plug 'user/repo'
OR
Plug 'git URL'
call plug#end()
| Command |
Usage |
| :PlugInstall |
Installs a plugin |
| :PlugUninstall |
Uninstalls a plugin |
| :PlugUpdate |
Updates all the plugins |
| :PlugUpgrade |
Updates vim-plug |
Some Awesome Plugins
Resources
